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2026 California General Election

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Counting Page updated Updates every 15 minutes

Results are unofficial until certified. California counts mail ballots for weeks; totals change until certification on December 11.

Statewide office · nonpartisan

Superintendent of Public Instruction

  • Richard Barrera6,334,57959.0%Leading
  • Sonja Shaw4,395,50241.0%

Barrera leads Shaw by 1,939,077 votes (18.1 points).

Late count: Barrera took 62.1% of the 4,081,455 votes counted since election night, Shaw 37.9%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Richard Barrera has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Barrera 59.0%Shaw 41.0%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Richard Barrera has not trailed Sonja Shaw at any report.
+200−20Barrera aheadShaw aheadBarrera +18.18:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Barrera ahead by 949,710 votes. Counted since: Barrera ahead by 989,367 votes.

Election night · 6,648,626 votes

Barrera 57.1% · Shaw 42.9%

Counted since · 4,081,455 votes

Barrera 62.1% · Shaw 37.9%

Net gain in each count Barrera out-gained Shaw in 20 of the 22 counts.

Barrera gained more · Shaw gained more

  1. 8:05 pmBarrera +5,279Lead: Barrera +5,279
  2. 8:40 pmBarrera +599,100Lead: Barrera +604,379
  3. 9:29 pmBarrera +225,144Lead: Barrera +829,523
  4. 10:05 pmBarrera +12,090Lead: Barrera +841,613
  5. 10:39 pmBarrera +55,473Lead: Barrera +897,086
  6. 11:13 pmShaw +3,758Lead: Barrera +893,328
  7. 11:50 pmShaw +5,113Lead: Barrera +888,215
  8. 12:35 amBarrera +10,581Lead: Barrera +898,796
  9. 1:29 amBarrera +18,451Lead: Barrera +917,247
  10. 2:05 amBarrera +7,121Lead: Barrera +924,368
  11. 2:49 amBarrera +21,522Lead: Barrera +945,890
  12. 6:02 amBarrera +3,820Lead: Barrera +949,710
  13. Nov 4Barrera +69,660Lead: Barrera +1,019,370
  14. Nov 5Barrera +159,792Lead: Barrera +1,179,162
  15. Nov 6Barrera +234,856Lead: Barrera +1,414,018
  16. Nov 7Barrera +130,687Lead: Barrera +1,544,705
  17. Nov 8Barrera +32,705Lead: Barrera +1,577,410
  18. Nov 9Barrera +165,588Lead: Barrera +1,742,998
  19. Nov 10Barrera +86,510Lead: Barrera +1,829,508
  20. Nov 11Barrera +60,325Lead: Barrera +1,889,833
  21. Nov 12Barrera +48,733Lead: Barrera +1,938,566
  22. Nov 12Barrera +511Lead: Barrera +1,939,077

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.