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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 21

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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 21

  • Diane PapanD136,00379.8%Leading
  • Jabra J MuhawiehR34,46420.2%

Papan leads Muhawieh by 101,539 votes (59.6 points).

Late count: Papan took 82.5% of the 80,168 votes counted since election night, Muhawieh 17.5%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Diane Papan has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%100%Papan 79.8%Muhawieh 20.2%8:19 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Diane Papan has not trailed Jabra J Muhawieh at any report.
+600−60Papan aheadMuhawieh aheadPapan +59.68:19 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Papan ahead by 49,481 votes. Counted since: Papan ahead by 52,058 votes.

Election night · 90,299 votes

Papan 77.4% · Muhawieh 22.6%

Counted since · 80,168 votes

Papan 82.5% · Muhawieh 17.5%

Net gain in each count Papan out-gained Muhawieh in 11 of the 11 counts.

Papan gained more · Muhawieh gained more

  1. 8:19 pmPapan +39,915Lead: Papan +39,915
  2. 9:03 pmPapan +91Lead: Papan +40,006
  3. 10:05 pmPapan +4,246Lead: Papan +44,252
  4. 11:03 pmPapan +172Lead: Papan +44,424
  5. 12:05 amPapan +2,842Lead: Papan +47,266
  6. 1:01 amPapan +354Lead: Papan +47,620
  7. 2:05 amPapan +1,861Lead: Papan +49,481
  8. Nov 5Papan +6,929Lead: Papan +56,410
  9. Nov 6Papan +4,166Lead: Papan +60,576
  10. Nov 9Papan +22,467Lead: Papan +83,043
  11. Nov 12Papan +18,496Lead: Papan +101,539

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.