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2026 California General Election

U.S. House, District 2

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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 2

  • Jared HuffmanD186,08666.2%Leading
  • Robin LittauR95,16233.8%

Huffman leads Littau by 90,924 votes (32.3 points).

Late count: Huffman took 65.2% of the 122,101 votes counted since election night, Littau 34.8%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Jared Huffman has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%100%Huffman 66.2%Littau 33.8%8:07 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Jared Huffman has not trailed Robin Littau at any report.
+700−70Huffman aheadLittau aheadHuffman +32.38:07 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Huffman ahead by 53,893 votes. Counted since: Huffman ahead by 37,031 votes.

Election night · 159,147 votes

Huffman 66.9% · Littau 33.1%

Counted since · 122,101 votes

Huffman 65.2% · Littau 34.8%

Net gain in each count Littau out-gained Huffman in 10 of the 19 counts.

Huffman gained more · Littau gained more

  1. 8:07 pmHuffman +8,493Lead: Huffman +8,493
  2. 8:23 pmHuffman +39,045Lead: Huffman +47,538
  3. 8:33 pmHuffman +4,950Lead: Huffman +52,488
  4. 9:35 pmHuffman +4,183Lead: Huffman +56,671
  5. 10:00 pmLittau +164Lead: Huffman +56,507
  6. 10:10 pmLittau +217Lead: Huffman +56,290
  7. 10:43 pmLittau +5Lead: Huffman +56,285
  8. 11:25 pmLittau +3,859Lead: Huffman +52,426
  9. 11:39 pmHuffman +45Lead: Huffman +52,471
  10. 12:35 amHuffman +3,579Lead: Huffman +56,050
  11. 2:15 amLittau +398Lead: Huffman +55,652
  12. 6:02 amLittau +1,759Lead: Huffman +53,893
  13. Nov 4Littau +1,022Lead: Huffman +52,871
  14. Nov 5Huffman +2,947Lead: Huffman +55,818
  15. Nov 6Littau +1,240Lead: Huffman +54,578
  16. Nov 9Huffman +16,415Lead: Huffman +70,993
  17. Nov 10Littau +995Lead: Huffman +69,998
  18. Nov 11Huffman +24,342Lead: Huffman +94,340
  19. Nov 12Littau +3,416Lead: Huffman +90,924

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.