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California · Governor

California Governor

Xavier Becerra wins. Called.

64% counted
CandidateVotesShare
Xavier Becerra D won 5,383,232 64.5%
Steve Hilton R 2,967,071 35.5%
Total8,350,303

23,860 of 23,860 precincts reporting. Precincts reporting is not the same as ballots counted. Last vote update Nov 5, 5:16 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 9:00 PM.

By county

PlaceVotes Margin2024 president ShiftCounted
Los Angeles 2,339,635 D +43.5 D +34.0 D +9.5 81%
Orange 838,327 D +6.8 D +2.7 D +4.0 72%
San Diego 759,942 D +20.7 D +17.3 D +3.4 62%
San Bernardino 363,256 D +15.9 R +2.2 D +18.1 68%
Riverside 363,122 D +15.2 R +1.3 D +16.5 51%
Santa Clara 315,946 D +39.7 D +41.5 R +1.9 49%
Alameda 309,715 D +58.4 D +56.0 D +2.4 53%
Sacramento 268,289 D +27.4 D +20.4 D +7.0 47%
Contra Costa 267,812 D +41.6 D +39.3 D +2.3 57%
San Francisco 248,173 D +68.1 D +67.6 D +0.6 68%
Ventura 206,522 D +21.3 D +15.6 D +5.8 61%
Fresno 165,252 D +7.8 R +4.5 D +12.3 63%
San Mateo 164,948 D +48.1 D +52.1 R +3.9 56%
Placer 129,828 R +5.5 R +8.8 D +3.2 60%
Kern 128,989 R +1.5 R +21.6 D +20.1 57%
San Joaquin 119,924 D +13.7 R +0.9 D +14.6 57%
Solano 112,781 D +29.0 D +23.7 D +5.3 73%
Sonoma 106,915 D +51.9 D +47.8 D +4.1 45%
Santa Barbara 99,602 D +31.9 D +27.5 D +4.4 61%
Monterey 89,122 D +40.2 D +30.8 D +9.4 73%
Stanislaus 86,005 D +5.8 R +11.3 D +17.1 56%
Santa Cruz 77,442 D +58.2 D +56.6 D +1.6 62%
El Dorado 69,110 R +10.3 R +12.3 D +2.0 66%
San Luis Obispo 67,878 D +14.7 D +11.2 D +3.5 48%
Marin 66,012 D +58.9 D +65.7 R +6.8 46%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

TimeUpdateTotal votesMargin
+6,673 votes8,350,303D +28.9
+2,733 votes8,343,630D +28.9
+3,957 votes8,340,897D +28.9
+48,176 votes8,336,940D +28.9
+3,799 votes8,288,764D +28.7
+39,456 votes8,284,965D +28.7
+24,341 votes8,245,509D +28.8
+10,924 votes8,221,168D +28.7
+7,814 votes8,210,244D +28.7
+1,399 votes8,202,430D +28.7
+3 votes8,201,031D +28.7
+9,770 votes8,201,028D +28.7