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2026 California General Election

U.S. House, District 50

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 50

  • Scott PetersD190,26163.4%Leading
  • Steve CohenR109,85336.6%

Peters leads Cohen by 80,408 votes (26.8 points).

Late count: Peters took 67.7% of the 107,238 votes counted since election night, Cohen 32.3%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Scott Peters has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Peters 63.4%Cohen 36.6%8:15 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Scott Peters has not trailed Steve Cohen at any report.
+300−30Peters aheadCohen aheadPeters +26.88:15 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Peters ahead by 42,512 votes. Counted since: Peters ahead by 37,896 votes.

Election night · 192,876 votes

Peters 61.0% · Cohen 39.0%

Counted since · 107,238 votes

Peters 67.7% · Cohen 32.3%

Net gain in each count Peters out-gained Cohen in 10 of the 11 counts.

Peters gained more · Cohen gained more

  1. 8:15 pmPeters +38,996Lead: Peters +38,996
  2. 10:10 pmPeters +47Lead: Peters +39,043
  3. 11:03 pmCohen +205Lead: Peters +38,838
  4. 12:05 amPeters +1,006Lead: Peters +39,844
  5. 1:01 amPeters +1,708Lead: Peters +41,552
  6. 2:57 amPeters +960Lead: Peters +42,512
  7. Nov 5Peters +4,423Lead: Peters +46,935
  8. Nov 6Peters +5,761Lead: Peters +52,696
  9. Nov 9Peters +17,047Lead: Peters +69,743
  10. Nov 11Peters +4,689Lead: Peters +74,432
  11. Nov 12Peters +5,976Lead: Peters +80,408

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.