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2026 California General Election

Treasurer

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

Statewide office

Treasurer

  • Eleni KounalakisD8,156,19665.7%Leading
  • Jennifer HawksR4,264,06334.3%

Kounalakis leads Hawks by 3,892,133 votes (31.3 points).

Late count: Kounalakis took 68.4% of the 4,751,841 votes counted since election night, Hawks 31.6%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Eleni Kounalakis has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Kounalakis 65.7%Hawks 34.3%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Eleni Kounalakis has not trailed Jennifer Hawks at any report.
+350−35Kounalakis aheadHawks aheadKounalakis +31.38:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Kounalakis ahead by 2,141,578 votes. Counted since: Kounalakis ahead by 1,750,555 votes.

Election night · 7,668,418 votes

Kounalakis 64.0% · Hawks 36.0%

Counted since · 4,751,841 votes

Kounalakis 68.4% · Hawks 31.6%

Net gain in each count Kounalakis out-gained Hawks in 22 of the 22 counts.

Kounalakis gained more · Hawks gained more

  1. 8:05 pmKounalakis +59,646Lead: Kounalakis +59,646
  2. 8:40 pmKounalakis +1,309,945Lead: Kounalakis +1,369,591
  3. 9:29 pmKounalakis +423,986Lead: Kounalakis +1,793,577
  4. 10:05 pmKounalakis +33,790Lead: Kounalakis +1,827,367
  5. 10:39 pmKounalakis +116,718Lead: Kounalakis +1,944,085
  6. 11:13 pmKounalakis +9,009Lead: Kounalakis +1,953,094
  7. 11:50 pmKounalakis +10,855Lead: Kounalakis +1,963,949
  8. 12:35 amKounalakis +38,067Lead: Kounalakis +2,002,016
  9. 1:29 amKounalakis +50,046Lead: Kounalakis +2,052,062
  10. 2:05 amKounalakis +24,884Lead: Kounalakis +2,076,946
  11. 2:49 amKounalakis +53,569Lead: Kounalakis +2,130,515
  12. 6:02 amKounalakis +11,063Lead: Kounalakis +2,141,578
  13. Nov 4Kounalakis +112,849Lead: Kounalakis +2,254,427
  14. Nov 5Kounalakis +271,908Lead: Kounalakis +2,526,335
  15. Nov 6Kounalakis +399,915Lead: Kounalakis +2,926,250
  16. Nov 7Kounalakis +218,856Lead: Kounalakis +3,145,106
  17. Nov 8Kounalakis +56,346Lead: Kounalakis +3,201,452
  18. Nov 9Kounalakis +311,856Lead: Kounalakis +3,513,308
  19. Nov 10Kounalakis +170,132Lead: Kounalakis +3,683,440
  20. Nov 11Kounalakis +112,739Lead: Kounalakis +3,796,179
  21. Nov 12Kounalakis +94,784Lead: Kounalakis +3,890,963
  22. Nov 12Kounalakis +1,170Lead: Kounalakis +3,892,133

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.