Skip to content

2026 California General Election

U.S. House, District 40

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 40

  • Ken CalvertR121,32752.8%Leading
  • Young KimR108,32247.2%

Calvert leads Kim by 13,005 votes (5.7 points).

Late count: Calvert took 50.6% of the 100,282 votes counted since election night, Kim 49.4%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Ken Calvert has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%Calvert 52.8%Kim 47.2%8:15 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Ken Calvert has not trailed Young Kim at any report.
+150−15Calvert aheadKim aheadCalvert +5.78:15 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Calvert ahead by 11,733 votes. Counted since: Calvert ahead by 1,272 votes.

Election night · 129,367 votes

Calvert 54.5% · Kim 45.5%

Counted since · 100,282 votes

Calvert 50.6% · Kim 49.4%

Net gain in each count Calvert out-gained Kim in 16 of the 20 counts.

Calvert gained more · Kim gained more

  1. 8:15 pmCalvert +6,996Lead: Calvert +6,996
  2. 8:19 pmCalvert +1,667Lead: Calvert +8,663
  3. 9:37 pmKim +2Lead: Calvert +8,661
  4. 10:13 pmCalvert +93Lead: Calvert +8,754
  5. 10:20 pmCalvert +374Lead: Calvert +9,128
  6. 10:43 pmCalvert +172Lead: Calvert +9,300
  7. 11:45 pmCalvert +2,142Lead: Calvert +11,442
  8. 12:13 amCalvert +64Lead: Calvert +11,506
  9. 12:45 amCalvert +25Lead: Calvert +11,531
  10. 1:09 amCalvert +90Lead: Calvert +11,621
  11. 2:15 amKim +71Lead: Calvert +11,550
  12. 4:21 amCalvert +183Lead: Calvert +11,733
  13. Nov 4Calvert +548Lead: Calvert +12,281
  14. Nov 5Calvert +325Lead: Calvert +12,606
  15. Nov 6Calvert +223Lead: Calvert +12,829
  16. Nov 7Calvert +412Lead: Calvert +13,241
  17. Nov 9Calvert +69Lead: Calvert +13,310
  18. Nov 10Kim +146Lead: Calvert +13,164
  19. Nov 11Calvert +405Lead: Calvert +13,569
  20. Nov 12Kim +564Lead: Calvert +13,005

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.