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2026 California General Election

U.S. House, District 17

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.

U.S. House

U.S. House, District 17

  • Ro KhannaD152,03472.7%Leading
  • Ritesh TandonR57,20727.3%

Khanna leads Tandon by 94,827 votes (45.3 points).

Late count: Khanna took 74.7% of the 106,626 votes counted since election night, Tandon 25.3%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Ro Khanna has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Khanna 72.7%Tandon 27.3%8:55 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Ro Khanna has not trailed Ritesh Tandon at any report.
+500−50Khanna aheadTandon aheadKhanna +45.38:55 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Khanna ahead by 42,113 votes. Counted since: Khanna ahead by 52,714 votes.

Election night · 102,615 votes

Khanna 70.5% · Tandon 29.5%

Counted since · 106,626 votes

Khanna 74.7% · Tandon 25.3%

Net gain in each count Khanna out-gained Tandon in 16 of the 16 counts.

Khanna gained more · Tandon gained more

  1. 8:55 pmKhanna +5,299Lead: Khanna +5,299
  2. 9:23 pmKhanna +32,214Lead: Khanna +37,513
  3. 10:05 pmKhanna +213Lead: Khanna +37,726
  4. 10:20 pmKhanna +3,062Lead: Khanna +40,788
  5. 11:13 pmKhanna +40Lead: Khanna +40,828
  6. 11:25 pmKhanna +1,056Lead: Khanna +41,884
  7. 12:35 amKhanna +118Lead: Khanna +42,002
  8. 2:19 amKhanna +111Lead: Khanna +42,113
  9. Nov 4Khanna +2,237Lead: Khanna +44,350
  10. Nov 5Khanna +5,464Lead: Khanna +49,814
  11. Nov 6Khanna +8,346Lead: Khanna +58,160
  12. Nov 7Khanna +6,008Lead: Khanna +64,168
  13. Nov 9Khanna +16,853Lead: Khanna +81,021
  14. Nov 10Khanna +5,290Lead: Khanna +86,311
  15. Nov 11Khanna +8,180Lead: Khanna +94,491
  16. Nov 12Khanna +336Lead: Khanna +94,827

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.