Draft:2026 California elections

The 2026 California elections will take place on November 3, 2026. The statewide direct primary election will be held on June 2.

California voters will elect all of California's seats to the United States House of Representatives, all of the seats of the California State Assembly, all even-numbered seats of the California State Senate, and the Governor of California and various statewide offices.

Pursuant to Proposition 14 passed in 2010, California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary for its races. All the candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once during the primary. The candidates receiving the most and second-most votes in the primary election then become the contestants in the general election.

House
All of California's 52 seats to the United States House of Representatives will be up for election to two-year terms.

Governor
Incumbent Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is term-limited and ineligible to seek reelection.

Lieutenant governor
Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis is term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election; she is instead running for governor.

Attorney general
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta is eligible to seek re-election.

Secretary of state
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Shirley Weber is eligible to seek re-election.

Treasurer
Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Fiona Ma is term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election; she is instead running for lieutenant governor.

Controller
Incumbent Democratic Controller Malia Cohen is eligible to seek re-election.

Insurance Commissioner
Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election.

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election; he is instead running for governor.

Board of Equalization
All four seats on the California State Board of Equalization are up for election, with three of four incumbents term-limited and ineligible for re-election.

District 1
Incumbent Republican Ted Gaines is term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election.

District 2
Incumbent Democrat Sally Lieber is eligible to seek re-election.

District 3
Incumbent Democrat Tony Vazquez is term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election.

District 4
Incumbent Democrat Mike Schaefer is term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election.