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California

55 electoral votes

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Biden (D) has won. An estimated 100 percent of votes have been counted.

Biden

63.5%

11,109,764

Trump

34.3%

6,005,961

U.S. House District 21

David Valadao (R) is projected to defeat TJ Cox (D) and leads by 1,522 votes.

	Votes	Pct.
ValadaoGOP	85,928	50.4%
CoxDEM	84,406	49.6

U.S. House District 25

Mike Garcia (R) is projected to defeat Christy Smith (D) and leads by 333 votes.

	Votes	Pct.
GarciaGOP	169,638	50.0%
SmithDEM	169,305	50.0

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Updated Dec 12, 2020 at 11:26 a.m. ET

Presidential results

In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won California by a margin of 30 points, adding 55 electoral college votes to her total. See early exit poll results from California.

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Biden

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Joe Biden Biden DEM	11,109,764	63.5%
Donald Trump Trump GOP	6,005,961	34.3%
Jo Jorgensen Jorgensen LIB	187,885	1.1%
Howie Hawkins Hawkins GRN	81,025	0.5%
Rocky De La Fuente De La Fuente ALI	60,155	0.3%
Gloria La Riva La Riva PSL	51,036	0.3%
Write-ins Write-ins WRI	80	0.0%

An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

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Seat

Current leader

District 1

LaMalfa *GOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Doug LaMalfa LaMalfa GOP	204,190	57.0%
Audrey Denney Denney DEM	154,073	43.0%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 2

Huffman *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jared Huffman Huffman DEM	294,435	75.7%
Dale Mensing Mensing GOP	94,320	24.3%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 3

Garamendi *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
John Garamendi Garamendi DEM	176,036	54.7%
Tamika Hamilton Hamilton GOP	145,941	45.3%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 4

McClintock *GOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Tom McClintock McClintock GOP	247,291	55.9%
Brynne Kennedy Kennedy DEM	194,731	44.1%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 5

Thompson *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Mike Thompson Thompson DEM	271,233	76.1%
Scott Giblin Giblin GOP	85,227	23.9%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 6

Matsui *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Doris Matsui Matsui DEM	229,648	73.3%
Christine Bish Bish GOP	83,466	26.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 7

Bera *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Ami Bera Bera DEM	217,416	56.6%
Buzz Patterson Patterson GOP	166,549	43.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 8

ObernolteGOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jay Obernolte Obernolte GOP	158,711	56.1%
Christine Bubser Bubser DEM	124,400	43.9%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.

District 9

McNerney *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jerry McNerney McNerney DEM	174,252	57.6%
Tony Amador Amador GOP	128,358	42.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 10

Harder *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Josh Harder Harder DEM	166,865	55.2%
Ted Howze Howze GOP	135,629	44.8%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 11

DeSaulnier *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Mark DeSaulnier DeSaulnier DEM	271,063	73.0%
Nisha Sharma Sharma GOP	100,293	27.0%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 12

Pelosi *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Nancy Pelosi Pelosi	281,776	77.6%
Shahid Buttar Buttar	81,174	22.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 13

Lee *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Barbara Lee Lee DEM	327,863	90.4%
Nikka Piterman Piterman GOP	34,955	9.6%
An estimated 95% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 14

Speier *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jackie Speier Speier DEM	278,227	79.3%
Ran Petel Petel GOP	72,684	20.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 15

Swalwell *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Eric Swalwell Swalwell DEM	242,991	70.9%
Alison Hayden Hayden GOP	99,710	29.1%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 16

Costa *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jim Costa Costa DEM	128,690	59.4%
Kevin Cookingham Cookingham GOP	88,039	40.6%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 17

Khanna *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Ro Khanna Khanna DEM	212,137	71.3%
Ritesh Tandon Tandon GOP	85,199	28.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 18

Eshoo *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Anna Eshoo Eshoo	217,377	63.2%
Rishi Kumar Kumar	126,750	36.8%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 19

Lofgren *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Zoe Lofgren Lofgren DEM	224,385	71.7%
Justin Aguilera Aguilera GOP	88,642	28.3%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 20

Panetta *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jimmy Panetta Panetta DEM	236,896	76.8%
Jeff Gorman Gorman GOP	71,658	23.2%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 21

ValadaoGOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
David Valadao Valadao GOP	85,928	50.4%
TJ Cox Cox DEM	84,406	49.6%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 22

Nunes *GOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Devin Nunes Nunes GOP	170,888	54.2%
Phil Arballo Arballo DEM	144,251	45.8%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 23

McCarthy *GOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Kevin McCarthy McCarthy GOP	190,222	62.1%
Kim Mangone Mangone DEM	115,896	37.9%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 24

Carbajal *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Salud Carbajal Carbajal DEM	212,564	58.7%
Andy Caldwell Caldwell GOP	149,781	41.3%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 25

Garcia *GOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Mike Garcia Garcia GOP	169,638	50.0%
Christy Smith Smith DEM	169,305	50.0%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 26

Brownley *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Julia Brownley Brownley DEM	208,856	60.6%
Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy Baldwin-Kennedy GOP	135,877	39.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 27

Chu *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Judy Chu Chu DEM	221,411	69.8%
Johnny Nalbandian Nalbandian GOP	95,907	30.2%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 28

Schiff *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Adam Schiff Schiff DEM	244,271	72.7%
Eric Early Early GOP	91,928	27.3%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 29

Cardenas *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Tony Cardenas Cardenas	119,420	56.6%
Angelica Duenas Duenas	91,524	43.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 30

Sherman *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Brad Sherman Sherman DEM	240,038	69.5%
Mark Reed Reed GOP	105,426	30.5%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 31

Aguilar *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Pete Aguilar Aguilar DEM	175,315	61.3%
Agnes Gibboney Gibboney GOP	110,735	38.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 32

Napolitano *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Grace Napolitano Napolitano DEM	172,942	66.6%
Joshua Scott Scott GOP	86,818	33.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 33

Lieu *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Ted Lieu Lieu DEM	257,094	67.6%
James Bradley Bradley GOP	123,334	32.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 34

Gomez *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jimmy Gomez Gomez	108,792	53.0%
David Kim Kim	96,554	47.0%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 35

Torres *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Norma Torres Torres DEM	169,405	69.3%
Mike Cargile Cargile GOP	74,941	30.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 36

Ruiz *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Raul Ruiz Ruiz DEM	185,051	60.3%
Erin Cruz Cruz GOP	121,640	39.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 37

Bass *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Karen Bass Bass DEM	254,916	85.9%
Errol Webber Webber GOP	41,705	14.1%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 38

Sanchez *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Linda Sanchez Sanchez	190,467	74.3%
Michael Tolar Tolar	65,739	25.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 39

KimGOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Young Kim Kim GOP	173,946	50.6%
Gil Cisneros Cisneros DEM	169,837	49.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 40

Roybal-Allard *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Lucille Roybal-Allard Roybal-Allard DEM	135,572	72.7%
C. Antonio Delgado Delgado GOP	50,809	27.3%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 41

Takano *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Mark Takano Takano DEM	167,938	64.0%
Aja Smith Smith GOP	94,289	36.0%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 42

Calvert *GOP

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Ken Calvert Calvert GOP	210,074	57.1%
Liam O'Mara O'Mara DEM	157,667	42.9%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 43

Waters *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Maxine Waters Waters DEM	199,210	71.7%
Joe Collins Collins GOP	78,688	28.3%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 44

Barragan *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Nanette Barragan Barragan	139,661	67.8%
Analilia Joya Joya	66,375	32.2%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 45

Porter *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Katie Porter Porter DEM	221,843	53.5%
Greg Raths Raths GOP	193,096	46.5%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 46

Correa *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Lou Correa Correa DEM	157,803	68.8%
James Waters Waters GOP	71,716	31.2%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 47

Lowenthal *DEM

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Alan Lowenthal Lowenthal DEM	197,028	63.3%
John Briscoe Briscoe GOP	114,371	36.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

District 48

SteelGOP

District 49

Levin *DEM

District 50

IssaGOP

District 51

Vargas *DEM

District 52

Peters *DEM

District 53

JacobsDEM

* Incumbent

Statewide ballot measures

Proposition 14

Issue medical research bonds

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	8,588,156	51.1%
No No	8,221,692	48.9%
16,809,848 votes reported from 98.8% of precincts.

Proposition 15

Change commercial property tax

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	8,212,641	48.0%
No No	8,885,052	52.0%
17,097,693 votes reported from 98.8% of precincts.

Proposition 16

End ban on affirmative action

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	7,217,064	42.8%
No No	9,655,595	57.2%
16,872,659 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Proposition 17

Restore voting rights to former felons

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	9,985,568	58.6%
No No	7,069,173	41.4%
17,054,741 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Proposition 18

Allow some 17-year-olds to vote in primaries

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	7,513,957	44.0%
No No	9,577,238	56.0%
17,091,195 votes reported from 98.8% of precincts.

Proposition 19

Change property tax rules

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	8,545,393	51.1%
No No	8,175,618	48.9%
16,721,011 votes reported from 98.8% of precincts.

Proposition 20

Enact stricter parole and sentencing rules

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	6,385,421	38.3%
No No	10,293,563	61.7%
16,678,984 votes reported from 98.8% of precincts.

Proposition 21

Allow local government to enact rent control

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	6,770,958	40.1%
No No	10,094,634	59.9%
16,865,592 votes reported from 98.8% of precincts.

Proposition 22

Classify app-based drivers as contractors

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	9,957,858	58.6%
No No	7,027,467	41.4%
An estimated 97% of votes have been counted.

Proposition 23

Set standards for dialysis clinics

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	6,161,109	36.6%
No No	10,683,606	63.4%
16,844,715 votes reported from 98.8% of precincts.

Proposition 24

Expand consumer privacy protections

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	9,384,125	56.2%
No No	7,305,026	43.8%
16,689,151 votes reported from 98.8% of precincts.

Proposition 25

Replace cash bail with risk assesments

Response	Votes	Pct.
Yes Yes	7,232,380	43.6%
No No	9,358,226	56.4%
16,590,606 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

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Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Michelle Steel Steel GOP	201,738	51.1%
Harley Rouda Rouda DEM	193,362	48.9%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Mike Levin Levin DEM	205,349	53.1%
Brian Maryott Maryott GOP	181,157	46.9%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Darrell Issa Issa GOP	195,510	54.0%
Ammar Campa-Najjar Campa-Najjar DEM	166,859	46.0%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Juan Vargas Vargas DEM	165,596	68.3%
Juan Hidalgo Hidalgo GOP	76,841	31.7%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Scott Peters Peters DEM	244,145	61.6%
Jim DeBello DeBello GOP	152,350	38.4%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Sara Jacobs Jacobs	199,244	59.5%
Georgette Gomez Gomez	135,614	40.5%
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.

California

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Proposition 15

Proposition 16

Proposition 17

Proposition 18

Proposition 19

Proposition 20

Proposition 21

Proposition 22

Proposition 23

Proposition 24

Proposition 25

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Democrats gained in nearly every battleground state

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