Real-Time Results: San Francisco Midterm Election 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The polls are closed in San Francisco, and voters will soon know who will represent the city in Congress, 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.

Gubernatorial Election

California voters have elected Xavier Becerra to serve as the Golden State's next governor, according to the Associated Press, which has called the 2026 gubernatorial race in favor of the Democrat.

Becerra, a former California attorney general and former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary under President Joe Biden, will lead a state that has been governed by Democrats for the past 16 years.

"We did it, California. Thank you," Becerra said online after being elected. "I’m honored to be your next Governor, and I’ll fight for every family in this state, every single day. Let’s get to work."

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.

Hilton, a former Fox News commentator and political adviser to former British Prime Minister David Cameron, tried to give Republicans an opening in a state where Democrats hold a substantial voter registration advantage.

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The outcome of dozens of down-ballot primary races also hangs in the balance in San Francisco County. Voters in San Francisco, meanwhile, are waiting to find out who came out ahead as representatives for Districts 11, 15, 17, and 19.

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Races in San Francisco

District 11 (Connie Chan/Scott Wiener)

Wiener leads with 75,398 votes while Chan currently has 56,571 votes, according to early results.

District 15 (Charles Hoelter/Kevin Mullin)

With the polls now closed, Kevin Mullin takes a commanding lead against Charles Hoelter, with 11,269 votes to 2,980 votes as of 9 p.m.

District 17 (Matt Haney/Manuel Noris-Barrera)

Haney takes a whopping lead, taking 71,687 votes versus Noris-Barrera's 8,437 votes, according to early poll results.

District 19 (Catherine Stefani/Phillip Louis Wing)

Stefani leads 53,049 votes to Wing's 10,719 as of 9 p.m.

Local Ordinances

Measure G: Vote on whether to allow private vehicles on the Great Highway in Sunset Dunes Park

91,246 (62.65%) Yes

54,391 (37.35%) No

Measure H: Officials would impose an annual tax on people who own land. The funds would go towards public transit operations.

It would start in July 2027 and carry on for 15 years. The tax amount depends on the type of land or parcel owned.

105,363 (72.30%) Yes

40,360 (27.70%) No

Measure I: Voting yes would cut the current transfer tax for properties in half while creating a new separate tax. The city can also borrow against the tax while giving new construction a five-year break from the tax.

80,937 (56.54%) Yes

62,215 (43.46) No

Measure J: Voting yes would tax lenders who take back large residential or commercial properties.

113,935 (79.58%) Yes

29,241 (20.42%) No

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.

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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.

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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 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.

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.

In San Francisco County, the rate of voter registration is high. As of September, 534,048 people were registered to vote in San Francisco County — with 62.23% of voters registered as Democrats, 7.55% as Republicans.