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2026 California General Election

State Senate, District 26

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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 26

  • Sara HernandezD128,04653.1%Leading
  • Sarah RascónD112,90146.9%

Hernandez leads Rascón by 15,145 votes (6.3 points).

Late count: Rascón took 54.1% of the 83,456 votes counted since election night, Hernandez 45.9%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Sara Hernandez has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Hernandez 53.1%Rascón 46.9%8:23 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Sara Hernandez has not trailed Sarah Rascón at any report.
+150−15Hernandez aheadRascón aheadHernandez +6.38:23 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Hernandez ahead by 22,053 votes. Counted since: Rascón ahead by 6,908 votes.

Election night · 157,491 votes

Hernandez 57.0% · Rascón 43.0%

Counted since · 83,456 votes

Hernandez 45.9% · Rascón 54.1%

Net gain in each count Hernandez out-gained Rascón in 11 of the 19 counts.

Hernandez gained more · Rascón gained more

  1. 8:23 pmHernandez +13,327Lead: Hernandez +13,327
  2. 9:03 pmHernandez +2,597Lead: Hernandez +15,924
  3. 9:29 pmRascón +125Lead: Hernandez +15,799
  4. 10:10 pmRascón +186Lead: Hernandez +15,613
  5. 10:50 pmRascón +106Lead: Hernandez +15,507
  6. 11:29 pmHernandez +1,651Lead: Hernandez +17,158
  7. 11:50 pmHernandez +521Lead: Hernandez +17,679
  8. 12:29 amHernandez +807Lead: Hernandez +18,486
  9. 1:09 amHernandez +869Lead: Hernandez +19,355
  10. 1:49 amHernandez +823Lead: Hernandez +20,178
  11. 2:27 amHernandez +1,386Lead: Hernandez +21,564
  12. 3:17 amHernandez +489Lead: Hernandez +22,053
  13. Nov 4Rascón +965Lead: Hernandez +21,088
  14. Nov 5Rascón +2,463Lead: Hernandez +18,625
  15. Nov 6Rascón +1,354Lead: Hernandez +17,271
  16. Nov 7Rascón +2,193Lead: Hernandez +15,078
  17. Nov 8Rascón +211Lead: Hernandez +14,867
  18. Nov 9Hernandez +209Lead: Hernandez +15,076
  19. Nov 10Hernandez +69Lead: Hernandez +15,145

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.