California results by county
Every county that has finished counting (95% or more), with its 2026 margin and the change from the 2024 presidential vote in the same county.
California Governor
Xavier Becerra won (63.9%).
58 of 58 counties counted. Together, those counties moved toward D 7.5 points from 2024.
| County | Votes | 2026 | 2024 | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 309,715 | D+58.4 | D+53.6 | D+4.9 |
| Alpine | 560 | D+32.5 | D+32.0 | D+0.5 |
| Amador | 15,373 | R+24.5 | R+27.8 | D+3.3 |
| Butte | 52,387 | D+1.4 | R+3.1 | D+4.5 |
| Calaveras | 16,396 | R+23.9 | R+28.1 | D+4.2 |
| Colusa | 2,444 | R+14.3 | R+28.2 | D+13.9 |
| Contra Costa | 267,812 | D+41.6 | D+37.9 | D+3.6 |
| Del Norte | 5,484 | R+5.7 | R+16.4 | D+10.8 |
| El Dorado | 64,318 | R+8.8 | R+12.0 | D+3.2 |
| Fresno | 145,587 | D+6.9 | R+4.4 | D+11.3 |
| Glenn | 3,749 | R+30.6 | R+34.9 | D+4.3 |
| Humboldt | 21,243 | D+30.7 | D+28.4 | D+2.3 |
| Imperial | 18,438 | D+30.7 | R+0.9 | D+31.5 |
| Inyo | 4,194 | D+4.5 | R+3.0 | D+7.5 |
| Kern | 128,989 | R+1.5 | R+21.1 | D+19.6 |
| Kings | 27,045 | R+7.5 | R+23.0 | D+15.5 |
| Lake | 7,707 | D+12.2 | R+1.4 | D+13.6 |
| Lassen | 5,545 | R+48.3 | R+54.0 | D+5.7 |
| Los Angeles | 2,104,634 | D+42.0 | D+32.9 | D+9.1 |
| Madera | 29,394 | R+3.4 | R+20.8 | D+17.4 |
| Marin | 66,012 | D+58.9 | D+63.9 | R+5.0 |
| Mariposa | 6,833 | R+17.8 | R+21.1 | D+3.3 |
| Mendocino | 17,197 | D+38.4 | D+26.8 | D+11.6 |
| Merced | 41,526 | D+16.1 | R+4.4 | D+20.5 |
| Modoc | 2,432 | R+46.3 | R+46.7 | D+0.4 |
| Mono | 3,461 | D+19.3 | D+20.3 | R+1.0 |
| Monterey | 79,352 | D+39.8 | D+29.9 | D+9.9 |
| Napa | 19,126 | D+37.9 | D+34.9 | D+3.1 |
| Nevada | 28,877 | D+16.6 | D+12.2 | D+4.3 |
| Orange | 789,687 | D+6.2 | D+2.7 | D+3.6 |
| Placer | 129,828 | R+5.5 | R+8.5 | D+3.0 |
| Plumas | 6,525 | R+15.2 | R+16.9 | D+1.8 |
| Riverside | 331,860 | D+15.0 | R+1.3 | D+16.3 |
| Sacramento | 268,289 | D+27.4 | D+19.7 | D+7.7 |
| San Benito | 7,364 | D+19.5 | D+12.6 | D+6.9 |
| San Bernardino | 363,256 | D+15.9 | R+2.1 | D+18.0 |
| San Diego | 759,942 | D+20.7 | D+16.8 | D+3.9 |
| San Francisco | 179,354 | D+65.7 | D+64.8 | D+0.9 |
| San Joaquin | 119,924 | D+13.7 | R+0.9 | D+14.6 |
| San Luis Obispo | 67,878 | D+14.7 | D+10.9 | D+3.8 |
| San Mateo | 148,649 | D+46.9 | D+50.3 | R+3.5 |
| Santa Barbara | 88,678 | D+31.2 | D+26.7 | D+4.5 |
| Santa Clara | 302,556 | D+39.4 | D+40.0 | R+0.5 |
| Santa Cruz | 70,769 | D+57.9 | D+54.4 | D+3.4 |
| Shasta | 31,499 | R+27.4 | R+36.5 | D+9.0 |
| Sierra | 1,394 | R+24.1 | R+24.2 | D+0.1 |
| Siskiyou | 11,151 | R+12.9 | R+19.2 | D+6.3 |
| Solano | 92,349 | D+28.1 | D+23.0 | D+5.2 |
| Sonoma | 98,873 | D+52.1 | D+46.2 | D+5.9 |
| Stanislaus | 86,005 | D+5.8 | R+11.0 | D+16.8 |
| Sutter | 13,598 | R+15.1 | R+31.4 | D+16.3 |
| Tehama | 13,073 | R+34.0 | R+41.8 | D+7.8 |
| Trinity | 2,732 | R+4.2 | R+9.4 | D+5.1 |
| Tulare | 61,571 | R+4.8 | R+20.7 | D+15.9 |
| Tuolumne | 16,675 | R+15.2 | R+21.9 | D+6.7 |
| Ventura | 193,451 | D+21.4 | D+15.1 | D+6.3 |
| Yolo | 45,948 | D+46.5 | D+36.2 | D+10.3 |
| Yuba | 8,912 | R+15.4 | R+25.8 | D+10.5 |
Questions and answers
How many counties did each party win in the California governor's race?
Democrats carry 35 counties and Republicans 23.
Which counties moved most from 2024 in the California governor's race?
Imperial: 31.5 points toward Democrats; Merced: 20.5 points toward Democrats; Kern: 19.6 points toward Democrats.
Which California county cast the most votes?
Los Angeles, with 2,104,634 votes counted; the margin there was D+42.0.
California 2026 results recap → · Download as CSV → · Swing from 2024 in every state →
County results: civicAPI. 2024: presidential votes by county (Harris vs. Trump). Margin: Democrat minus Republican, in points of the total.