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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 42

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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 42

  • Deborah Klein LopezD118,65856.4%Leading
  • Ted NordblumR91,82643.6%

Lopez leads Nordblum by 26,832 votes (12.7 points).

Late count: Lopez took 57.4% of the 64,380 votes counted since election night, Nordblum 42.6%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Deborah Klein Lopez has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Lopez 56.4%Nordblum 43.6%8:23 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Deborah Klein Lopez has not trailed Ted Nordblum at any report.
+250−25Lopez aheadNordblum aheadLopez +12.78:23 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Lopez ahead by 17,330 votes. Counted since: Lopez ahead by 9,502 votes.

Election night · 146,104 votes

Lopez 55.9% · Nordblum 44.1%

Counted since · 64,380 votes

Lopez 57.4% · Nordblum 42.6%

Net gain in each count Lopez out-gained Nordblum in 14 of the 20 counts.

Lopez gained more · Nordblum gained more

  1. 8:23 pmLopez +8,566Lead: Lopez +8,566
  2. 9:03 pmNordblum +144Lead: Lopez +8,422
  3. 9:29 pmLopez +10,282Lead: Lopez +18,704
  4. 10:27 pmLopez +11Lead: Lopez +18,715
  5. 10:53 pmLopez +17Lead: Lopez +18,732
  6. 11:29 pmLopez +13Lead: Lopez +18,745
  7. 12:09 amNordblum +10Lead: Lopez +18,735
  8. 12:49 amNordblum +81Lead: Lopez +18,654
  9. 1:09 amNordblum +421Lead: Lopez +18,233
  10. 2:09 amNordblum +217Lead: Lopez +18,016
  11. 2:49 amLopez +198Lead: Lopez +18,214
  12. 4:54 amNordblum +884Lead: Lopez +17,330
  13. Nov 4Lopez +905Lead: Lopez +18,235
  14. Nov 5Lopez +1,683Lead: Lopez +19,918
  15. Nov 6Lopez +1,260Lead: Lopez +21,178
  16. Nov 7Lopez +1,117Lead: Lopez +22,295
  17. Nov 8Lopez +286Lead: Lopez +22,581
  18. Nov 9Lopez +1,002Lead: Lopez +23,583
  19. Nov 10Lopez +91Lead: Lopez +23,674
  20. Nov 12Lopez +3,158Lead: Lopez +26,832

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.