Bay Area Voters: Here's When You Can Expect Updated Election Results

Updated 5:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8

After voting, the next thing everyone wants to know is who won. In most of California, vote counting is slow — very slow. It’s not uncommon to wait days for a definitive election result, especially in a close race.

If you want an unambiguously final result, you’ll wait much longer — Dec. 5, the deadline for county registrars to officially certify results, or Dec. 13, the date the California Secretary of State’s office must certify statewide results.

We can’t speed up the process, but we can give you an idea of when you might expect the coming rounds of results from Bay Area counties.

Here’s a quick rundown of the most recent county vote reports and when counties say (or don’t say) voters can expect the next round of results:

Alameda County. Last report: 4:49 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, with 333,837 votes counted (34.8% of the county’s 960,649 registered voters). Next reports: Nov. 15.

Contra Costa County. Last report: 3:13 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, with 451,172 votes counted (62.4% of the county’s 722,861 registered voters). Next report: 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Marin County. Last report: 11:08 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, with 96,931 votes counted (56.6% of the county’s 172,304 registered voters). Next report: By 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Napa County. Last report: 3:52 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, with 29,258 votes counted (34.4% of the county’s 85,150 registered voters). Next report: Unknown.

San Francisco County. Last report: 3:57 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, with 289,135 votes counted (555.4% of the county’s 522,265 registered voters). Next report: 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9.

San Mateo County. Last report: 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, with 231,924 votes counted (52.3% of the county’s 443,164 registered voters). Next report: By 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11.

Santa Clara County. Last report: 4:58 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, with 565,390 votes counted (53.9% of the county’s 1,048,723 registered voters). Next report: By 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9.

Solano County. Last report: 5:01 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, with 182,467 votes counted (67.7% of the county’s 269,510 registered voters). Next report: Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Sonoma County. Last report: 1:17 p.m. Thursday, with 159,413 votes counted (51.4% of the county’s 309,933 registered voters). Next report: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12.

This story originally published on Nov. 7, 2024.