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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 38

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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 38

  • Steve BennettD87,63269.9%Leading
  • Michael MacDonaldD37,69730.1%

Bennett leads MacDonald by 49,935 votes (39.8 points).

Late count: Bennett took 69.4% of the 46,515 votes counted since election night, MacDonald 30.6%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Steve Bennett has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Bennett 69.9%MacDonald 30.1%9:09 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Steve Bennett has not trailed Michael MacDonald at any report.
+450−45Bennett aheadMacDonald aheadBennett +39.89:09 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Bennett ahead by 31,914 votes. Counted since: Bennett ahead by 18,021 votes.

Election night · 78,814 votes

Bennett 70.2% · MacDonald 29.8%

Counted since · 46,515 votes

Bennett 69.4% · MacDonald 30.6%

Net gain in each count Bennett out-gained MacDonald in 8 of the 8 counts.

Bennett gained more · MacDonald gained more

  1. 9:09 pmBennett +29,352Lead: Bennett +29,352
  2. 10:53 pmBennett +50Lead: Bennett +29,402
  3. 1:01 amBennett +675Lead: Bennett +30,077
  4. 4:54 amBennett +1,837Lead: Bennett +31,914
  5. Nov 5Bennett +1,861Lead: Bennett +33,775
  6. Nov 6Bennett +2,943Lead: Bennett +36,718
  7. Nov 9Bennett +1,808Lead: Bennett +38,526
  8. Nov 12Bennett +11,409Lead: Bennett +49,935

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.