Governor
Xavier Becerra vs. Steve Hilton
Open seat. Gavin Newsom is term-limited.
Archived · Nov 3, 2026 election guide
The November 3, 2026 election has ended.
Polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3. Voting is over. This guide is archived as a record: what was on the Los Angeles ballot, who each office actually controls, and what each measure does. Facts from official sources. No endorsements.
Results
The County Registrar posts results for every contest in Los Angeles County as ballots are counted. Those figures are preliminary: they change through the canvass, the Registrar’s check of every eligible ballot, and become certified only when the canvass is complete. The Registrar’s calendar tentatively schedules certification for November 27; the state deadline for counties is December 3. The Secretary of State certifies the statewide Statement of Vote by December 11, 2026.
LA County results · Registrar ↗Text version ↗Statewide results · Secretary of State ↗
If you mailed your ballot
A ballot postmarked by November 3 counts if the County received it by November 10. If the County could not match the signature on your envelope, it contacts you; the last day to fix a signature problem is November 25, 2026, 5 p.m. You can check whether your ballot was received and counted.
Check your ballot’s status · Registrar ↗Where’s My Ballot (text or email alerts) ↗
Dates from the Secretary of State’s key dates and voting plan pages and the Registrar’s calendar of events (revised October 2, 2026), all read November 4, 2026.
What the dates were
- Oct 1LA County mailed ballots · drop boxes openedState: no later than Oct 5.
- Oct 19Last day to register. Same-day conditional registration ran Oct 20–Nov 3 at the Norwalk office and, from Oct 24, at any vote center.
- Oct 24Early vote centers opened (all vote centers from Oct 31)
- Oct 27Replacement vote-by-mail request deadline. LA County toolkit ↗ State key dates ↗
- Nov 3Election Day · 7 a.m.–8 p.m. Mail ballots had to be postmarked by this day and received by Nov 10.
The voter-guide mailing window was Sept 24–Oct 13.
LA County Registrar ↗Check your registration ↗Official state voter guide, as published ↗
What was on the ballot
The contests depended on the address. The official sample ballot was the complete list for each address.
Inside the City of Los Angeles
Mayor · City Attorney · City Council runoffs (Districts 3 and 9 only) · 7 or 8 City measures (SC only for those also in LAUSD), plus the County and state contests below.
Unincorporated LA County or another city
County and state contests below, plus the city’s own races, if any. Not the LA Mayor or City of LA measures.
Across LA County: Governor · Lieutenant Governor · Secretary of State · Controller · Treasurer · Attorney General · Insurance Commissioner · Superintendent of Public Instruction · Board of Equalization · U.S. House · State Assembly · State Senate in even-numbered districts · judicial contests · state propositions · Sheriff · County measures A and E. Other local contests depended on the address.
Who controls what
These offices do different jobs. Knowing which is which is half the ballot.
| Office | What it runs | What it doesn’t |
|---|---|---|
| Governor | The state budget, signing or vetoing bills, state regulators for insurance, energy and health, and how Sacramento funds housing and health | LAPD, the Sheriff, LA City Hall |
| Mayor of Los Angeles | City departments: police, fire, planning, housing, sanitation, street services | The Sheriff, County jails, unincorporated areas |
| LA County Sheriff | The County jails, court security, patrol in unincorporated areas and contract cities | LAPD inside the City of LA |
| Board of Supervisors | The County budget, the health system, County homeless services | City of LA departments |
Selected races
The candidates as they stood on the ballot, with the June primary results. The November count is on the Registrar’s results pages ↗, preliminary until certified.
Lieutenant Governor
Fiona Ma vs. Gloria Romero
Mayor of Los Angeles
Karen Bass vs. Nithya Raman
June primary: Bass 34.3%, Raman 29.0%. City of LA voters only.
LA County Sheriff
Robert Luna vs. Alex Villanueva
June primary: Luna 44.2%, Villanueva 21.7%. A rematch of 2022. All LA County voters.
LA City Attorney
Marissa Roy vs. John McKinney
June primary: Roy 43.1%, McKinney 28.6%. The incumbent, Hydee Feldstein Soto, was eliminated. City of LA voters only.
LA City Council, District 3
Timothy K. Gaspar vs. Barri Worth Girvan
June primary: Gaspar 46.1%, Girvan 42.5%. District 3 voters only.
LA City Council, District 9
Jose Ugarte vs. Estuardo Mazariegos
June primary: Ugarte 39.5%, Mazariegos 26.2%. District 9 voters only.
Already decided in June (no November race): Controller Kenneth Mejia, Assessor Jeffrey Prang, Supervisors María Elena Durazo (District 1) and Lindsey Horvath (District 3), and City Council Districts 1, 5, 7, 11, 13 and 15. Superior Court judge runoffs were also on the ballot. Primary results are the County Registrar’s certified results for LA County. June results ↗
State propositions
What each one would do, in plain terms, as written before the vote. Every link goes to the official voter guide or the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the state’s nonpartisan fiscal office.
40, 41 and 42 conflict. Each says that if it passes with more yes votes than a conflicting measure, the other is void (Prop 40 voids only the conflicting parts). They weren’t independent “yes to all” votes.
Key initiatives
Heavily promoted measures, taken apart argument by argument: what each side claims, five lenses that question it, and what remains to be researched. Prototypes, not recommendations.
Civic Lens
Proposition 39: voter identification. Put the argument through its paces →
Two arguments, five lenses, and the questions still open. An exploratory editorial prototype.
City of Los Angeles measures
On the ballot of City of LA voters only.
LAUSD measure
Official titleCampaign Finance Rules Related to Board of Education Elections.Plain-language summary (Civic Atlas, not ballot wording)Charter Amendment SC: campaign finance rules for Board of Education elections.Applies to voters within LAUSD, which has different boundaries from the City of Los Angeles.
LA County measures
On the ballot of all LA County voters, including the City of LA.
Who’s paying
Through 10/06/2026.
Contributions reported to the Secretary of State up to that date; later contributions continued until Election Day and are not shown here.
| Prop | Subject | For | Against |
|---|
These rows can’t be summed, because one committee is counted under both 39 and 43, and another under both 41 and 42. Secretary of State totals ↗ · Search every donor (Cal-Access) ↗
If you care about…
| Rent and subsidized apartments | Prop 1 · Mayor · City Prop TE |
|---|---|
| Buying a new home with help | Prop 37 |
| How fast things get built near you | Prop 45 · Mayor · City charter amendments on planning |
| Sales tax at checkout (City of LA) | City Measure FD |
| How City Hall is run | City charter amendments LA, PL, EE, PRK and PRT |
| School funding after 2031 | Prop 3 |
| Whether a wealth tax happens | Props 40, 41 and 42 (they conflict) |
| Future local tax increases | Prop 43 |
| Jails, and patrol in unincorporated areas | Sheriff · County Measure A (public-safety labor disputes) |
| Homelessness and streets in the City | Mayor |
| Insurance, energy, state housing money | Governor |
How to read the ballot
- Bonds aren’t free. Props 1 and 38 are repaid from the state’s General Fund. Prop 37’s bonds are repaid by the homeowners who take the loans.
- Read past the title. Of Prop 1’s $11.25 billion, $1.25 billion is for veterans; the rest funds other housing.
- Conflicting measures can cancel each other. See Props 40, 41 and 42.
- City, County and State are separate governments. Each race above answered to different voters.
- Money figures are snapshots. The table stops at October 6, 2026; late contributions kept coming until Election Day.
Compiled September 30, 2026 from official sources, linked throughout. Ballot-category coverage updated October 5; other facts retain their existing review dates. Archived November 4, 2026, after the election ended: the guide is kept as a record, the dates read in the past tense, the countdown and the pre-election prompts are gone, and the results and ballot-status links were added. Not a voter guide, not legal advice and not an endorsement. Civic Atlas is independent and isn’t affiliated with any campaign or agency.