Tight Races Remain in California With Hundreds of Thousands of Ballots Left to Count

Some state seats flipped from blue to red, while a congressional seat is a tossup with fewer than 500 votes separating candidates.

On Nov 5, 2024 Election Day, students at University of California—San Diego line up to vote at a vote center set up at the campus. Courtesy Phillip Zhu

Some election results are still too close to call in California two weeks after ballots were cast, with more than 570,000 votes left to count, and another 126,000 to cure as of Nov. 19, according to secretary of state data. 

The race for the U.S. House of Representatives in the state’s 45th district—encompassing parts of Los Angeles, is one of the two closest.