2026 results · state legislatures · California

Democrats keep both chambers of the California legislature

In the Senate, Democrats hold or lead 32 seats and Republicans 8, against 30 and 10 before. Two seats are led by another party than held them.

In the Assembly, Democrats hold or lead 65 seats and Republicans 15, against 60 and 19 before. Five seats are led by another party than held them.

Leaders in the count from civicAPI (counts aggregated from official state and county results), not called winners. A close seat can still change.

One dot per seat, 40 in all; a party across the line holds a majority. 2 seats change hands, striped where they land.

Before: 30–10. With the leaders elected: 32–8, every seat not on the ballot as it was and every seat on it to the party leading the count.

Democrats keep control

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2 seats changing party, then the closest

California Senate: the districts on the ballot
District	Leading	Runner-up	Margin	Held by
36Flip	Chris Duncan D 50.7%	Tony Strickland R 49.3%	D+1.3	R
40Flip	Mara Elliott D 53.2%	Kristie Bruce-Lane R 46.8%	D+6.3	R
6	Roger Niello R 51.0%	Sean Frame D 49.0%	R+1.9	R
32	Kelly Seyarto R 52.8%	Tiffanie Tate D 47.2%	R+5.6	R
4	Alexandra Duarte R 52.9%	Jaron Brandon D 47.1%	R+5.9	R
26	Sara Hernandez D 53.8%	Sarah Rascón D 46.2%	D+7.5	D
24	Brian Goldsmith D 56.1%	John M. Erickson D 43.9%	D+12.2	D
38	Catherine S. Blakespear D 56.3%	Laura Bassett R 43.7%	D+12.6	D
16	Melissa Hurtado D 60.4%	Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez R 39.6%	D+20.8	D
12	Nathan Magsig R 63.1%	William Brown Jr. L 36.9%	R+26.2	R
14	Esmeralda Soria D 64.3%	Darin S. DuPont R 35.7%	D+28.6	D
18	Steve Padilla D 67.7%	Art Hodges R 32.3%	D+35.5	D
2	Damon Connolly D 74.4%	Tief Gibbs R 25.6%	D+48.8	D
8	Angelique Ashby D 73.4%	Susan A Mason R 26.6%	D+46.9	D
10	Scott Sakakihara D 73.5%	Linda R. Price R 26.5%	D+47.0	D
20	Caroline Menjivar D 75.8%	Tony Rodriguez R 24.2%	D+51.7	D
22	Susan Rubio D 68.6%	Mike Netter R 31.4%	D+37.3	D
28	Lola Smallwood-Cuevas D 85.0%	Joe Lisuzzo R 15.0%	D+69.9	D
30	Bob J. Archuleta D 69.0%	Araceli Martinez R 31.0%	D+38.0	D
34	Avelino Valencia D 68.6%	Rhonda Shader R 31.4%	D+37.3	D

One dot per seat, 80 in all; a party across the line holds a majority. 5 seats change hands, striped where they land.

Before: 60–19. With the leaders elected: 65–15, every seat not on the ballot as it was and every seat on it to the party leading the count.

Democrats keep control

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5 seats changing party, then the closest

California Assembly: the districts on the ballot
District	Leading	Runner-up	Margin	Held by
70Flip	Paula Swift D 50.1%	Tri Ta R 49.9%	D+0.2	R
7Flip	Amy L. Slavensky D 53.0%	Josh Hoover R 47.0%	D+6.1	R
47Flip	Leila Namvar D 55.2%	Greg Wallis R 44.8%	D+10.5	R
36Flip	Ida S. Obeso-Martinez D 59.2%	Jeff Gonzalez R 40.8%	D+18.4	R
58Flip	Clarissa Cervantes D 61.3%	Leticia Castillo R 38.7%	D+22.6	R
74	Laurie Davies R 50.2%	Sergio Farias D 49.8%	R+0.5	R
68	David Penaloza D 50.4%	Jessie Lopez D 49.6%	D+0.9	D
72	Gracey Van Der Mark R 50.6%	Chris Kluwe D 49.4%	R+1.2	R
33	Alexandra (Ali) Macedo R 51.2%	Hipolito Angel Cerros D 48.8%	R+2.4	R
34	Charles Frederick Hughes R 53.1%	Randall Putz D 46.9%	R+6.1	R
71	Kate Sanchez R 53.9%	JJ Galvez D 46.1%	R+7.7	R
75	Carl DeMaio R 55.6%	Gerald C. Boursiquot D 44.4%	R+11.2	R
42	Deborah Klein Lopez D 56.3%	Ted Nordblum R 43.7%	D+12.6	D
12	Jackie Elward D 56.5%	Eric Lucan D 43.5%	D+12.9	D
3	Dom Belza R 56.6%	James "Jamie" Johansson R 43.4%	R+13.2	not matched
1	Heather Hadwick R 57.6%	Dianna Margaret James D 42.4%	R+15.3	R
2	Chris Rogers D 70.1%	Michael Greer R 29.9%	D+40.3	D
4	Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry D 100.0%	unopposed	—	D
5	Joe Patterson R 56.7%	Neva Parker D 43.3%	R+13.5	R
6	Maggy Krell D 83.9%	Jagtar Singh D 16.1%	D+67.8	D
8	David Jariustokaeutulelei Tangipa R 100.0%	unopposed	—	R
9	Heath Flora R 56.9%	Matthew Adams D 43.1%	R+13.9	R
10	Stephanie Nguyen D 73.0%	Vinaya Singh R 27.0%	D+46.0	D
11	Lori D Wilson D 64.9%	Jenny Leilani Callison O 35.1%	D+29.9	D
13	Rhodesia Ransom D 66.7%	Tom Patti R 33.3%	D+33.3	D
14	Buffy Wicks D 78.8%	Mark Rendon G 21.2%	D+57.7	D
15	Anamarie Avila Farias D 69.6%	Arthur Webb O 30.4%	D+39.3	D
16	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan D 69.0%	Joseph A. Rubay R 31.0%	D+38.1	D
17	Matt Haney D 90.1%	Manuel Noris-Barrera R 9.9%	D+80.2	D
18	Mia Bonta D 79.2%	Andre Sandford D 20.8%	D+58.3	D
19	Catherine Stefani D 83.4%	Philip Louis Wing R 16.6%	D+66.8	D
20	Liz Ortega D 76.5%	Patricia Muga R 23.5%	D+53.0	D
21	Diane Papan D 78.2%	Jabra J Muhawieh R 21.9%	D+56.3	D
22	Juan Alanis R 100.0%	unopposed	—	R
23	Marc Berman D 75.8%	David G. Johnson R 24.1%	D+51.7	D
24	Alex Lee D 70.8%	Max Hsia R 29.2%	D+41.5	D
25	Ash Kalra D 72.9%	Himat Singh Bainiwal R 27.1%	D+45.7	D
26	Patrick Ahrens D 75.4%	Tim Gorsulowsky R 24.6%	D+50.8	D
27	Brian Pacheco D 63.2%	Mike Murphy R 36.8%	D+26.3	D
28	Gail Pellerin D 72.0%	Carol Pefley R 28.0%	D+44.0	D
29	Robert Rivas D 71.4%	Dennis P. Sanchez R 28.6%	D+42.8	D
30	Dawn Addis D 66.4%	Shannon Kessler R 33.6%	D+32.9	D
31	Annalisa Perea D 67.8%	Jim Polsgrove R 32.2%	D+35.6	D
32	David Couch R 100.0%	unopposed	—	R
35	Andrae Gonzales D 68.7%	Saul Ayon R 31.3%	D+37.3	D
37	Gregg Hart D 66.5%	Sari Domingues R 33.5%	D+33.1	D
38	Steve Bennett D 70.2%	Michael MacDonald D 29.8%	D+40.4	D
39	Juan Carrillo D 70.7%	Paul Andre Marsh R 29.3%	D+41.4	D
40	Pilar Schiavo D 60.3%	Rickey Tracy Hayes II R 39.7%	D+20.6	D
41	John Harabedian D 66.0%	Adam Christopher Vena R 34.0%	D+31.9	D
43	Celeste Rodriguez D 80.3%	Ricardo Benitez R 19.7%	D+60.5	D
44	Nicholas "Nick" Schultz D 72.8%	Carolyn Daniels R 27.1%	D+45.7	D
45	James C. Ramos D 71.3%	Greg Abdouch R 28.8%	D+42.5	D
46	Jesse Gabriel D 70.3%	Tracey Schroeder R 29.6%	D+40.7	D
48	Blanca Rubio D 69.2%	Dan T. Tran R 30.8%	D+38.4	D
49	Mike Fong D 69.6%	Long David Liu R 30.4%	D+39.1	D
50	Robert Garcia D 66.4%	Victoria Viveros Mageno R 33.6%	D+32.9	D
51	Rick Chavez Zbur D 60.4%	Colin D. Hernandez D 39.6%	D+20.8	D
52	Jessica Caloza D 87.2%	Andrea Lee Anderson R 12.8%	D+74.3	D
53	Michelle Rodriguez D 67.7%	Rafaela Romero R 32.3%	D+35.5	D
54	Mark Gonzalez D 83.1%	Alexandra Briseno R 16.9%	D+66.2	D
55	Isaac G. Bryan D 66.5%	Ashley M. Brown D 33.5%	D+33.0	D
56	Lisa Calderon D 67.8%	Jessica Martinez R 32.2%	D+35.6	D
57	Sade Elhawary D 89.4%	Constance Jewel Menzies R 10.6%	D+78.9	D
59	Phillip Chen R 60.7%	Victor Hernandez G 39.3%	R+21.5	R
60	Corey A Jackson D 66.7%	Ed Delgado R 33.3%	D+33.4	D
61	Tina Simone McKinnor D 84.2%	Brian Lockwood R 15.8%	D+68.3	D
62	José Luis Solache D 77.4%	Paul Irving Jones R 22.6%	D+54.7	D
63	Natasha Johnson R 57.1%	Kevin Akin O 42.9%	R+14.2	R
64	Blanca Pacheco D 71.7%	Raul Ortiz Jr. R 28.3%	D+43.4	D
65	Ayanna Davis D 81.7%	Lydia A. Gutiérrez R 18.3%	D+63.5	D
66	Paul Seo D 60.5%	Sara Deen D 39.5%	D+21.1	D
67	Mark Pulido D 63.1%	Paulo Morales R 36.9%	D+26.3	D
69	Josh Lowenthal D 66.4%	Carolyn J. Essex D 33.6%	D+32.9	D
73	Cottie Petrie-Norris D 62.9%	Urson Russell R 37.1%	D+25.7	D
76	Darshana Patel D 59.2%	Carrie S. Espinoza Villanueva R 40.8%	D+18.4	D
77	Tasha Boerner D 63.7%	Trinity Hannaway R 36.3%	D+27.5	D
78	Chris Ward D 71.3%	Payton Galvez R 28.7%	D+42.6	D
79	LaShae Sharp-Collins D 67.7%	Andrew Lawson R 32.3%	D+35.4	D
80	David A. Alvarez D 68.7%	Alejandro Galicia R 31.3%	D+37.4	D

Held by: the sitting member before the election, matched to the district; a seat with no matched member is left unmatched rather than given a party. District lines: the Census Bureau’s 2024 state legislative districts; a seat not on this year’s ballot is drawn in the page’s gray, outlined in its sitting member’s party.