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2026 California General Election

Lieutenant Governor

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

Statewide office

Lieutenant Governor

  • Fiona MaD8,193,69465.5%Leading
  • Gloria RomeroR4,313,75434.5%

Ma leads Romero by 3,879,940 votes (31.0 points).

Late count: Ma took 68.3% of the 4,796,595 votes counted since election night, Romero 31.7%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Fiona Ma has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Ma 65.5%Romero 34.5%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Fiona Ma has not trailed Gloria Romero at any report.
+350−35Ma aheadRomero aheadMa +31.08:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Ma ahead by 2,124,147 votes. Counted since: Ma ahead by 1,755,793 votes.

Election night · 7,710,853 votes

Ma 63.8% · Romero 36.2%

Counted since · 4,796,595 votes

Ma 68.3% · Romero 31.7%

Net gain in each count Ma out-gained Romero in 22 of the 22 counts.

Ma gained more · Romero gained more

  1. 8:05 pmMa +56,037Lead: Ma +56,037
  2. 8:40 pmMa +1,301,657Lead: Ma +1,357,694
  3. 9:29 pmMa +435,004Lead: Ma +1,792,698
  4. 10:05 pmMa +33,305Lead: Ma +1,826,003
  5. 10:39 pmMa +117,583Lead: Ma +1,943,586
  6. 11:13 pmMa +7,560Lead: Ma +1,951,146
  7. 11:50 pmMa +8,214Lead: Ma +1,959,360
  8. 12:35 amMa +35,345Lead: Ma +1,994,705
  9. 1:29 amMa +46,218Lead: Ma +2,040,923
  10. 2:05 amMa +23,133Lead: Ma +2,064,056
  11. 2:49 amMa +50,403Lead: Ma +2,114,459
  12. 6:02 amMa +9,688Lead: Ma +2,124,147
  13. Nov 4Ma +113,015Lead: Ma +2,237,162
  14. Nov 5Ma +272,751Lead: Ma +2,509,913
  15. Nov 6Ma +402,094Lead: Ma +2,912,007
  16. Nov 7Ma +217,686Lead: Ma +3,129,693
  17. Nov 8Ma +56,138Lead: Ma +3,185,831
  18. Nov 9Ma +314,580Lead: Ma +3,500,411
  19. Nov 10Ma +170,709Lead: Ma +3,671,120
  20. Nov 11Ma +113,210Lead: Ma +3,784,330
  21. Nov 12Ma +94,389Lead: Ma +3,878,719
  22. Nov 12Ma +1,221Lead: Ma +3,879,940

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.