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2026 California General Election

State Senate, District 36

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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 36

  • Chris DuncanD200,02551.6%Leading
  • Tony StricklandR187,82848.4%

Duncan leads Strickland by 12,197 votes (3.1 points).

Late count: Duncan took 55.2% of the 106,343 votes counted since election night, Strickland 44.8%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Chris Duncan has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%Duncan 51.6%Strickland 48.4%8:19 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Chris Duncan has not trailed Tony Strickland at any report.
+100−10Duncan aheadStrickland aheadDuncan +3.18:19 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Duncan ahead by 1,060 votes. Counted since: Duncan ahead by 11,137 votes.

Election night · 281,510 votes

Duncan 50.2% · Strickland 49.8%

Counted since · 106,343 votes

Duncan 55.2% · Strickland 44.8%

Net gain in each count Duncan out-gained Strickland in 16 of the 21 counts.

Duncan gained more · Strickland gained more

  1. 8:19 pmDuncan +9,071Lead: Duncan +9,071
  2. 9:03 pmDuncan +5,052Lead: Duncan +14,123
  3. 9:29 pmDuncan +64Lead: Duncan +14,187
  4. 10:10 pmDuncan +34Lead: Duncan +14,221
  5. 10:27 pmDuncan +66Lead: Duncan +14,287
  6. 11:09 pmStrickland +5,310Lead: Duncan +8,977
  7. 11:29 pmDuncan +138Lead: Duncan +9,115
  8. 12:09 amStrickland +2,382Lead: Duncan +6,733
  9. 12:29 amStrickland +3,038Lead: Duncan +3,695
  10. 1:09 amStrickland +230Lead: Duncan +3,465
  11. 1:49 amStrickland +2,578Lead: Duncan +887
  12. 3:17 amDuncan +173Lead: Duncan +1,060
  13. Nov 4Duncan +600Lead: Duncan +1,660
  14. Nov 5Duncan +2,079Lead: Duncan +3,739
  15. Nov 6Duncan +333Lead: Duncan +4,072
  16. Nov 7Duncan +1,253Lead: Duncan +5,325
  17. Nov 8Duncan +243Lead: Duncan +5,568
  18. Nov 9Duncan +967Lead: Duncan +6,535
  19. Nov 10Duncan +4,114Lead: Duncan +10,649
  20. Nov 11Duncan +1,212Lead: Duncan +11,861
  21. Nov 12Duncan +336Lead: Duncan +12,197

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.