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2026 California General Election

State Senate, District 38

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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 38

  • Catherine S. BlakespearD228,82857.5%Leading
  • Laura BassettR168,97542.5%

Blakespear leads Bassett by 59,853 votes (15.0 points).

Late count: Blakespear took 61.0% of the 128,597 votes counted since election night, Bassett 39.0%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Catherine S. Blakespear has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Blakespear 57.5%Bassett 42.5%8:15 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Catherine S. Blakespear has not trailed Laura Bassett at any report.
+200−20Blakespear aheadBassett aheadBlakespear +15.08:15 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Blakespear ahead by 31,688 votes. Counted since: Blakespear ahead by 28,165 votes.

Election night · 269,206 votes

Blakespear 55.9% · Bassett 44.1%

Counted since · 128,597 votes

Blakespear 61.0% · Bassett 39.0%

Net gain in each count Blakespear out-gained Bassett in 15 of the 20 counts.

Blakespear gained more · Bassett gained more

  1. 8:15 pmBlakespear +33,358Lead: Blakespear +33,358
  2. 8:19 pmBlakespear +2,254Lead: Blakespear +35,612
  3. 10:10 pmBassett +12Lead: Blakespear +35,600
  4. 10:20 pmBassett +681Lead: Blakespear +34,919
  5. 10:43 pmBassett +913Lead: Blakespear +34,006
  6. 11:03 pmBlakespear +26Lead: Blakespear +34,032
  7. 11:45 pmBassett +4,785Lead: Blakespear +29,247
  8. 12:05 amBlakespear +507Lead: Blakespear +29,754
  9. 12:13 amBlakespear +7Lead: Blakespear +29,761
  10. 12:45 amBlakespear +4Lead: Blakespear +29,765
  11. 1:49 amBlakespear +1,460Lead: Blakespear +31,225
  12. 2:57 amBlakespear +463Lead: Blakespear +31,688
  13. Nov 4Blakespear +189Lead: Blakespear +31,877
  14. Nov 5Blakespear +2,999Lead: Blakespear +34,876
  15. Nov 6Blakespear +3,632Lead: Blakespear +38,508
  16. Nov 7Bassett +244Lead: Blakespear +38,264
  17. Nov 9Blakespear +12,541Lead: Blakespear +50,805
  18. Nov 10Blakespear +735Lead: Blakespear +51,540
  19. Nov 11Blakespear +4,202Lead: Blakespear +55,742
  20. Nov 12Blakespear +4,111Lead: Blakespear +59,853

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.