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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 76

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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 76

  • Darshana PatelD110,38960.8%Leading
  • Carrie S. Espinoza VillanuevaR71,29539.2%

Patel leads Villanueva by 39,094 votes (21.5 points).

Late count: Patel took 64.8% of the 65,441 votes counted since election night, Villanueva 35.2%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Darshana Patel has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Patel 60.8%Villanueva 39.2%8:15 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Darshana Patel has not trailed Carrie S. Espinoza Villanueva at any report.
+250−25Patel aheadVillanueva aheadPatel +21.58:15 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Patel ahead by 19,701 votes. Counted since: Patel ahead by 19,393 votes.

Election night · 116,243 votes

Patel 58.5% · Villanueva 41.5%

Counted since · 65,441 votes

Patel 64.8% · Villanueva 35.2%

Net gain in each count Patel out-gained Villanueva in 11 of the 11 counts.

Patel gained more · Villanueva gained more

  1. 8:15 pmPatel +17,636Lead: Patel +17,636
  2. 10:10 pmPatel +8Lead: Patel +17,644
  3. 11:03 pmPatel +64Lead: Patel +17,708
  4. 12:05 amPatel +431Lead: Patel +18,139
  5. 1:01 amPatel +161Lead: Patel +18,300
  6. 2:57 amPatel +1,401Lead: Patel +19,701
  7. Nov 5Patel +2,719Lead: Patel +22,420
  8. Nov 6Patel +2,535Lead: Patel +24,955
  9. Nov 9Patel +7,896Lead: Patel +32,851
  10. Nov 11Patel +2,601Lead: Patel +35,452
  11. Nov 12Patel +3,642Lead: Patel +39,094

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.