Real-Time Results: Dublin Midterm Elections 2026

DUBLIN, CA — The polls are closed in Alameda County, and voters will soon know who will serve as the Dublin mayor and on the Dublin City Council, 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 Alameda County, where voters are waiting to find out who came out ahead in dozens of local races, as well as congressional races for the 10th, 12th, 14th, and 17th Congressional Districts, the California State Assembly races for the 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, and 24th Assembly Districts, and the 10th California Senate District.

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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 Alameda County, the rate of voter registration is high. As of September, it was 83.75 percent — with 57.72 percent of voters registered as Democrats, and 12.05 percent registered as Republicans.

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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.

Here are the races Dublin voters will help decide.

Dublin Mayor & City Council:

Patch reached out to the nine candidates running for office in Dublin. Three candidates are running for mayor, including incumbent Sherry Hu; four candidates are running for District 2, and two candidates are running for District 4, including incumbent Kashef Qaadri.

This is Dublin’s first year using the district system. See here for a map, and to look up which district you live in.

Each candidate was asked identical questions on some of Dublin’s most pressing issues, including housing, crime, and economic development. Read their answers below.

Candidate Shivraj Singh did not respond to Patch’s requests for comment.

Mayor:

• Meet The Dublin Candidate: Sherry Hu
• Meet The Dublin Candidate: Michael McCorriston
• Meet The Dublin Candidate: Kiran Mohammad

District 2:

• Meet The Dublin Candidate: Daniel Hor
• Meet The Dublin Candidate: Steven Lorey
• Meet The Dublin Candidate: Richard Thornbury
• Meet The Dublin Candidate: Tejpreet Singh

District 4:

• Meet The Dublin Candidate: Kashef Qaadri
• Shivraj Singh did not respond

Dublin Unified School District Board:

Patch reached out to four candidates running for seats representing Area 3 and Area 5 on the Dublin Unified School District Board. In Area 3, located in central and eastern Dublin, Shalini Bhandari and Tanner Frye are running for a short-term seat that lasts until 2028. In 2024, Carolina Martinez was appointed to fill a vacancy, with the appointment lasting until the 2026 election. Martinez opted not to run.

In Area 5, located in eastern Dublin east of Fallon Road, incumbent Dan Cherrier is defending his seat against Seema Badar.

In Area 2, Holden Lomeli is running uncontested.

See here for a map of the districts.

We asked each candidate about several issues facing the school district, including budgets, AP courses, the Measure I parcel tax, and improving staff/district relations. We reprinted their answers verbatim.

Area 3:

• Meet The Dublin School Board Candidate: Shalini Bhandari
• Meet The Dublin School Board Candidate: Tanner Frye

Area 5:

• Meet The Dublin School Board Candidate: Seema Badar
• Meet The Dublin School Board Candidate: Dan Cherrier

Measure I:

Dublin voters will also consider Measure I, a vote to renew the district's $96 annual parcel tax and increase it to a total of $144 per parcel annually for nine years, with annual inflation adjustments and senior exemptions.

Analysts say it would raise approximately $2.9 million for nine years, which would go toward improving public education in Dublin.

Congress:

Dublin will get to weigh in on a congressional race that attracted national attention. CA-14, encompassing much of the East Bay, was left vacant after former Congressman Eric Swalwell resigned amid sexual assault allegations.

Aisha Wahab, a former Hayward City Council member and California state senator, narrowly defeated Melissa Hernandez, president of the BART board and former mayor of Dublin, in a special election in August. She was sworn in September.

Wahab and Hernandez will face off again in November for a two-year seat. Both candidates are Democrats, though Wahab is generally seen as the more progressive candidate, emphasizing affordable housing, expanded social services, civil rights, and addressing corporate practices that contribute to high costs.

Hernandez emphasizes job creation, small-business growth, housing construction, public safety, and reducing health care costs. While both candidates prioritize affordability, Wahab emphasizes expanding social programs, while Hernandez focuses more on economic development.

State Assembly:

Most of Dublin will vote in the race for Assembly District 16, a contest between Democratic incumbent Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and Republican challenger Joe Rubay. Residents of parts of eastern Dublin will vote in the race for Assembly District 20, a contest between Democratic incumbent Liz Ortega and Republican challenger Patricia Muga, a Dublin resident and real estate appraiser.

District 16:

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, an Orinda resident and former environmental lawyer, was first elected to the Assembly in 2018. Her 2026 campaign emphasizes online safety and AI, protecting homeowners insurance, increasing funding for public education, and protecting reproductive rights.

Joe Rubay, a local business owner who has served on the Contra Costa County Fair Board and as chair and vice chair of the Alamo Police Services Advisory Committee, emphasizes parental rights in education, tougher approaches to crime, and opposing state policies that encourage higher-density housing in suburban communities.

District 20:

Liz Ortega, a San Leandro resident, was elected in 2022 after serving as the first Latina to lead the Alameda County Labor Council. Her campaign has emphasized lowering living costs, strengthening worker protections, expanding health care access, and protecting public education.

Patricia Muga is a Dublin resident and real estate broker who serves on the Alameda County Republic Central Committee. Her campaign emphasizes reducing government regulation, improving government transparency, and public safety.

Gubernatorial Primary

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.