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2026 California General Election

Controller

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Results are unofficial until certified. California counts mail ballots for weeks; totals change until certification on December 11.

Statewide office

Controller

  • Malia M. CohenD8,140,30965.5%Leading
  • Herb W MorganR4,285,69934.5%

Cohen leads Morgan by 3,854,610 votes (31.0 points).

Late count: Cohen took 68.3% of the 4,756,868 votes counted since election night, Morgan 31.7%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Malia M. Cohen has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Cohen 65.5%Morgan 34.5%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Malia M. Cohen has not trailed Herb W Morgan at any report.
+350−35Cohen aheadMorgan aheadCohen +31.08:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Cohen ahead by 2,112,788 votes. Counted since: Cohen ahead by 1,741,822 votes.

Election night · 7,669,140 votes

Cohen 63.8% · Morgan 36.2%

Counted since · 4,756,868 votes

Cohen 68.3% · Morgan 31.7%

Net gain in each count Cohen out-gained Morgan in 22 of the 22 counts.

Cohen gained more · Morgan gained more

  1. 8:05 pmCohen +62,195Lead: Cohen +62,195
  2. 8:40 pmCohen +1,284,470Lead: Cohen +1,346,665
  3. 9:29 pmCohen +420,490Lead: Cohen +1,767,155
  4. 10:05 pmCohen +33,401Lead: Cohen +1,800,556
  5. 10:39 pmCohen +113,853Lead: Cohen +1,914,409
  6. 11:13 pmCohen +8,967Lead: Cohen +1,923,376
  7. 11:50 pmCohen +11,704Lead: Cohen +1,935,080
  8. 12:35 amCohen +37,752Lead: Cohen +1,972,832
  9. 1:29 amCohen +50,102Lead: Cohen +2,022,934
  10. 2:05 amCohen +25,172Lead: Cohen +2,048,106
  11. 2:49 amCohen +53,427Lead: Cohen +2,101,533
  12. 6:02 amCohen +11,255Lead: Cohen +2,112,788
  13. Nov 4Cohen +112,056Lead: Cohen +2,224,844
  14. Nov 5Cohen +269,567Lead: Cohen +2,494,411
  15. Nov 6Cohen +397,509Lead: Cohen +2,891,920
  16. Nov 7Cohen +217,394Lead: Cohen +3,109,314
  17. Nov 8Cohen +56,029Lead: Cohen +3,165,343
  18. Nov 9Cohen +307,992Lead: Cohen +3,473,335
  19. Nov 10Cohen +172,783Lead: Cohen +3,646,118
  20. Nov 11Cohen +112,505Lead: Cohen +3,758,623
  21. Nov 12Cohen +94,774Lead: Cohen +3,853,397
  22. Nov 12Cohen +1,213Lead: Cohen +3,854,610

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.