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2026 California General Election

U.S. House, District 19

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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 19

  • Jimmy PanettaD217,87072.3%Leading
  • Peter Coe VerbicaR83,44627.7%

Panetta leads Verbica by 134,424 votes (44.6 points).

Late count: Panetta took 72.8% of the 119,673 votes counted since election night, Verbica 27.2%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Jimmy Panetta has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Panetta 72.3%Verbica 27.7%8:07 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Jimmy Panetta has not trailed Peter Coe Verbica at any report.
+500−50Panetta aheadVerbica aheadPanetta +44.68:07 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Panetta ahead by 79,845 votes. Counted since: Panetta ahead by 54,579 votes.

Election night · 181,643 votes

Panetta 72.0% · Verbica 28.0%

Counted since · 119,673 votes

Panetta 72.8% · Verbica 27.2%

Net gain in each count Panetta out-gained Verbica in 20 of the 22 counts.

Panetta gained more · Verbica gained more

  1. 8:07 pmPanetta +2,158Lead: Panetta +2,158
  2. 8:30 pmPanetta +54,444Lead: Panetta +56,602
  3. 9:23 pmPanetta +17,301Lead: Panetta +73,903
  4. 10:20 pmPanetta +256Lead: Panetta +74,159
  5. 10:53 pmPanetta +314Lead: Panetta +74,473
  6. 11:09 pmPanetta +251Lead: Panetta +74,724
  7. 11:25 pmPanetta +857Lead: Panetta +75,581
  8. 12:05 amPanetta +319Lead: Panetta +75,900
  9. 12:29 amPanetta +1,247Lead: Panetta +77,147
  10. 1:53 amVerbica +645Lead: Panetta +76,502
  11. 2:09 amPanetta +2,855Lead: Panetta +79,357
  12. 2:23 amPanetta +488Lead: Panetta +79,845
  13. Nov 4Panetta +1,085Lead: Panetta +80,930
  14. Nov 5Panetta +11,855Lead: Panetta +92,785
  15. Nov 6Panetta +6,509Lead: Panetta +99,294
  16. Nov 7Panetta +9,013Lead: Panetta +108,307
  17. Nov 8Panetta +4,824Lead: Panetta +113,131
  18. Nov 9Panetta +8,223Lead: Panetta +121,354
  19. Nov 10Panetta +8,300Lead: Panetta +129,654
  20. Nov 11Panetta +5,085Lead: Panetta +134,739
  21. Nov 12Verbica +530Lead: Panetta +134,209
  22. Nov 12Panetta +215Lead: Panetta +134,424

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.