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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 66

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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 66

  • Sara DeenD65,48140.0%
  • Paul SeoD98,14260.0%Leading

Seo leads Deen by 32,661 votes (20.0 points).

Late count: Seo took 55.4% of the 49,116 votes counted since election night, Deen 44.6%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Paul Seo has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Seo 60.0%Deen 40.0%8:23 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Paul Seo has not trailed Sara Deen at any report.
+300−30Seo aheadDeen aheadSeo +20.08:23 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Seo ahead by 27,351 votes. Counted since: Seo ahead by 5,310 votes.

Election night · 114,507 votes

Deen 38.1% · Seo 61.9%

Counted since · 49,116 votes

Deen 44.6% · Seo 55.4%

Net gain in each count Seo out-gained Deen in 16 of the 19 counts.

Deen gained more · Seo gained more

  1. 8:23 pmSeo +20,952Lead: Seo +20,952
  2. 9:03 pmSeo +3,585Lead: Seo +24,537
  3. 9:29 pmSeo +143Lead: Seo +24,680
  4. 10:10 pmSeo +79Lead: Seo +24,759
  5. 10:50 pmSeo +51Lead: Seo +24,810
  6. 11:29 pmDeen +4Lead: Seo +24,806
  7. 11:50 pmDeen +8Lead: Seo +24,798
  8. 12:29 amSeo +882Lead: Seo +25,680
  9. 1:09 amSeo +482Lead: Seo +26,162
  10. 1:49 amSeo +840Lead: Seo +27,002
  11. 2:27 amSeo +347Lead: Seo +27,349
  12. 3:17 amSeo +2Lead: Seo +27,351
  13. Nov 4Seo +633Lead: Seo +27,984
  14. Nov 5Seo +1,466Lead: Seo +29,450
  15. Nov 6Seo +1,046Lead: Seo +30,496
  16. Nov 7Seo +1,728Lead: Seo +32,224
  17. Nov 8Seo +391Lead: Seo +32,615
  18. Nov 9Deen +13Lead: Seo +32,602
  19. Nov 10Seo +59Lead: Seo +32,661

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.