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2026 California General Election

U.S. House, District 36

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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 36

  • Ted W. LieuD221,87172.9%Leading
  • Houston BrignanoR82,28927.1%

Lieu leads Brignano by 139,582 votes (45.9 points).

Late count: Lieu took 78.0% of the 94,618 votes counted since election night, Brignano 22.0%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Ted W. Lieu has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Lieu 72.9%Brignano 27.1%8:23 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Ted W. Lieu has not trailed Houston Brignano at any report.
+500−50Lieu aheadBrignano aheadLieu +45.98:23 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Lieu ahead by 86,570 votes. Counted since: Lieu ahead by 53,012 votes.

Election night · 209,542 votes

Lieu 70.7% · Brignano 29.3%

Counted since · 94,618 votes

Lieu 78.0% · Brignano 22.0%

Net gain in each count Lieu out-gained Brignano in 19 of the 19 counts.

Lieu gained more · Brignano gained more

  1. 8:23 pmLieu +74,236Lead: Lieu +74,236
  2. 9:03 pmLieu +3,035Lead: Lieu +77,271
  3. 9:29 pmLieu +640Lead: Lieu +77,911
  4. 10:10 pmLieu +518Lead: Lieu +78,429
  5. 10:50 pmLieu +206Lead: Lieu +78,635
  6. 11:29 pmLieu +100Lead: Lieu +78,735
  7. 11:50 pmLieu +29Lead: Lieu +78,764
  8. 12:29 amLieu +747Lead: Lieu +79,511
  9. 1:09 amLieu +1,541Lead: Lieu +81,052
  10. 1:49 amLieu +2,229Lead: Lieu +83,281
  11. 2:27 amLieu +3,059Lead: Lieu +86,340
  12. 3:17 amLieu +230Lead: Lieu +86,570
  13. Nov 4Lieu +8,372Lead: Lieu +94,942
  14. Nov 5Lieu +12,874Lead: Lieu +107,816
  15. Nov 6Lieu +10,461Lead: Lieu +118,277
  16. Nov 7Lieu +13,453Lead: Lieu +131,730
  17. Nov 8Lieu +5,577Lead: Lieu +137,307
  18. Nov 9Lieu +835Lead: Lieu +138,142
  19. Nov 10Lieu +1,440Lead: Lieu +139,582

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.