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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 79

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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 79

  • LaShae Sharp-CollinsD96,79570.0%Leading
  • Andrew LawsonR41,52130.0%

Sharp-Collins leads Lawson by 55,274 votes (40.0 points).

Late count: Sharp-Collins took 74.8% of the 54,944 votes counted since election night, Lawson 25.2%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in LaShae Sharp-Collins has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Sharp-Collins 70.0%Lawson 30.0%8:15 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report LaShae Sharp-Collins has not trailed Andrew Lawson at any report.
+400−40Sharp-Collins aheadLawson aheadSharp-Collins +40.08:15 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Sharp-Collins ahead by 27,988 votes. Counted since: Sharp-Collins ahead by 27,286 votes.

Election night · 83,372 votes

Sharp-Collins 66.8% · Lawson 33.2%

Counted since · 54,944 votes

Sharp-Collins 74.8% · Lawson 25.2%

Net gain in each count Sharp-Collins out-gained Lawson in 11 of the 11 counts.

Sharp-Collins gained more · Lawson gained more

  1. 8:15 pmSharp-Collins +23,159Lead: Sharp-Collins +23,159
  2. 10:10 pmSharp-Collins +30Lead: Sharp-Collins +23,189
  3. 11:03 pmSharp-Collins +223Lead: Sharp-Collins +23,412
  4. 12:05 amSharp-Collins +1,332Lead: Sharp-Collins +24,744
  5. 1:01 amSharp-Collins +1,151Lead: Sharp-Collins +25,895
  6. 2:57 amSharp-Collins +2,093Lead: Sharp-Collins +27,988
  7. Nov 5Sharp-Collins +2,107Lead: Sharp-Collins +30,095
  8. Nov 6Sharp-Collins +4,575Lead: Sharp-Collins +34,670
  9. Nov 9Sharp-Collins +12,270Lead: Sharp-Collins +46,940
  10. Nov 11Sharp-Collins +3,963Lead: Sharp-Collins +50,903
  11. Nov 12Sharp-Collins +4,371Lead: Sharp-Collins +55,274

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.