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2026 California General Election

State Senate, District 34

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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 34

  • Avelino ValenciaD168,19070.6%Leading
  • Rhonda ShaderR70,06429.4%

Valencia leads Shader by 98,126 votes (41.2 points).

Late count: Valencia took 76.8% of the 87,538 votes counted since election night, Shader 23.2%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Avelino Valencia has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Valencia 70.6%Shader 29.4%8:19 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Avelino Valencia has not trailed Rhonda Shader at any report.
+450−45Valencia aheadShader aheadValencia +41.28:19 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Valencia ahead by 51,158 votes. Counted since: Valencia ahead by 46,968 votes.

Election night · 150,716 votes

Valencia 67.0% · Shader 33.0%

Counted since · 87,538 votes

Valencia 76.8% · Shader 23.2%

Net gain in each count Valencia out-gained Shader in 21 of the 21 counts.

Valencia gained more · Shader gained more

  1. 8:19 pmValencia +34,943Lead: Valencia +34,943
  2. 9:03 pmValencia +3,567Lead: Valencia +38,510
  3. 9:29 pmValencia +31Lead: Valencia +38,541
  4. 10:10 pmValencia +420Lead: Valencia +38,961
  5. 10:43 pmValencia +1,131Lead: Valencia +40,092
  6. 11:09 pmValencia +178Lead: Valencia +40,270
  7. 11:45 pmValencia +3,355Lead: Valencia +43,625
  8. 12:09 amValencia +298Lead: Valencia +43,923
  9. 12:45 amValencia +6,874Lead: Valencia +50,797
  10. 1:29 amValencia +81Lead: Valencia +50,878
  11. 2:09 amValencia +263Lead: Valencia +51,141
  12. 3:17 amValencia +17Lead: Valencia +51,158
  13. Nov 4Valencia +5,643Lead: Valencia +56,801
  14. Nov 5Valencia +6,313Lead: Valencia +63,114
  15. Nov 6Valencia +5,605Lead: Valencia +68,719
  16. Nov 7Valencia +8,739Lead: Valencia +77,458
  17. Nov 8Valencia +218Lead: Valencia +77,676
  18. Nov 9Valencia +7,978Lead: Valencia +85,654
  19. Nov 10Valencia +7,507Lead: Valencia +93,161
  20. Nov 11Valencia +4,224Lead: Valencia +97,385
  21. Nov 12Valencia +741Lead: Valencia +98,126

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.