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2026 California General Election

State Senate, District 28

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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 28

  • Lola Smallwood-CuevasD231,98285.2%Leading
  • Joe LisuzzoR40,24514.8%

Smallwood-Cuevas leads Lisuzzo by 191,737 votes (70.4 points).

Late count: Smallwood-Cuevas took 87.7% of the 93,724 votes counted since election night, Lisuzzo 12.3%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Lola Smallwood-Cuevas has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%100%Smallwood-Cuevas 85.2%Lisuzzo 14.8%8:23 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Lola Smallwood-Cuevas has not trailed Joe Lisuzzo at any report.
+750−75Smallwood-Cuevas aheadLisuzzo aheadSmallwood-Cuevas +70.48:23 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Smallwood-Cuevas ahead by 121,019 votes. Counted since: Smallwood-Cuevas ahead by 70,718 votes.

Election night · 178,503 votes

Smallwood-Cuevas 83.9% · Lisuzzo 16.1%

Counted since · 93,724 votes

Smallwood-Cuevas 87.7% · Lisuzzo 12.3%

Net gain in each count Smallwood-Cuevas out-gained Lisuzzo in 19 of the 19 counts.

Smallwood-Cuevas gained more · Lisuzzo gained more

  1. 8:23 pmSmallwood-Cuevas +84,153Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +84,153
  2. 9:03 pmSmallwood-Cuevas +10,841Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +94,994
  3. 9:29 pmSmallwood-Cuevas +1,403Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +96,397
  4. 10:10 pmSmallwood-Cuevas +835Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +97,232
  5. 10:50 pmSmallwood-Cuevas +437Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +97,669
  6. 11:29 pmSmallwood-Cuevas +2,957Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +100,626
  7. 11:50 pmSmallwood-Cuevas +1,321Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +101,947
  8. 12:29 amSmallwood-Cuevas +2,955Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +104,902
  9. 1:09 amSmallwood-Cuevas +3,625Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +108,527
  10. 1:49 amSmallwood-Cuevas +3,334Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +111,861
  11. 2:27 amSmallwood-Cuevas +6,550Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +118,411
  12. 3:17 amSmallwood-Cuevas +2,608Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +121,019
  13. Nov 4Smallwood-Cuevas +9,148Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +130,167
  14. Nov 5Smallwood-Cuevas +17,543Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +147,710
  15. Nov 6Smallwood-Cuevas +17,387Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +165,097
  16. Nov 7Smallwood-Cuevas +17,124Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +182,221
  17. Nov 8Smallwood-Cuevas +6,710Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +188,931
  18. Nov 9Smallwood-Cuevas +1,329Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +190,260
  19. Nov 10Smallwood-Cuevas +1,477Lead: Smallwood-Cuevas +191,737

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.