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Humboldt County, California

2026 election results. Xavier Becerra (D) has 67% of the vote for governor in Humboldt County, with about 80% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Humboldt County

Governor

Xavier Becerra
66.9%30,506
Steve Hilton
33.1%15,069
80% counted

Statewide: Xavier Becerra wins. Called.

The leader in Humboldt County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 11, 5:46 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
CA GovernorD +33.9D +29.7Not yet
CA-02D +39.1D +29.7Not yet

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Humboldt County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris62.0%Donald Trump33.6%D +28.464,229
2020Joe Biden65.0%Donald Trump31.6%D +33.468,825
2016Hillary Clinton56.0%Donald Trump31.0%D +25.059,246
2012Barack Obama60.0%Mitt Romney32.8%D +27.257,470
2008Barack Obama62.3%John McCain34.1%D +28.263,727
2004John Kerry58.0%George W. Bush39.3%D +18.765,510
2000Al Gore44.4%George W. Bush41.5%D +2.955,972

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +25.5.

Other counties in California

California results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until California certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. California's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.