2026 California Secretary of State election

2026 California Secretary of State election

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Nominee Shirley Weber Don Wagner Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Secretary of State Shirley Weber Democratic

The 2026 California Secretary of State election will take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the next secretary of state of California. The nonpartisan top-two primary election took place on June 2, 2026. Secretary of State Shirley Weber was elected in 2022 with 60.1% of the vote. She is running for re-election to a second term. Republican Orange County supervisor Don Wagner is also running for this position.

Candidates

Primary election

Results

Blanket primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley Weber (incumbent)	5,092,491	58.70
	Republican	Donald P. Wagner	3,187,180	36.74
	Green	Michael Feinstein	207,602	2.39
	Green	Gary Blenner	187,925	2.17
Total votes			8,675,198	100.00

By county

County	Shirley Weber Democratic		Donald P. Wagner Republican		Various candidates Green		Margin		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Alameda	284,876	75.52%	69,686	18.47%	22,649	6.00%	215,190	57.05%	377,211
Alpine	293	61.30%	160	33.47%	25	5.23%	133	27.82%	478
Amador	5,128	33.91%	9,505	62.85%	491	3.25%	-4,377	-28.94%	15,124
Butte	25,777	43.55%	30,827	52.08%	2,582	4.36%	-5,050	-8.53%	59,186
Calaveras	5,390	33.12%	10,336	63.51%	549	3.37%	-4,946	-30.39%	16,275
Colusa	1,294	32.26%	2,581	64.35%	136	3.39%	-1,287	-32.09%	4,011
Contra Costa	197,056	66.30%	85,419	28.74%	14,745	4.96%	111,637	37.56%	297,220
Del Norte	2,514	40.06%	3,489	55.60%	272	4.33%	-975	-15.54%	6,275
El Dorado	29,089	40.14%	41,054	56.66%	2,318	3.20%	-11,965	-16.51%	72,461
Fresno	79,368	46.18%	84,583	49.22%	7,906	4.60%	-5,215	-3.03%	171,857
Glenn	1,628	27.02%	4,207	69.83%	190	3.15%	-2,579	-42.80%	6,025
Humboldt	22,387	61.52%	11,537	31.70%	2,466	6.78%	10,850	29.82%	36,390
Imperial	12,943	54.75%	9,220	39.00%	1,478	6.25%	3,723	15.75%	23,641
Inyo	2,541	44.52%	2,874	50.36%	292	5.12%	-333	-5.83%	5,707
Kern	54,527	39.19%	78,958	56.75%	5,638	4.05%	-24,431	-17.56%	139,123
Kings	7,842	36.93%	12,680	59.72%	712	3.35%	-4,838	-22.78%	21,234
Lake	7,140	47.00%	7,177	47.24%	875	5.76%	-37	-0.24%	15,192
Lassen	1,454	20.50%	5,441	76.71%	198	2.79%	-3,987	-56.21%	7,093
Los Angeles	1,306,631	65.93%	565,077	28.51%	110,142	5.56%	741,554	37.42%	1,981,850
Madera	11,323	37.34%	17,869	58.93%	1,131	3.73%	-6,546	-21.59%	30,323
Marin	71,271	76.79%	17,197	18.53%	4,349	4.69%	54,074	58.26%	92,817
Mariposa	2,396	36.81%	3,868	59.43%	245	3.76%	-1,472	-22.61%	6,509
Mendocino	14,713	61.86%	7,824	32.90%	1,246	5.24%	6,889	28.97%	23,783
Merced	20,721	47.78%	20,541	47.37%	2,103	4.85%	180	0.42%	43,365
Modoc	619	24.22%	1,877	73.44%	60	2.35%	-1,258	-49.22%	2,556
Mono	1,954	55.04%	1,430	40.28%	166	4.68%	524	14.76%	3,550
Monterey	49,466	63.66%	24,796	31.91%	3,447	4.44%	24,670	31.75%	77,709
Napa	24,698	63.58%	12,309	31.69%	1,840	4.74%	12,389	31.89%	38,847
Nevada	20,983	52.73%	17,309	43.50%	1,500	3.77%	3,674	9.23%	39,792
Orange	357,195	48.17%	358,665	48.37%	25,626	3.46%	-1,470	-0.20%	741,486
Placer	62,863	42.91%	79,034	53.95%	4,586	3.13%	-16,171	-11.04%	146,483
Plumas	2,774	38.39%	4,209	58.25%	243	3.36%	-1,435	-19.86%	7,226
Riverside	256,698	49.43%	243,125	46.82%	19,473	3.75%	13,573	2.61%	519,296
Sacramento	219,442	59.12%	133,510	35.97%	18,198	4.90%	85,932	23.15%	371,150
San Benito	8,678	55.53%	6,305	40.35%	644	4.12%	2,373	15.19%	15,627
San Bernardino	185,013	48.99%	177,053	46.88%	15,567	4.12%	7,960	2.11%	377,633
San Diego	459,531	56.24%	327,376	40.07%	30,170	3.69%	132,155	16.17%	817,077
San Francisco	200,250	82.17%	30,445	12.49%	13,004	5.34%	169,805	69.68%	243,699
San Joaquin	63,409	49.38%	59,920	46.66%	5,093	3.97%	3,489	2.72%	128,422
San Luis Obispo	50,337	52.37%	42,625	44.35%	3,150	3.28%	7,712	8.02%	96,112
San Mateo	134,404	72.22%	43,357	23.30%	8,330	4.48%	91,047	48.93%	186,091
Santa Barbara	63,160	59.69%	38,394	36.29%	4,258	4.02%	24,766	23.41%	105,812
Santa Clara	262,403	66.91%	111,181	28.35%	18,614	4.75%	151,222	38.56%	392,198
Santa Cruz	58,861	74.14%	16,007	20.16%	4,529	5.70%	42,854	53.97%	79,397
Shasta	15,485	31.03%	33,123	66.38%	1,294	2.59%	-17,638	-35.35%	49,902
Sierra	409	35.72%	702	61.31%	34	2.97%	-293	-25.59%	1,145
Siskiyou	5,056	37.36%	7,983	58.98%	495	3.66%	-2,927	-21.63%	13,534
Solano	56,975	59.10%	34,829	36.13%	4,595	4.77%	22,146	22.97%	96,399
Sonoma	111,367	70.25%	38,506	24.29%	8,666	5.47%	72,861	45.96%	158,539
Stanislaus	42,229	44.82%	48,996	52.00%	2,998	3.18%	-6,767	-7.18%	94,223
Sutter	7,709	34.39%	13,847	61.77%	861	3.84%	-6,138	-27.38%	22,417
Tehama	4,160	25.69%	11,538	71.26%	494	3.05%	-7,378	-45.57%	16,192
Trinity	1,472	42.92%	1,792	52.24%	166	4.84%	-320	-9.33%	3,430
Tulare	25,991	38.03%	40,105	58.68%	2,246	3.29%	-14,114	-20.65%	68,342
Tuolumne	7,231	37.00%	11,576	59.24%	734	3.76%	-4,345	-22.24%	19,541
Ventura	119,877	55.75%	87,441	40.66%	7,715	3.59%	32,436	15.08%	215,033
Yolo	37,819	66.50%	15,698	27.60%	3,351	5.89%	22,121	38.90%	56,868
Yuba	5,671	34.75%	10,007	61.32%	642	3.93%	-4,336	-26.57%	16,320
Totals	5,092,491	58.70%	3,187,180	36.74%	395,527	4.56%	1,905,311	21.96%	8,675,198

General election

See also

• 2026 California elections
• 2026 United States secretary of state elections

Notes

References

External links

Official campaign websites

• Don Wagner (R)
• Shirley Weber (D)