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2026 California General Election

State Senate, District 16

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

State Senate

State Senate, District 16

  • Melissa HurtadoD119,04362.5%Leading
  • Guillermo Asuncion GonzalezR71,30737.5%

Hurtado leads Gonzalez by 47,736 votes (25.1 points).

Late count: Hurtado took 65.6% of the 80,649 votes counted since election night, Gonzalez 34.4%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Melissa Hurtado has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Hurtado 62.5%Gonzalez 37.5%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Melissa Hurtado has not trailed Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez at any report.
+300−30Hurtado aheadGonzalez aheadHurtado +25.18:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Hurtado ahead by 22,543 votes. Counted since: Hurtado ahead by 25,193 votes.

Election night · 109,701 votes

Hurtado 60.3% · Gonzalez 39.7%

Counted since · 80,649 votes

Hurtado 65.6% · Gonzalez 34.4%

Net gain in each count Hurtado out-gained Gonzalez in 14 of the 18 counts.

Hurtado gained more · Gonzalez gained more

  1. 8:05 pmHurtado +2,167Lead: Hurtado +2,167
  2. 8:40 pmHurtado +13,593Lead: Hurtado +15,760
  3. 9:17 pmGonzalez +191Lead: Hurtado +15,569
  4. 9:55 pmGonzalez +417Lead: Hurtado +15,152
  5. 10:05 pmGonzalez +214Lead: Hurtado +14,938
  6. 10:33 pmHurtado +200Lead: Hurtado +15,138
  7. 11:13 pmHurtado +36Lead: Hurtado +15,174
  8. 11:55 pmGonzalez +15Lead: Hurtado +15,159
  9. 12:05 amHurtado +550Lead: Hurtado +15,709
  10. 12:09 amHurtado +65Lead: Hurtado +15,774
  11. 1:19 amHurtado +3,334Lead: Hurtado +19,108
  12. 3:17 amHurtado +3,435Lead: Hurtado +22,543
  13. Nov 5Hurtado +3,621Lead: Hurtado +26,164
  14. Nov 6Hurtado +635Lead: Hurtado +26,799
  15. Nov 9Hurtado +12,444Lead: Hurtado +39,243
  16. Nov 10Hurtado +3,210Lead: Hurtado +42,453
  17. Nov 11Hurtado +1,880Lead: Hurtado +44,333
  18. Nov 12Hurtado +3,403Lead: Hurtado +47,736

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.