{
  "raceTitle": "Governor - Statewide Results",
  "Reporting": "100% (19,788 of 19,788) precincts reporting",
  "ReportingTime": "June 9, 2026, 6:57 p.m.",
  "candidates": [
    {
      "Name": "Akinyemi Agbede",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "2,891",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Mohammad Arif",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "7,917",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Larry Azevedo",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "4,505",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Xavier Becerra",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "2,390,700",
      "Percent": "27.9",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Carolina Buhler",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "13,831",
      "Percent": "0.2",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Louis A. De Barraicua",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "8,091",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Sophia Edum-a-Sam",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "3,381",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Derek Grasty",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "4,757",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Joel E. Jacob",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "2,173",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Gary Howard Kidgell",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "2,333",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Matthew Chase Levy",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "10,347",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Matt Mahan",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "308,841",
      "Percent": "3.6",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Barack D. Obama Shaw",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "15,736",
      "Percent": "0.2",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Thunder Parley",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "2,170",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Katie Porter",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "373,518",
      "Percent": "4.4",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Raji Rab",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "3,369",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Satish Rao",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "5,313",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Scott P Shields",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "4,869",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Tom Steyer",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "1,928,318",
      "Percent": "22.5",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Eric Swalwell",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "26,509",
      "Percent": "0.3",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Tony K. Thurmond",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "58,468",
      "Percent": "0.7",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Antonio Villaraigosa",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "100,362",
      "Percent": "1.2",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Betty T. Yee",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "38,218",
      "Percent": "0.4",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Erin \"Zez\" Zezulak",
      "Party": "Dem",
      "Votes": "8,373",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "James Athans Jr.",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "6,420",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Chad Bianco",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "874,405",
      "Percent": "10.2",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Patricia De Luca Basualdo",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "3,807",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Randeep S. Dhillon",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "20,767",
      "Percent": "0.2",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Rafael M. Hernandez",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "4,913",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Steve Hilton",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "2,137,910",
      "Percent": "25.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Alicia Olivia Lapp",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "5,072",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Leo Naranjo IV",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "7,661",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Tim Nelson",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "22,494",
      "Percent": "0.3",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Gretha Solórzano",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "12,012",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Leo Samuel Zacky",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "13,947",
      "Percent": "0.2",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "David Zickefoose",
      "Party": "Rep",
      "Votes": "5,614",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Tom Woodard",
      "Party": "Lib",
      "Votes": "8,632",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Ramsey Robinson",
      "Party": "P&F",
      "Votes": "46,696",
      "Percent": "0.5",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Naomi Bar-Lev",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "2,523",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Joseph Cabrera",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "5,674",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Elaine Culotti",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "4,107",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "LivingForGod AndCountry DeMott",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "2,032",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Serge Fiankan",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "448",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Lukasz Adam Filinski",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "484",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Max Fomin",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "776",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Don J. Grundmann",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "1,791",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Jon Henderson",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "5,145",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Lewis Herms",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "2,717",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Dawit Kellel",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "1,304",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Anne Komarovsk",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "1,496",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Duane Terrence Loynes Jr.",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "1,769",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Amanda Martin",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "4,836",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Brent Maupin",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "2,953",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Daniel Mercuri",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "2,439",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Mauro Alberto Orozco",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "3,952",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Reza Safarnejad",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "1,933",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Sam Sandak",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "1,165",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Christine R. Sarmiento",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "5,347",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Frederic C. Schultz",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "4,908",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Margaret Trowe",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "2,147",
      "Percent": "0.0",
      "incumbent": false
    },
    {
      "Name": "Nancy D. Young",
      "Party": "NPP",
      "Votes": "6,635",
      "Percent": "0.1",
      "incumbent": false
    }
  ]
}