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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 72

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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 72

  • Chris KluweD109,92450.2%Leading
  • Gracey Van Der MarkR109,19849.8%

Kluwe leads Mark by 726 votes (0.3 points).

Late count: Kluwe took 52.9% of the 57,421 votes counted since election night, Mark 47.1%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Chris Kluwe took the lead on November 11.
0%20%40%60%Kluwe 50.2%Mark 49.8%8:19 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Kluwe and Mark have traded places 2 times.
+100−10Kluwe aheadMark aheadKluwe +0.38:19 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Mark ahead by 2,605 votes. Counted since: Kluwe ahead by 3,331 votes.

Election night · 161,701 votes

Kluwe 49.2% · Mark 50.8%

Counted since · 57,421 votes

Kluwe 52.9% · Mark 47.1%

Net gain in each count Kluwe out-gained Mark in 9 of the 17 counts.

Kluwe gained more · Mark gained more

  1. 8:19 pmKluwe +7,471Lead: Kluwe +7,471
  2. 9:37 pmMark +104Lead: Kluwe +7,367
  3. 10:20 pmMark +81Lead: Kluwe +7,286
  4. 10:43 pmMark +2,803Lead: Kluwe +4,483
  5. 11:13 pmKluwe +8Lead: Kluwe +4,491
  6. 11:45 pmMark +2,456Lead: Kluwe +2,035
  7. 12:13 amMark +2,095Lead: Mark +60
  8. 12:45 amKluwe +17Lead: Mark +43
  9. 1:49 amMark +2,562Lead: Mark +2,605
  10. Nov 4Mark +114Lead: Mark +2,719
  11. Nov 5Kluwe +1,078Lead: Mark +1,641
  12. Nov 6Mark +573Lead: Mark +2,214
  13. Nov 7Kluwe +513Lead: Mark +1,701
  14. Nov 9Kluwe +318Lead: Mark +1,383
  15. Nov 10Kluwe +1,272Lead: Mark +111
  16. Nov 11Kluwe +743Lead: Kluwe +632
  17. Nov 12Kluwe +94Lead: Kluwe +726

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.