Follow live updates, analysis and highlights from 2026 election day's key races, such as California governor, Los Angeles mayor, L.A. City Council and more.

California’s elections are never quite over on Election Day, and this year is no different. The state’s big population and its universal vote-by-mail system add to the time it takes to count the large volume of ballots counties will receive.

The Republicans are currently in position to advance in California’s key races but thousands of late ballots still remain.

More than 262,000 ballots have been counted so far, according to county officials, but little changed from Election Night.

President Trump is alleging that Democrats are "rigging" the California elections as votes are still being counted for some of the state's primary races. CBS News' Fin Gómez reports.

Election results from California's primary races were still coming in on Wednesday. CBS News' Anthony Salvanto has the latest on the races.

Two days after Election Day in California, Dana Bash and the “Inside Politics” panel update the election totals in the key primary races and explain why the state has not finished counting ballots. “We tend to say in California it’s not election day,

California is notorious for a drawn-out vote count, as local election officials work through millions of mail ballots, some of which don’t even arrive until after Election Day. It could be days still before the race is resolved.