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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 28

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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 28

  • Gail PellerinD139,48272.2%Leading
  • Carol PefleyR53,71927.8%

Pellerin leads Pefley by 85,763 votes (44.4 points).

Late count: Pellerin took 73.1% of the 88,421 votes counted since election night, Pefley 26.9%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Gail Pellerin has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%100%Pellerin 72.2%Pefley 27.8%8:30 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Gail Pellerin has not trailed Carol Pefley at any report.
+650−65Pellerin aheadPefley aheadPellerin +44.48:30 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Pellerin ahead by 44,898 votes. Counted since: Pellerin ahead by 40,865 votes.

Election night · 104,780 votes

Pellerin 71.4% · Pefley 28.6%

Counted since · 88,421 votes

Pellerin 73.1% · Pefley 26.9%

Net gain in each count Pellerin out-gained Pefley in 16 of the 16 counts.

Pellerin gained more · Pefley gained more

  1. 8:30 pmPellerin +18,459Lead: Pellerin +18,459
  2. 9:23 pmPellerin +22,795Lead: Pellerin +41,254
  3. 10:20 pmPellerin +354Lead: Pellerin +41,608
  4. 10:53 pmPellerin +265Lead: Pellerin +41,873
  5. 11:25 pmPellerin +402Lead: Pellerin +42,275
  6. 12:29 amPellerin +759Lead: Pellerin +43,034
  7. 2:09 amPellerin +1,864Lead: Pellerin +44,898
  8. Nov 4Pellerin +1,255Lead: Pellerin +46,153
  9. Nov 5Pellerin +7,627Lead: Pellerin +53,780
  10. Nov 6Pellerin +4,132Lead: Pellerin +57,912
  11. Nov 7Pellerin +6,879Lead: Pellerin +64,791
  12. Nov 8Pellerin +3,043Lead: Pellerin +67,834
  13. Nov 9Pellerin +7,926Lead: Pellerin +75,760
  14. Nov 10Pellerin +4,763Lead: Pellerin +80,523
  15. Nov 11Pellerin +4,995Lead: Pellerin +85,518
  16. Nov 12Pellerin +245Lead: Pellerin +85,763

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.