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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 12

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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 12

  • Jackie ElwardD92,39056.0%Leading
  • Eric LucanD72,67144.0%

Elward leads Lucan by 19,719 votes (11.9 points).

Late count: Elward took 55.0% of the 68,836 votes counted since election night, Lucan 45.0%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Jackie Elward has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Elward 56.0%Lucan 44.0%8:07 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Jackie Elward has not trailed Eric Lucan at any report.
+250−25Elward aheadLucan aheadElward +11.98:07 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Elward ahead by 12,799 votes. Counted since: Elward ahead by 6,920 votes.

Election night · 96,225 votes

Elward 56.7% · Lucan 43.3%

Counted since · 68,836 votes

Elward 55.0% · Lucan 45.0%

Net gain in each count Elward out-gained Lucan in 9 of the 10 counts.

Elward gained more · Lucan gained more

  1. 8:07 pmElward +7,628Lead: Elward +7,628
  2. 8:23 pmElward +4,270Lead: Elward +11,898
  3. 10:05 pmLucan +1Lead: Elward +11,897
  4. 10:53 pmElward +241Lead: Elward +12,138
  5. 11:25 pmElward +66Lead: Elward +12,204
  6. 12:35 amElward +385Lead: Elward +12,589
  7. 12:45 amElward +210Lead: Elward +12,799
  8. Nov 5Elward +347Lead: Elward +13,146
  9. Nov 9Elward +3,570Lead: Elward +16,716
  10. Nov 11Elward +3,003Lead: Elward +19,719

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.