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2026 California General Election

U.S. House, District 3

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 3

  • Ami BeraD158,82258.8%Leading
  • Robb TuckerR111,44841.2%

Bera leads Tucker by 47,374 votes (17.5 points).

Late count: Bera took 61.5% of the 103,124 votes counted since election night, Tucker 38.5%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Ami Bera took the lead at 8:15 pm.
0%20%40%60%80%Bera 58.8%Tucker 41.2%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Bera and Tucker have traded places once.
+200−20Bera aheadTucker aheadBera +17.58:05 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Bera ahead by 23,598 votes. Counted since: Bera ahead by 23,776 votes.

Election night · 167,146 votes

Bera 57.1% · Tucker 42.9%

Counted since · 103,124 votes

Bera 61.5% · Tucker 38.5%

Net gain in each count Bera out-gained Tucker in 10 of the 17 counts.

Bera gained more · Tucker gained more

  1. 8:05 pmTucker +273Lead: Tucker +273
  2. 8:15 pmBera +20,033Lead: Bera +19,760
  3. 9:23 pmBera +7,431Lead: Bera +27,191
  4. 10:05 pmBera +267Lead: Bera +27,458
  5. 10:13 pmTucker +495Lead: Bera +26,963
  6. 10:33 pmTucker +25Lead: Bera +26,938
  7. 11:45 pmTucker +3,873Lead: Bera +23,065
  8. 11:55 pmTucker +473Lead: Bera +22,592
  9. 12:05 amBera +865Lead: Bera +23,457
  10. 12:13 amBera +34Lead: Bera +23,491
  11. 12:29 amTucker +107Lead: Bera +23,384
  12. 1:33 amBera +214Lead: Bera +23,598
  13. Nov 5Tucker +148Lead: Bera +23,450
  14. Nov 6Bera +9,544Lead: Bera +32,994
  15. Nov 9Bera +868Lead: Bera +33,862
  16. Nov 10Bera +13,468Lead: Bera +47,330
  17. Nov 12Bera +44Lead: Bera +47,374

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.