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Placer County, California

2026 election results. Steve Hilton (R) has 53% of the vote for governor in Placer County, with about 87% of the expected vote counted. Placer County is split between 3 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Placer County

Governor

Steve Hilton
52.9%100,434
Xavier Becerra
47.1%89,421
87% counted

Statewide: Xavier Becerra wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 3rd District

Robb Tucker
56.2%31,844
Ami Bera
43.8%24,868
89% counted

Only part of Placer County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Ami Bera wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 4th District

Eric Jones
63.5%16,896
Mike Thompson
36.5%9,725
97% counted

Only part of Placer County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Seat stays Democrat; winner not called.

U.S. House: California 6th District

Kevin Kiley
50.2%48,031
Richard Pan
49.8%47,635
85% counted

Only part of Placer County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Richard Pan wins. Called.

The leader in Placer 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 13, 6:05 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
CA GovernorR +5.8R +8.8Not yet
CA-03 part of the countyR +12.3R +13.3Not 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 Placer County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris44.3%Donald Trump52.8%R +8.5234,799
2020Joe Biden45.5%Donald Trump52.1%R +6.7235,079
2016Hillary Clinton40.2%Donald Trump52.0%R +11.8182,839
2012Barack Obama39.0%Mitt Romney58.3%R +19.3171,322
2008Barack Obama43.4%John McCain54.7%R +11.3173,107
2004John Kerry36.3%George W. Bush62.7%R +26.4152,945
2000Al Gore36.0%George W. Bush59.3%R +23.2117,799

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 +14.8.

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.