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Riverside County, California

2026 election results. Xavier Becerra (D) has 59% of the vote for governor in Riverside County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 18.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Riverside County is split between 7 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Riverside County

Governor

Xavier Becerra
58.6%415,506
Steve Hilton
41.4%293,842
100% counted

Statewide: Xavier Becerra wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 23rd District

Jay Obernolte
59.3%6,829
Tessa Hodge
40.7%4,685
79% counted

Only part of Riverside County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Jay Obernolte leads.

U.S. House: California 25th District

Raul Ruiz
65.6%105,000
Joe Males
34.4%55,024
100% counted

Only part of Riverside County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Raul Ruiz wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 33rd District

Pete Aguilar
64.6%2,260
Stephanie Vargas
35.4%1,239
87% counted

Only part of Riverside County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Pete Aguilar wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 35th District

Norma Torres
56.5%25,206
Mike Cargile
43.5%19,438
97% counted

Only part of Riverside County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Norma Torres wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 39th District

Mark Takano
68.7%122,551
Steve Manos
31.3%55,766
91% counted

Only part of Riverside County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Mark Takano wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 40th District

Ken Calvert
53.1%77,771
Young Kim
46.9%68,594
89% counted

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

U.S. House: California 48th District

Marni von Wilpert
58.0%74,706
Jim Desmond
42.0%54,022
100% counted

Only part of Riverside County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Marni von Wilpert wins. Called.

The leader in Riverside 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, 6:43 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
CA GovernorD +17.2R +1.3D +18.5
CA-23 part of the countyR +18.6R +30.9Not yet
CA-25 part of the countyD +31.2D +8.1D +23.1
CA-33 part of the countyD +29.2D +3.8Not yet
CA-35 part of the countyD +12.9R +8.7D +21.6
CA-39 part of the countyD +37.5D +10.0D +27.5
CA-48 part of the countyD +16.1R +1.0D +17.1

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 Riverside County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris48.0%Donald Trump49.3%R +1.3940,518
2020Joe Biden53.0%Donald Trump45.0%D +7.9997,027
2016Hillary Clinton49.7%Donald Trump44.4%D +5.4751,391
2012Barack Obama49.7%Mitt Romney48.1%D +1.7661,907
2008Barack Obama50.2%John McCain47.9%D +2.3647,299
2004John Kerry41.1%George W. Bush57.9%R +16.8556,882
2000Al Gore44.9%George W. Bush51.4%R +6.5451,127

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 +5.2.

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.