California special election, August 18, 2026

U.S. House, 14th district

Special general election

CALLED, WAHAB

Projected winner

53.1%Aisha Wahab+6.2 over Hernandez

Votes counted

97,208of about 112,000 expected

Share of expected vote in

86.8%323 of 323 precincts have reported

Race called

>99%the feed has called it

The field

2 on the ballot, ordered by vote.

Aisha Wahab53.1%51,610 votes

Melissa Hernandez46.9%45,598 votes

What is left to count

1 of 1 counties finished, 1 reporting anything. About 14,792 votes still outstanding, concentrated here.

Where the vote is coming from

Shaded for whoever leads each county, deeper where the margin is wider. Click one to pin it below.

WahabHernandez

The map is framed on the 1 county this district covers, with the rest of California drawn around it.

Every county

1 county in this race. Every county has reported something. Click any of them to break it down above.

Live returns from the Decision Desk HQ public results feed. Percentages are the share within this contest. Where a county publishes no precinct count, progress is its counted vote against the expected total, or the feed’s own completion flag, and is labeled as such. Lead confidence describes how much of the vote is still out, not a polling forecast. Results are unofficial until certified.