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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 34

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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 34

  • Randall PutzD71,80247.6%
  • Charles Frederick HughesR79,07252.4%Leading

Hughes leads Putz by 7,270 votes (4.8 points).

Late count: Hughes took 51.2% of the 50,112 votes counted since election night, Putz 48.8%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Charles Frederick Hughes has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%Hughes 52.4%Putz 47.6%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Charles Frederick Hughes has not trailed Randall Putz at any report.
+100−10Hughes aheadPutz aheadHughes +4.88:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Hughes ahead by 6,036 votes. Counted since: Hughes ahead by 1,234 votes.

Election night · 100,762 votes

Putz 47.0% · Hughes 53.0%

Counted since · 50,112 votes

Putz 48.8% · Hughes 51.2%

Net gain in each count Putz out-gained Hughes in 13 of the 21 counts.

Putz gained more · Hughes gained more

  1. 8:05 pmHughes +2,130Lead: Hughes +2,130
  2. 8:40 pmPutz +81Lead: Hughes +2,049
  3. 9:09 pmPutz +113Lead: Hughes +1,936
  4. 9:55 pmPutz +95Lead: Hughes +1,841
  5. 10:27 pmPutz +40Lead: Hughes +1,801
  6. 11:09 pmPutz +18Lead: Hughes +1,783
  7. 11:50 pmHughes +1,618Lead: Hughes +3,401
  8. 12:29 amPutz +12Lead: Hughes +3,389
  9. 1:09 amPutz +61Lead: Hughes +3,328
  10. 2:09 amHughes +665Lead: Hughes +3,993
  11. 2:41 amHughes +265Lead: Hughes +4,258
  12. 3:17 amHughes +1,778Lead: Hughes +6,036
  13. Nov 4Putz +320Lead: Hughes +5,716
  14. Nov 5Hughes +127Lead: Hughes +5,843
  15. Nov 6Hughes +2,316Lead: Hughes +8,159
  16. Nov 7Putz +46Lead: Hughes +8,113
  17. Nov 8Putz +98Lead: Hughes +8,015
  18. Nov 9Putz +423Lead: Hughes +7,592
  19. Nov 10Putz +147Lead: Hughes +7,445
  20. Nov 11Hughes +43Lead: Hughes +7,488
  21. Nov 12Putz +218Lead: Hughes +7,270

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.