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2026 California General Election

State Assembly, District 9

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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 9

  • Matthew AdamsD69,53543.5%
  • Heath FloraR90,22256.5%Leading

Flora leads Adams by 20,687 votes (12.9 points).

Late count: Flora took 55.2% of the 67,071 votes counted since election night, Adams 44.8%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Heath Flora has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Flora 56.5%Adams 43.5%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Heath Flora has not trailed Matthew Adams at any report.
+400−40Flora aheadAdams aheadFlora +12.98:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Flora ahead by 13,680 votes. Counted since: Flora ahead by 7,007 votes.

Election night · 92,686 votes

Adams 42.6% · Flora 57.4%

Counted since · 67,071 votes

Adams 44.8% · Flora 55.2%

Net gain in each count Flora out-gained Adams in 16 of the 18 counts.

Adams gained more · Flora gained more

  1. 8:05 pmFlora +1,121Lead: Flora +1,121
  2. 8:15 pmFlora +1,747Lead: Flora +2,868
  3. 8:45 pmFlora +4,325Lead: Flora +7,193
  4. 8:55 pmFlora +1,275Lead: Flora +8,468
  5. 9:37 pmFlora +269Lead: Flora +8,737
  6. 9:55 pmFlora +330Lead: Flora +9,067
  7. 10:25 pmFlora +67Lead: Flora +9,134
  8. 10:50 pmFlora +715Lead: Flora +9,849
  9. 11:29 pmFlora +248Lead: Flora +10,097
  10. 12:05 amFlora +2,110Lead: Flora +12,207
  11. 1:19 amFlora +1,486Lead: Flora +13,693
  12. 1:33 amAdams +13Lead: Flora +13,680
  13. Nov 5Flora +533Lead: Flora +14,213
  14. Nov 6Flora +2,116Lead: Flora +16,329
  15. Nov 9Flora +2,205Lead: Flora +18,534
  16. Nov 10Flora +1,261Lead: Flora +19,795
  17. Nov 11Adams +172Lead: Flora +19,623
  18. Nov 12Flora +1,064Lead: Flora +20,687

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.