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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 3

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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 3

  • Dom BelzaR75,50556.5%Leading
  • James "Jamie" JohanssonR58,13243.5%

Belza leads Johansson by 17,373 votes (13.0 points).

Late count: Belza took 55.7% of the 54,121 votes counted since election night, Johansson 44.3%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Dom Belza has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Belza 56.5%Johansson 43.5%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Dom Belza has not trailed James "Jamie" Johansson at any report.
+200−20Belza aheadJohansson aheadBelza +13.08:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Belza ahead by 11,164 votes. Counted since: Belza ahead by 6,209 votes.

Election night · 79,516 votes

Belza 57.0% · Johansson 43.0%

Counted since · 54,121 votes

Belza 55.7% · Johansson 44.3%

Net gain in each count Belza out-gained Johansson in 15 of the 18 counts.

Belza gained more · Johansson gained more

  1. 8:05 pmBelza +24Lead: Belza +24
  2. 8:07 pmBelza +508Lead: Belza +532
  3. 8:23 pmBelza +2,885Lead: Belza +3,417
  4. 8:40 pmBelza +5,049Lead: Belza +8,466
  5. 8:55 pmBelza +1,639Lead: Belza +10,105
  6. 9:23 pmBelza +19Lead: Belza +10,124
  7. 10:13 pmJohansson +183Lead: Belza +9,941
  8. 10:20 pmBelza +250Lead: Belza +10,191
  9. 10:53 pmBelza +347Lead: Belza +10,538
  10. 11:20 pmBelza +326Lead: Belza +10,864
  11. 11:45 pmBelza +300Lead: Belza +11,164
  12. 12:21 amEvenLead: Belza +11,164
  13. Nov 5Belza +165Lead: Belza +11,329
  14. Nov 6Belza +816Lead: Belza +12,145
  15. Nov 7Belza +2,295Lead: Belza +14,440
  16. Nov 9Belza +2,089Lead: Belza +16,529
  17. Nov 10Johansson +523Lead: Belza +16,006
  18. Nov 12Belza +1,367Lead: Belza +17,373

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.