Results archive / California
California election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 R 451980 R 451984 R 471988 R 471992 D 541996 D 542000 D 542004 D 552008 D 552012 D 552016 D 552020 D 552024 D 54
2024 Harris+20.1
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2024
Adam B. Schiff (D)58.9%
Steve Garvey (R)41.1%
2024special
Adam B. Schiff (D)58.8%
Steve Garvey (R)41.2%
2022
Alex Padilla (D)61.1%
Mark P. Meuser (R)38.9%
2022special
Alex Padilla (D)60.9%
Mark P. Meuser (R)39.1%
2018
Dianne Feinstein (D)54.2%
Kevin De Leon (D)45.8%
2016
Kamala D. Harris (D)61.6%
Loretta Sanchez (D)38.4%
2012
Dianne Feinstein (D)62.5%
Elizabeth Emken (R)37.5%
2010
Barbara Boxer (D)52.2%
Carly Fiorina (R)42.2%
2006
Dianne Feinstein (D)59.4%
Richard Dick Mountjoy (R)35.0%
2004
Barbara Boxer (D)57.7%
Bill Jones (R)37.8%
2000
Dianne Feinstein (D)55.8%
Tom Campbell (R)36.6%
1998
Barbara Boxer (D)53.1%
Matt Fong (R)43.0%
1994
Dianne Feinstein (D)46.7%
Michael Huffington (R)44.8%
1992
Barbara Boxer (D)47.9%
Bruce Herschensohn (R)43.0%
1992special
Dianne Feinstein (D)54.3%
John Seymour (R)38.0%
1988
Pete Wilson (R)52.8%
Leo McCarthy (D)44.0%
1986
Alan Cranston (D)49.3%
Ed Zschau (R)47.9%
1982
Pete Wilson (R)51.5%
Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (D)44.8%
1980
Alan Cranston (D)56.5%
Paul Gann (R)37.1%
1976
S. I. (sam) Hayakawa (R)50.2%
John V. Tunney (D)46.9%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.