Skip to content

2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 5

Counting Page updated Updates every 15 minutes

Results are unofficial until certified. California counts mail ballots for weeks; totals change until certification on December 11.

State Assembly

State Assembly, District 5

  • Neva ParkerD89,80842.9%
  • Joe PattersonR119,53757.1%Leading

Patterson leads Parker by 29,729 votes (14.2 points).

Late count: Patterson took 59.7% of the 48,298 votes counted since election night, Parker 40.3%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Joe Patterson has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Patterson 57.1%Parker 42.9%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Joe Patterson has not trailed Neva Parker at any report.
+150−15Patterson aheadParker aheadPatterson +14.28:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Patterson ahead by 20,317 votes. Counted since: Patterson ahead by 9,412 votes.

Election night · 161,047 votes

Parker 43.7% · Patterson 56.3%

Counted since · 48,298 votes

Parker 40.3% · Patterson 59.7%

Net gain in each count Patterson out-gained Parker in 12 of the 13 counts.

Parker gained more · Patterson gained more

  1. 8:05 pmPatterson +1,012Lead: Patterson +1,012
  2. 8:19 pmPatterson +7,489Lead: Patterson +8,501
  3. 9:23 pmPatterson +685Lead: Patterson +9,186
  4. 10:33 pmPatterson +400Lead: Patterson +9,586
  5. 10:53 pmPatterson +5,272Lead: Patterson +14,858
  6. 11:45 pmPatterson +3,322Lead: Patterson +18,180
  7. 12:13 amPatterson +1,007Lead: Patterson +19,187
  8. 12:21 amPatterson +1,130Lead: Patterson +20,317
  9. Nov 5Patterson +1,158Lead: Patterson +21,475
  10. Nov 6Patterson +3,162Lead: Patterson +24,637
  11. Nov 9Patterson +3,150Lead: Patterson +27,787
  12. Nov 10Patterson +1,997Lead: Patterson +29,784
  13. Nov 12Parker +55Lead: Patterson +29,729

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.