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2026 California General Election

State Senate, District 4

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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 4

  • Jaron BrandonD175,78847.7%
  • Alexandra DuarteR192,63352.3%Leading

Duarte leads Brandon by 16,845 votes (4.6 points).

Late count: Duarte took 52.4% of the 131,655 votes counted since election night, Brandon 47.6%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Alexandra Duarte has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Duarte 52.3%Brandon 47.7%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Alexandra Duarte has not trailed Jaron Brandon at any report.
+150−15Duarte aheadBrandon aheadDuarte +4.68:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Duarte ahead by 10,446 votes. Counted since: Duarte ahead by 6,399 votes.

Election night · 236,766 votes

Brandon 47.8% · Duarte 52.2%

Counted since · 131,655 votes

Brandon 47.6% · Duarte 52.4%

Net gain in each count Duarte out-gained Brandon in 13 of the 18 counts.

Brandon gained more · Duarte gained more

  1. 8:05 pmDuarte +4,438Lead: Duarte +4,438
  2. 8:30 pmBrandon +2,268Lead: Duarte +2,170
  3. 8:55 pmDuarte +3,774Lead: Duarte +5,944
  4. 9:29 pmDuarte +60Lead: Duarte +6,004
  5. 9:45 pmDuarte +1,010Lead: Duarte +7,014
  6. 10:20 pmBrandon +877Lead: Duarte +6,137
  7. 10:50 pmDuarte +2,742Lead: Duarte +8,879
  8. 11:29 pmDuarte +137Lead: Duarte +9,016
  9. 11:50 pmDuarte +544Lead: Duarte +9,560
  10. 12:13 amDuarte +1,085Lead: Duarte +10,645
  11. 12:35 amBrandon +799Lead: Duarte +9,846
  12. 2:05 amDuarte +600Lead: Duarte +10,446
  13. Nov 4Brandon +257Lead: Duarte +10,189
  14. Nov 5Duarte +607Lead: Duarte +10,796
  15. Nov 6Duarte +6,022Lead: Duarte +16,818
  16. Nov 9Duarte +417Lead: Duarte +17,235
  17. Nov 10Duarte +2,022Lead: Duarte +19,257
  18. Nov 12Brandon +2,412Lead: Duarte +16,845

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.