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2026 California General Election

U.S. House, District 52

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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 52

  • Juan VargasD152,37271.5%Leading
  • Jeff BelleR60,58728.5%

Vargas leads Belle by 91,785 votes (43.1 points).

Late count: Vargas took 75.7% of the 82,271 votes counted since election night, Belle 24.3%.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Juan Vargas has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%Vargas 71.5%Belle 28.5%8:15 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Who’s ahead, report by report Juan Vargas has not trailed Jeff Belle at any report.
+450−45Vargas aheadBelle aheadVargas +43.18:15 pmNov 12
Election night and the count since Election night: Vargas ahead by 49,480 votes. Counted since: Vargas ahead by 42,305 votes.

Election night · 130,688 votes

Vargas 68.9% · Belle 31.1%

Counted since · 82,271 votes

Vargas 75.7% · Belle 24.3%

Net gain in each count Vargas out-gained Belle in 10 of the 11 counts.

Vargas gained more · Belle gained more

  1. 8:15 pmVargas +41,391Lead: Vargas +41,391
  2. 10:10 pmBelle +62Lead: Vargas +41,329
  3. 11:03 pmVargas +40Lead: Vargas +41,369
  4. 12:05 amVargas +2,852Lead: Vargas +44,221
  5. 1:01 amVargas +939Lead: Vargas +45,160
  6. 2:57 amVargas +4,320Lead: Vargas +49,480
  7. Nov 5Vargas +4,138Lead: Vargas +53,618
  8. Nov 6Vargas +6,677Lead: Vargas +60,295
  9. Nov 9Vargas +19,527Lead: Vargas +79,822
  10. Nov 11Vargas +5,124Lead: Vargas +84,946
  11. Nov 12Vargas +6,839Lead: Vargas +91,785

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.