Real-Time Results: Concord Midterm Election 2026

CONCORD, CA — The polls are closed in Contra Costa County, and voters will soon know whether Concord Councilmembers Laura Hoffmeister and Laura Nakamura won reelection, who will fill the open District 3 seat, 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.

Amid that contentious backdrop, Californians cast their ballots for a new governor, widely expected to be Democrat Xavier Becerra, who went into the election with a wide lead in the polls over Republican Steve Hilton.

The outcome of dozens of down-ballot primary races also hangs in the balance in Contra Costa County. Voters are waiting to find out who came out ahead in Concord’s council races in Districts 1, 3 and 5 and the Mount Diablo Unified school board contests in Trustee Areas 2 and 4.

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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.

Not surprisingly, there are far more registered Democrats than Republicans in the state, with 45 percent for the former and 25 percent for the latter.

In Contra Costa County, the rate of voter registration is high. As of September, it was more than 90 percent — with 51.6 percent of voters registered as Democrats, 19 percent as Republicans.

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 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.

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CONCORD

In City Council District 1, incumbent Laura Hoffmeister faces Maria Bagley and Trish Brazil in a three-way contest.

In City Council District 3, Dena Acosta Beere, Robyn Kuslits, Douglas Lezameta and Don Seta are competing for the open seat held by Dominic Aliano, who did not seek reelection.

In City Council District 5, incumbent Laura Nakamura, who serves as Concord’s mayor this year, faces Planning Commissioner Aeysha Corio. The election is for her council seat; councilmembers select the mayor.

Residents vote only in their respective council districts. The three winners will form a majority of the five-member council, helping shape decisions on housing, public safety, city spending and redevelopment of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station.

For city treasurer, incumbent Patti Barsotti is running unopposed in the citywide election.

In Mount Diablo Unified School District Trustee Area 2, Jane Baulch-Enloe faces Dorothy Weisenberger. In Trustee Area 4, Al Anderson faces Brian Thomas Lawrence. Only residents of each trustee area vote in that school board contest.

Gubernatorial Race

California voters headed to the polls Tuesday, facing high gas and grocery prices, the effects of climate change on wildfires and rising seas amid a shortage in insurance coverage and the ever-present housing affordability crisis.

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.

In the final days of the election, a new SurveyUSA poll showed Becerra with a 22-point lead.

Click here for real-time results in the California Governor’s races.

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.

Click here for real-time results in California’s Congressional races.

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.

Click here for real-time results for all of California’s ballot measures.