California 2026 Election Results, the Full List: Becerra Elected Governor, Fiona Ma Lieutenant Governor, All 14 Propositions

California voters cast their ballots in the 2026 midterm elections on November 3, and the results below are the collective choice they made. According to the California Secretary of State's semi-official count, with all 23,860 precincts reporting, Democrats won every statewide office called so far: Xavier Becerra was elected governor and Fiona Ma, a Chinese American, was elected lieutenant governor. Of the 14 ballot propositions, six have been called, four passed and two rejected. In the U.S. House, Democrats lead in 48 of the state's 52 districts to the Republicans' 4, and the Democratic majorities in both houses of the state Legislature grew. The full list, item by item from the ballot, follows.

Statewide offices (12 offices, 8 called)

Governor: Xavier Becerra (D), 4,992,161 votes, 63.9%, defeated Steve Hilton (R), 2,815,459 votes, 36.1%. The Associated Press called the race on election night. Becerra, a former California attorney general and U.S. secretary of health and human services, succeeds term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom and becomes California's first elected Latino governor since 1875.

Lieutenant Governor: Fiona Ma (D), 4,917,762 votes, 63.8%, defeated Gloria Romero (R), 2,794,433 votes, 36.2%, a margin of 2,123,329 votes. The AP called the race on election night. Ma, a CPA and the state's current treasurer, is the Chinese American elected to statewide office this cycle.

Secretary of State: Shirley Weber (D, incumbent), 4,983,791 votes, 64.7%, defeated Donald Wagner (R), 2,721,661 votes, 35.3%.

Attorney General: Rob Bonta (D, incumbent), 4,911,026 votes, 63.8%, defeated Michael Gates (R), 2,791,689 votes, 36.2%.

Controller: Malia Cohen (D, incumbent), 4,891,240 votes, 63.8%, defeated Herb Morgan (R), 2,779,231 votes, 36.2%.

Treasurer: Eleni Kounalakis (D), 4,905,258 votes, 64.0%, defeated Jennifer Hawks (R), 2,764,491 votes, 36.0%. Kounalakis, the current lieutenant governor, moves to the treasurer's office.

Insurance Commissioner: not yet called. Jane Kim (D), 3,464,693 votes, 52.0%, leads Ben Allen (D), 3,199,117 votes, 48.0%, by 265,576 votes in an all-Democratic top-two race.

Superintendent of Public Instruction (a nonpartisan office): not yet called. Richard Barrera, 3,799,472 votes, 57.1%, leads Sonja Shaw, 2,850,246 votes, 42.9%.

Board of Equalization (all four districts not yet called): District 1, Nelson Esparza (D) 53.8% leads Shannon Grove (R); District 2, Sally Lieber (D, incumbent) 59.7% leads John Pimentel (D); District 3, Mike Gipson (D) 59.5% leads Samuel Sukaton (D); District 4, Tom Umberg (D) 56.4% leads Denis Bilodeau (R).

State Supreme Court retention (both justices retained)

Justice Kelli Evans: yes 4,379,799 votes, 71.4%, retained.

Justice Joshua Groban: yes 4,348,123 votes, 70.7%, retained.

Each begins a new 12-year term on January 4, 2027.

Ballot propositions (14 total: 4 passed, 2 rejected, 8 not yet called)

Proposition 1: Authorizes $11.25 billion in bonds for veterans' home loans and affordable housing. Yes 59.4% — passed.

Proposition 2: Raises the cap on deposits into the state's rainy-day fund from 10% to 20% of the general fund. Yes 59.6% — passed.

Proposition 3: Makes the high-income earners' income tax surcharge permanent, with revenue for K-12 schools. Yes 58.7% — passed.

Proposition 4: Allows state and local governments to set up public financing programs for political campaigns. Yes 48.1% — trailing, not yet called.

Proposition 5: Reforms recalls of state officials, separating the recall question from the successor election. Yes 50.3% — ahead by about 0.6 percentage points, the closest contest on the ballot, not yet called.

Proposition 37: Creates a $25 billion state loan program to help middle-income residents buy homes. Yes 61.0% — passed.

Proposition 38: Authorizes $8.4 billion in bonds for immunology and immunotherapy research. Yes 55.7% — leading, not yet called.

Proposition 39: Requires voters to show government-issued ID and verifies voter citizenship with government data. Yes 41.4% — rejected.

Proposition 40: A one-time 5% wealth tax on net worth above $1 billion, funding health care, food assistance and public education. Yes 44.4% — trailing, not yet called.

Proposition 41: Bars new state taxes that circumvent the state spending limit and requires audits of projects funded by new special taxes. Yes 47.6% — trailing, not yet called. Propositions 40, 41 and 42 carry conflicting-provision clauses: if more than one passes, the one with the most yes votes prevails; Prop 42 currently has the most yes votes of the three.

Proposition 42: Prohibits new state taxes on personal property (wealth and investment holdings). Yes 54.3% — leading, not yet called.

Proposition 43: Raises the threshold for voter-initiated local special taxes from a simple majority to two-thirds. Yes 45.1% — trailing, not yet called.

Proposition 44: Requires nonprofit community clinics to spend at least 90% of annual revenue on their mission. Yes 18.2% — rejected.

Proposition 45: Streamlines environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), setting deadlines for nine categories of essential projects. Yes 45.9% — trailing, not yet called.

U.S. House (52 seats, first election under the Proposition 50 map)

By current leads, Democrats hold 48 seats and Republicans 4, up from 43 Democrats, 8 Republicans and 1 independent before the election — a net gain of five for Democrats. Four seats flipped: Mike McGuire took District 1 from the Republicans; Ami Bera won District 3, formerly held by Kevin Kiley; Randy Villegas defeated incumbent David Valadao in District 22; and Marni von Wilpert won the open District 48 seat vacated by Darrell Issa. In District 6, incumbent Kevin Kiley (independent) lost to Richard Pan. In District 40, two Republican incumbents were drawn into the same district, and Ken Calvert defeated Young Kim. Three Chinese American members were reelected: Judy Chu (District 28, 68.4%), Ted Lieu (District 36, 70.7%) and Vince Fong (District 20, 62.6%). District-by-district results follow.

District 1: McGuire (D) 57.0%.

District 2: Huffman (D) 66.5%.

District 3: Bera (D) 57.1%.

District 4: Jones (D) 51.5%.

District 5: McClintock (R) 56.2%.

District 6: Pan (D) 57.5%.

District 7: Matsui (D) 57.4%.

District 8: Garamendi (D) 72.3%.

District 9: Harder (D) 65.8%.

District 10: DeSaulnier (D) 69.1%.

District 11: Wiener (D) 55.4%.

District 12: Simon (D) 79.8%.

District 13: Gray (D) 61.3%.

District 14: Wahab (D) 56.5%.

District 15: Mullin (D) 77.4%.

District 16: Liccardo (D) 75.9%.

District 17: Khanna (D) 70.5%.

District 18: Lofgren (D) 71.7%.

District 19: Panetta (D) 72.0%.

District 20: Vince Fong (R) 62.6%.

District 21: Costa (D) 62.2%.

District 22: Villegas (D) 66.4%.

District 23: Obernolte (R) 51.3% (not yet called).

District 24: Carbajal (D) 65.8%.

District 25: Ruiz (D) 64.4%.

District 26: Irwin (D) 61.6%.

District 27: Whitesides (D) 61.7%.

District 28: Judy Chu (D) 68.4%.

District 29: Rivas (D) 60.2%.

District 30: Friedman (D) 75.5%.

District 31: Cisneros (D) 63.8%.

District 32: Sherman (D) 65.8%.

District 33: Aguilar (D) 67.7%.

District 34: Gonzales-Torres (D) 58.7%.

District 35: Norma Torres (D) 65.6%.

District 36: Ted Lieu (D) 70.7%.

District 37: Kamlager-Dove (D) 62.0%.

District 38: Solis (D) 65.0%.

District 39: Takano (D) 65.3%.

District 40: Calvert (R) 54.5%.

District 41: Sanchez (D) 64.9%.

District 42: Garcia (D) 59.6%.

District 43: Waters (D) 81.2%.

District 44: Barragan (D) 79.8%.

District 45: Tran (D) 58.7%.

District 46: Correa (D) 68.1%.

District 47: Min (D) 56.7%.

District 48: von Wilpert (D) 59.6%.

District 49: Levin (D) 57.5%.

District 50: Peters (D) 61.0%.

District 51: Jacobs (D) 63.1%.

District 52: Vargas (D) 68.9%.

State Legislature

State Senate: of the 20 seats up this year, Democrats won 16 and Republicans 4; the full chamber now stands at 32 Democrats and 8 Republicans (from 30-10). Mara Elliott flipped District 40 from the Republicans. In District 36, Chris Duncan (D) leads incumbent Tony Strickland (R) by just 1,060 votes; the race is not yet called, and a flip would make the chamber 31-9.

State Assembly: all 80 seats were up; Democrats won 64 and Republicans 16 (from 60-20), defeating four Republican incumbents in Districts 7, 36, 47 and 58. In District 74, incumbent Laurie Davies (R) leads by only 583 votes; the race is not yet called.

Three Chinese American state legislators were reelected: Alex Lee (Assembly District 24, 70.2%), Mike Fong (District 49, 67.3%) and Phillip Chen (R, District 59, 61.6%).

Local Elections: City and County of Los Angeles

The Los Angeles mayoral election shared the same ballot (a top-two primary on June 2 and the deciding vote on November 3): incumbent Mayor Karen Bass faced City Councilmember Nithya Raman. In the count as of the early hours of November 4 (about 63% counted), Raman led with 377,458 votes, 51.1%, to Bass's 360,864 votes, 48.9%, a margin of 16,594 votes. The Associated Press has not called the race; ballots mailed by Election Day and arriving by November 10 will still be counted, and the outcome may not be settled for days.

Both Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors seats on this cycle's ballot were decided outright in the June 2 primary (a majority in the primary elects, with no runoff): in District 1, María Elena Durazo won with 60.6% to succeed the term-limited Hilda Solis; in District 3, incumbent Lindsey Horvath was reelected with 66.4%. Districts 2 and 4 were not up this cycle.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna was reelected outright in the June primary with about 70.2% of the vote.

City of Los Angeles Charter Amendment EE (raising the signature threshold for referendums) led with about 54.8% yes in the election-night count; it has not been called.

Counting and Certification

All figures are from the California Secretary of State's semi-official count as of the morning of November 4, together with Associated Press race calls. Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day and received by November 10 still count; counties must complete their canvass by December 3, and the Secretary of State certifies the statewide results on December 11. GSM will update this list as the remaining races are called.

Related: 2026 midterm results: all 50 states

Source: California Secretary of State

Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)

Photo: 图片来源：加州州议会大厦（Sacramento），dllu 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）

Latest in California

Culver City Proposes Three-Year Pay Packages for Three Management Employee Groups2026-11-04Culver City Semi-Final Results Update: Puza and Stehlin Hold Top Two Council Spots2026-11-04