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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 45

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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 45

  • James C. RamosD85,35372.4%Leading
  • Greg AbdouchR32,47227.6%

Ramos leads Abdouch by 52,881 votes (44.9 points).

Late count: Ramos took 74.6% of the 51,659 votes counted since election night, Abdouch 25.4%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in James C. Ramos has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Ramos 72.4%Abdouch 27.6%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report James C. Ramos has not trailed Greg Abdouch at any report.
+450−45Ramos aheadAbdouch aheadRamos +44.98:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Ramos ahead by 27,510 votes. Counted since: Ramos ahead by 25,371 votes.

Election night · 66,166 votes

Ramos 70.8% · Abdouch 29.2%

Counted since · 51,659 votes

Ramos 74.6% · Abdouch 25.4%

Net gain in each count Ramos out-gained Abdouch in 11 of the 11 counts.

Ramos gained more · Abdouch gained more

  1. 8:05 pmRamos +20,939Lead: Ramos +20,939
  2. 9:55 pmRamos +2,103Lead: Ramos +23,042
  3. 11:50 pmRamos +2,027Lead: Ramos +25,069
  4. 1:49 amRamos +1,801Lead: Ramos +26,870
  5. 2:41 amRamos +640Lead: Ramos +27,510
  6. Nov 5Ramos +6,599Lead: Ramos +34,109
  7. Nov 6Ramos +4,686Lead: Ramos +38,795
  8. Nov 7Ramos +6,844Lead: Ramos +45,639
  9. Nov 9Ramos +5,956Lead: Ramos +51,595
  10. Nov 11Ramos +496Lead: Ramos +52,091
  11. Nov 12Ramos +790Lead: Ramos +52,881

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.