Real-Time Results: Lamorinda Midterm Election 2026

LAMORINDA, CA — The polls are closed in Contra Costa County, and voters will soon know whether council incumbents in Moraga and Orinda held their seats and who will help oversee local schools and fire protection, if billionaires will get their own California tax, and whether a blue wave will flood Congress, possibly sinking the final two years of President Donald Trump’s lame-duck presidency.

Millions of voters and election officials wait not only for the results but also for the president’s reaction. Trump’s Justice Department spent the final two weeks of the campaign season issuing subpoenas to California election officials and suing to block 20,000 Golden State ballots from being counted amid allegations of illegal voting. The Justice Department issued subpoenas for multiple California election officials to appear in court the day after the election.

Amid that contentious backdrop, Californians cast their ballots for a new governor, widely expected to be Democrat Xavier Becerra, who went into the election with a wide lead in the polls over Republican Steve Hilton.

The outcome of down-ballot races also hangs in the balance in Contra Costa County. Voters are waiting to find out who came out ahead in Lamorinda’s council, school board and Moraga-Orinda Fire District contests.

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As of September, the California Secretary of State reported that 23,164,977 Californians were registered to vote, which accounts for more than 85 percent of the state's eligible voting population.

Not surprisingly, there are far more registered Democrats than Republicans in the state, with 45 percent for the former and 25 percent for the latter.

In Contra Costa County, the rate of voter registration is high. As of September, it was more than 90 percent — with 51.6 percent of voters registered as Democrats, 19 percent as Republicans.

Record Turnout

Based on early voting, California is poised to see 60 percent of registered voters head to the polls, a record for a gubernatorial race, Paul Mitchell, of political data analysis firm Political Data told The San Francisco Chronicle.

While the governor’s race was expected to be called early Tuesday, it’s California’s congressional races and ballot measures poised to offer the biggest upsets and surprises. Hanging in the balance is control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mitchell predicted that five key redrawn congressional districts appear poised to deliver Democratic victories driven, in part, by high turnout among Latino voters.

“I think the blue wave is on track,” Mitchell told The Chronicle. “It seems to be on track that we’re going to have a really strong turnout.”

So far, voter turnout has been higher in competitive races such as the Central Valley’s District 22 and the 48th Congressional District in San Diego — two districts Democrats hope to flip after their mid-decade gerrymander.

As of Oct. 29, Democratic voters represented 51 percent of ballots returned statewide compared to just 28 percent among Republican voters, according to the Political Data tracker.

Click here for all Conta Costa County election results.

LAMORINDA

Local leadership and school board races began to take shape across Lamorinda as election night stretched into Wednesday. By 12:12 a.m., unofficial returns showed familiar names among the leaders, with additional ballots still to be counted.

Moraga Town Council

Orinda City Council

Orinda Union School District board

Moraga-Orinda Fire District, Division 3

Moraga-Orinda Fire District, Division 4

Acalanes Union High School District, Trustee Area 1 — Appointed board member Stacey Schweppe was leading with 59 percent of the votes, followed by Nithin Iyengar with 41 percent. Voting was limited to residents of the trustee area (2,674 votes to 1,896 votes).

Contra Costa County Board of Education, Area 2 — Incumbent Sarah Butler was leading with 70 percent of the votes, followed by Pamela West with 20 percent and Sibyl Minighini with 10 percent. Only residents of the trustee area participated (37,796 votes to 10,942 votes to 5,180 votes).

Lafayette City Council — There was no council contest on the ballot after the city canceled its election because the number of qualified candidates matched the available seats.

These figures reflected the 12:12 a.m. report, when ballot counting was still underway. Percentages were rounded to the nearest whole number.

Gubernatorial Race

California voters headed to the polls Tuesday, facing high gas and grocery prices, the effects of climate change on wildfires and rising seas amid a shortage in insurance coverage and the ever-present housing affordability crisis.

The governor’s race was somewhat anticlimactic following a chaotic primary with a crowded field of candidates roiled when the frontrunner was forced to step down amid sexual assault allegations. Since then, Becerra maintained a steady lead over Hilton in the polls.

In the final days of the election, a new SurveyUSA poll showed Becerra with a 22-point lead.

Click here for real-time results in the California Governor’s races.

Congressional Races

All 52 of California’s Congressional seats were on the ballot.

Congressional races across California were under intense scrutiny following voter approval of Proposition 50, a partisan redistricting measure expected to reshape the state’s political map. Thanks to the redistricting, only a handful of districts were truly competitive. Democrats hoped to flip as many as five Republican House seats in a bid to overturn the GOP’s slim House majority.

Democrats think they can flip as many as five seats, with four seeming very much in reach, according to the polls. Both parties are spending like control of the House is on the line.

Click here for real-time results in California’s Congressional races.

Propositions

There were 14 statewide propositions on the ballot this week. Arguably, the most hot-button ballot initiatives involve taxation. Proposition 40 is the highly discussed billionaire tax, while Propositions 41 and 42 aim to counter the measure. Proposition 3 also addresses taxes on the state's highest earners.

Click here for real-time results for all of California’s ballot measures.