2026 results · California · California Board of Equalization District 1

Nelson Esparza, the Democrat, leads in the race for California Board of Equalization District 1

Kamala Harris carried California by 20.1 points in 2024; this year's count is a 12.2-point move toward the Republicans.

California Board of Equalization District 1: votes counted for each candidate
Candidate	Votes	Share	Share of the vote
Nelson EsparzaDemocrat	923,897	54.0%
Shannon GroveRepublican	788,624	46.0%

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Nearly all of the expected vote counted1,712,521 votes34 of 58 counties finishedCount last changed Nov 5, 1:53 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI

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What moved most

Scroll through California, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.

What the count shows

Added together, the 34 counties compared moved 10.3 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 43% as many votes as in 2024, from 77% in Mono County to 29% in Yuba County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.53).

Merced County moved most: R+4.4 for president in 2024, D+16.3 this year

The 10 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, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+40EvenD+40Move

Merced County40,704 votes20.7 pts → D

San Bernardino County235,719 votes19.5 pts → D

Madera County28,951 votes17.3 pts → D

Kings County26,765 votes16.8 pts → D

Sutter County13,259 votes16.8 pts → D

Stanislaus County84,333 votes16.5 pts → D

Kern County127,907 votes16.5 pts → D

Tulare County60,962 votes15.4 pts → D

San Joaquin County117,062 votes14.8 pts → D

Fresno County142,460 votes10.6 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Sacramento County added 65,703 net votes for Grove against the 2024 margin

Across the 34 counties compared, the margin moved by 229,220 votes toward Esparza: 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.

Sacramento County+65,703 Grove
San Bernardino County+57,331 Esparza
Kern County+53,801 Esparza
Stanislaus County+26,318 Esparza
Tulare County+25,367 Esparza
Shasta County+23,722 Esparza
Fresno County+23,158 Esparza
San Joaquin County+18,645 Esparza

7 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Esparza this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

San Bernardino CountyR+2.1D+17.4
Fresno CountyR+4.4D+6.2
San Joaquin CountyR+0.9D+13.9
Stanislaus CountyR+11.0D+5.5
Butte CountyR+3.1D+0.2
Merced CountyR+4.4D+16.3
Inyo CountyR+3.0D+3.1

What the places that moved have in common

Each of California’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.

Urban, suburban and rural counties

Urban1 county, 15% of the vote4.9 pts → D

Suburban15 counties, 71% of the vote12.4 pts → D

Rural18 counties, 14% of the vote10.5 pts → D

2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).

Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.

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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.