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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 1

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Results are unofficial until certified. California counts mail ballots for weeks; totals change until certification on December 11.

State Assembly

State Assembly, District 1

  • Dianna Margaret JamesD78,54241.2%
  • Heather HadwickR111,96858.8%Leading

Hadwick leads James by 33,426 votes (17.5 points).

Late count: Hadwick took 62.9% of the 67,789 votes counted since election night, James 37.1%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Heather Hadwick took the lead at 8:30 pm.
0%20%40%60%80%Hadwick 58.8%James 41.2%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Hadwick and James have traded places 2 times.
+200−20Hadwick aheadJames aheadHadwick +17.58:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Hadwick ahead by 15,965 votes. Counted since: Hadwick ahead by 17,461 votes.

Election night · 122,721 votes

James 43.5% · Hadwick 56.5%

Counted since · 67,789 votes

James 37.1% · Hadwick 62.9%

Net gain in each count Hadwick out-gained James in 17 of the 18 counts.

James gained more · Hadwick gained more

  1. 8:05 pmHadwick +4,148Lead: Hadwick +4,148
  2. 8:30 pmJames +953Lead: Hadwick +3,195
  3. 9:23 pmHadwick +1Lead: Hadwick +3,196
  4. 9:55 pmHadwick +559Lead: Hadwick +3,755
  5. 10:05 pmHadwick +104Lead: Hadwick +3,859
  6. 10:13 pmHadwick +793Lead: Hadwick +4,652
  7. 10:33 pmHadwick +163Lead: Hadwick +4,815
  8. 11:25 pmHadwick +7,356Lead: Hadwick +12,171
  9. 11:45 pmHadwick +1,088Lead: Hadwick +13,259
  10. 12:21 amHadwick +326Lead: Hadwick +13,585
  11. 2:15 amHadwick +525Lead: Hadwick +14,110
  12. 6:02 amHadwick +1,855Lead: Hadwick +15,965
  13. Nov 4Hadwick +1,688Lead: Hadwick +17,653
  14. Nov 5Hadwick +3,094Lead: Hadwick +20,747
  15. Nov 6Hadwick +2,912Lead: Hadwick +23,659
  16. Nov 9Hadwick +1,850Lead: Hadwick +25,509
  17. Nov 10Hadwick +2,424Lead: Hadwick +27,933
  18. Nov 12Hadwick +5,493Lead: Hadwick +33,426

By county

County returns arrive after the first report.

Turnout so far

55.4% of registered voters

12,894,150 ballots counted in California, 55.4% of 23,273,590 registered voters.

  • 2022 final: 50.8% (11,146,620 ballots)
  • 2018 final: 64.5% (12,712,542 ballots)

Already higher than 2022’s final turnout. More ballots than in 2022 or 2018.

Counties keep counting mail and provisional ballots for weeks after election day, so this share keeps rising.

Ballots left to count

907,305 ballots left to count in California

12,709,005 counted, 907,305 left.

  • Mail ballots received by election day664,711
  • Mail ballots that arrived later or came from another county70,387
  • Provisional ballots23,943
  • Same-day registration ballots96,347
  • Ballots to remake or review51,500
  • Ballots cast at voting locations417

108,401 more ballots wait for voters to fix a signature. They are not in the count above.

CountyLeftTo fix a signatureNext update
Riverside193,50013,657Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 pm
San Diego120,0008,500Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 pm
Sacramento93,0083,500Fri, Nov 13, 4:15 pm
Sonoma43,728907Fri, Nov 13, 3:00 pm
Placer40,2971,775Fri, Nov 13, 4:00 pm
Los Angeles37,80014,500Fri, Nov 13, 5:00 pm
Fresno37,3005,200Fri, Nov 13, 5:00 pm
Ventura36,4033,610Mon, Nov 16, 5:00 pm
Stanislaus35,472949Thu, Nov 12, 7:00 pm
Tulare32,0052,240Thu, Nov 12, 7:30 pm
Kern30,0542,016Tue, Nov 17, 5:00 pm
San Luis Obispo24,739634Fri, Nov 13, 5:00 pm

41 more counties have 182,999 ballots left.

California Secretary of State, estimated unprocessed ballots, as of Nov 12, 5:35 pm. The state’s report can trail a county’s own count by up to a day.