Updated Nov. 15, 5:20 p.m.
Polls are closed in California. Elections officials are beginning to process and count millions of mail-in ballots from California’s General Election.
The Secretary of State’s Office website shows an estimated 15,231,417 ballots had been counted by Friday at 5:15 p.m.
Every registered California voter was sent a mail-in ballot. The process offers greater convenience for voters, but also delays results because election staff must spend more time verifying signatures and handling late-arriving ballots.
Leading up to the election, statewide ballot returns were slightly lower compared to the 2020 General Election. On the Monday before Election Day, roughly 42% of ballots had been returned; in 2020, that number was closer to 49%, according to election firm Political Data, Inc.
County election officials have until Dec. 5 to process and count ballots. The Secretary of State will certify the results of the election on Dec. 13.
This page will be updated as results come in. See full California election results here.
Presidential race
Vice President Kamala Harris won California’s 54 electoral college votes, according to a call by the Associated Press. (California’s electoral college lost one member after the 2020 census.) Harris’s projected win was called immediately after polls closed, far from a surprise in California.
The presidential race was called for Donald Trump in the early hours of the morning after Election Day by the Associated Press.
U.S. Senate
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff has won the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat held for decades by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, according to a call made by the Associated Press shortly after polls closed. He had 59.2% of the preliminary results on Wednesday morning.
Republican challenger (and former Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star) Steve Garvey had 40.8% of early results Wednesday morning.
U.S. Senate (special election)
A special election to fill the remainder of Feinstein’s senate term also appeared on the ballot this election. The seat is currently held by Sen. Laphonza Butler, who was appointed as a caretaker by Governor Gavin Newsom shortly after Feinstein’s death.
Schiff was also announced as the winner of this race, per the Associated Press.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in California, fields questions after voting in the state's primary election, March 5, 2024, in Burbank, Calif.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File
U.S. House of Representatives
District 3:
Republican incumbent Rep. Kevin Kiley won the race Congressional District 3, according to a race call by the Associated Press. He led with 56% of the vote on Wednesday morning.
Democratic challenger Jessica Morse followed with 44% of early results Wednesday morning. Morse previously ran against Rep. Tom McClintock in 2018.
Morse conceded in a message to supporters posted on social media last week.
"Although we didn't have the outcome we wanted in this race, I am proud to have stood at a critical juncture in history with you," she said. "We sounded the alarm, mobilized neighbors and awoke civic engagement in our community. I know it feels like a red tsunami has come to wipe out our freedoms. But our work together over the previous year, knocking doors, making calls, writing postcards, has communicated directly to our community and helped reinforce the foundations of our democracy."
District 6:
Democratic incumbent Ami Bera won the race for Congressional District 6, according to a race call from the Associated Press. He had 57.8% of early results on Wednesday. Bera, who was first elected in 2012, has served on the Science, Space and Technology and Foreign Affairs committees, among others, during his time in Congress.
Republican realtor and financial investigator Chris Bish followed with 42.2% of early results.
District 7:
Democratic incumbent Doris Matsui won her 11th two-year term in the House, according to a call by the Associated Press. Matusi, who was elected in 2005, had 66.7% of early results.
Republican challenger Tom Silva followed with 33.3%. Silva served as a member of the armed forces for 33 years and on the school board in his hometown of Galt.
California’s 7th Congressional District includes central and south Sacramento neighborhoods including Downtown, Midtown, Arden-Arcade, Lemon Hill and Florin along with the cities of West Sacramento and Elk Grove.
Congresswoman Doris Matsui talks with attendees of the ground breaking for the Hanami Line, a cherry blossom park being built along the Sacramento River, Thursday, June 29, 2023.Andrew Nixon / CapRadio
California state Assembly
District 6:
Early results show Democrat Maggie Krell leading with 66.9% in the race to replace Assembly member Kevin McCarty, who is running for Sacramento mayor. Krell currently serves as a Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice, and has also been a lawyer for Planned Parenthood.
Republican trade advocate Nikki Ellis follows with 33.1% of early results.
The 6th Assembly District spans from Sacramento’s Land Park neighborhood to Natomas, including downtown and Midtown, East Sacramento, and parts of Arden-Arcade.
District 7:
Early results show Republican incumbent Josh Hoover is leading with 53.6% in the race for the 7th Assembly District, a region that includes much of northeastern Sacramento County, including Fair Oaks, Rancho Cordova, Folsom, Citrus Heights and North Highlands. It also includes portions of Rosemont and Carmichael.
Democratic challenger Porsche Middleton follows with 46.4% of early results Friday evening.
District 10:
Democratic incumbent Stephanie Nguyen has 67.6% of the early results in the race to represent California’s 10th Assembly District. Nguyen was first elected to the role in 2022 and previously served on Elk Grove City Council.
Retired engineer Vinaya Singh follows with 32.4% of early results Wednesday morning.
The 10th Assembly District spans much of southern Sacramento County.
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