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2026 California General Election

Court of Appeal, District 4: Joanne Motoike

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

Judicial retention

Court of Appeal, District 4: Joanne Motoike

  • Yes1,796,26064.9%Leading
  • No971,30835.1%

Yes leads by 824,952 votes (29.8 points).

Late count: Yes took 66.1% of the 1,043,020 votes counted since election night.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Yes has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%100%Majority 50%Yes 64.9%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Election night and the count since Election night: Yes 64.2%. Counted since: Yes 66.1%.

Election night · 1,724,548 votes

Yes 64.2% · No 35.8%

Counted since · 1,043,020 votes

Yes 66.1% · No 33.9%

Votes added in each count Yes won 18 of the 20 counts.
Count Yes NoSplitWon the countYes share
8:05 pm+145,459+82,616Yes63.8%
8:19 pm+788,837+400,652Yes65.9%
9:09 pm+11,435+6,541Yes65.9%
9:55 pm+9,792+6,289Yes65.8%
10:20 pm+5,980+4,309Yes65.8%
10:43 pm+14,584+15,178No65.4%
11:45 pm+24,841+26,836No64.9%
12:05 am+21,431+15,526Yes64.7%
12:45 am+28,547+22,710Yes64.4%
1:09 am+13,367+7,950Yes64.4%
2:41 am+30,204+22,105Yes64.2%
4:21 am+12,743+6,616Yes64.2%
Nov 4+40,387+22,512Yes64.2%
Nov 5+94,804+49,139Yes64.3%
Nov 6+110,114+61,719Yes64.3%
Nov 7+79,660+43,674Yes64.3%
Nov 9+162,855+76,666Yes64.7%
Nov 10+33,003+14,763Yes64.8%
Nov 11+104,977+56,396Yes64.8%
Nov 12+63,240+29,111Yes64.9%

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.