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State Senate · District 16

California. Election Day was Nov. 3, 2026. Two candidates are on the official list.

Who is running

Certified by California Secretary of State, as of Oct 15, 2026. Official list

Names and parties are copied exactly from the official list. Blue marks Democrats, red marks Republicans, and gray marks every other party or none; each is also labeled in words.

Official vote count

Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by California Secretary of State. Counts change as ballots are counted. Power & Politics does not call races or project winners.

State Senate District 16 - Districtwide Results, as listed by the official source
Candidate or choicePartyVotesShare of votes counted
Melissa HurtadoDem76,09260.4%
Guillermo Asuncion GonzalezRep49,92839.6%

680 of 680 precincts reporting, as stated by California Secretary of State. As reported by California Secretary of State (the source says it was updated November 5, 2026, 6:58 p.m.). Rows are in the order the source lists them, which is not a ranking. Official source · All California results

Worth knowing

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Past results

The archive does not yet hold past results for this office. State legislative results are being added where the official records are online. See what the archive holds

Headlines that name a candidate in this race

No headline from the outlets we follow has named a candidate in this race together with California in the last 30 days.

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