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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 59

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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 59

  • Phillip ChenR109,38459.6%Leading
  • Victor HernandezG74,26040.4%

Chen leads Hernandez by 35,124 votes (19.1 points).

Late count: Chen took 55.3% of the 59,081 votes counted since election night, Hernandez 44.7%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Phillip Chen has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Chen 59.6%Hernandez 40.4%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Phillip Chen has not trailed Victor Hernandez at any report.
+250−25Chen aheadHernandez aheadChen +19.18:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Chen ahead by 28,807 votes. Counted since: Chen ahead by 6,317 votes.

Election night · 124,563 votes

Chen 61.6% · Hernandez 38.4%

Counted since · 59,081 votes

Chen 55.3% · Hernandez 44.7%

Net gain in each count Chen out-gained Hernandez in 15 of the 20 counts.

Chen gained more · Hernandez gained more

  1. 8:05 pmChen +3,105Lead: Chen +3,105
  2. 8:19 pmChen +15,689Lead: Chen +18,794
  3. 9:37 pmChen +193Lead: Chen +18,987
  4. 9:55 pmHernandez +13Lead: Chen +18,974
  5. 10:20 pmChen +789Lead: Chen +19,763
  6. 10:43 pmChen +2,902Lead: Chen +22,665
  7. 11:45 pmChen +4,870Lead: Chen +27,535
  8. 11:50 pmHernandez +8Lead: Chen +27,527
  9. 12:13 amHernandez +10Lead: Chen +27,517
  10. 12:45 amChen +968Lead: Chen +28,485
  11. 1:49 amChen +201Lead: Chen +28,686
  12. 2:41 amChen +121Lead: Chen +28,807
  13. Nov 4Chen +1,074Lead: Chen +29,881
  14. Nov 5Chen +840Lead: Chen +30,721
  15. Nov 6Chen +1,509Lead: Chen +32,230
  16. Nov 7Chen +1,878Lead: Chen +34,108
  17. Nov 9Chen +874Lead: Chen +34,982
  18. Nov 10Chen +298Lead: Chen +35,280
  19. Nov 11Hernandez +17Lead: Chen +35,263
  20. Nov 12Hernandez +139Lead: Chen +35,124

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.