2026 results · California · California 2nd District

Jared Huffman, the Democrat, wins re-election in California's 2nd District

Kamala Harris carried the district by 24.8 points in 2024; this year's count is a 5.1-point move toward the Democrats.

California 2nd District: votes counted for each candidate
Candidate	Votes	Share	Share of the vote
Jared HuffmanDemocrat, incumbent	118,456	65.0%
Robin LittauRepublican	63,878	35.0%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 3, 11:24 PM EST · 67% counted.

About 67% of the expected vote counted182,334 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 12:48 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI

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About the seat

California's 2nd District takes in all or part of 9 counties. The Democrats held it before this election. Its voters went D+24.8 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 5.1 points toward the Democrats, ranks 37 of 42 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president: D+24.8
2024 House vote on these lines: D+22.0
Move from 2024, rank in state: 37 of 42

Marin County37%
Shasta County20%
Humboldt County14%
Siskiyou County9%
Sonoma County8%
Del Norte County4%
Mendocino County4%
Trinity County2%
1 more1%

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The district was redrawn for 2026: its 2024 House figure is that year's House vote re-added onto the new lines precinct by precinct, an estimate.

What the count shows

Added together, the 9 counties compared moved 5.0 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 47% as many votes as in 2024, from 80% in Trinity County to 40% in Humboldt County.

Del Norte County moved most: R+16.6 for president in 2024, R+2.6 this year

The 9 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+70EvenD+70Move

Del Norte County7,002 votes13.9 pts → D

Mendocino County6,901 votes12.8 pts → D

Shasta County37,180 votes11.5 pts → D

Trinity County4,479 votes9.0 pts → D

Modoc County2,388 votes7.7 pts → D

Humboldt County24,973 votes7.7 pts → D

Siskiyou County16,034 votes6.1 pts → D

Sonoma County15,485 votes4.3 pts → D

Marin County67,892 votes0.9 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Marin County added 47,948 net votes for Littau against the 2024 margin

Across the 9 counties compared, the margin moved by 41,734 votes toward Littau: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

Marin County+47,948 Littau
Shasta County+23,185 Huffman
Sonoma County+9,368 Littau
Humboldt County+9,057 Littau
Mendocino County+3,501 Littau
Siskiyou County+2,004 Huffman
Del Norte County+1,560 Huffman
Modoc County+885 Huffman

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The seats that changed party

StatewideDemocrats won 6 of California's 12 statewide races and lead 5 more.

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.