California Election
Results

Results will be reported by county election officials minutes after 8:00 p.m. The first batch of results posted are typically mail-in ballots received before Election Day. As the night goes on, counties will begin to add ballots cast in-person on Tuesday into the results. Vote-by-mail ballots returned through the postal service or drop boxes will be added in the days and weeks to come.

KQED does not independently call a winner in elections. Instead, for state and federal races KQED relies on election services provided by the Associated Press to call a winner. The AP will only make a call when it has the utmost confidence a race has been won, which the organization defines as “the moment the trailing candidates no longer have a path to victory.”

It could take days or weeks for conclusive results in many closely-watched races.
 

We likely won’t even have a clear picture of how many ballots are left to count until Wednesday or Thursday this week. Even then, the number of uncounted ballots is just an estimate, as ballots postmarked before polls close can still be counted if they arrive before June 9. Officially, vote counting will continue until late June or early July as election officials work to resolve any issues with ballots cast before the deadline.