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San Luis Obispo County, California

2026 election results. Xavier Becerra (D) has 56% of the vote for governor in San Luis Obispo County, with about 84% of the expected vote counted. San Luis Obispo County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in San Luis Obispo County

Governor

Xavier Becerra
56.4%67,065
Steve Hilton
43.6%51,873
84% counted

Statewide: Xavier Becerra wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 19th District

Jimmy Panetta
51.0%21,434
Peter Verbica
49.0%20,619
83% counted

Only part of San Luis Obispo County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jimmy Panetta wins. Called.

U.S. House: California 24th District

Salud Carbajal
63.1%47,357
Bob Smith
36.9%27,666
85% counted

Only part of San Luis Obispo County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Salud Carbajal wins. Called.

The leader in San Luis Obispo 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, 4:45 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
CA GovernorD +12.8D +11.2Not yet
CA-19 part of the countyD +1.9R +7.3Not yet
CA-24 part of the countyD +26.2D +21.6Not 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 San Luis Obispo County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris53.9%Donald Trump43.1%D +10.8150,881
2020Joe Biden55.3%Donald Trump42.2%D +13.1159,826
2016Hillary Clinton49.7%Donald Trump41.6%D +8.1135,009
2012Barack Obama48.8%Mitt Romney47.7%D +1.0125,638
2008Barack Obama51.4%John McCain46.0%D +5.4132,653
2004John Kerry45.7%George W. Bush52.9%R +7.2128,647
2000Al Gore40.9%George W. Bush52.2%R +11.3108,886

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 +22.2.

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.