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Sacramento County’s primary is official, and 404,964 voters just shaped the November ballot

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Sacramento County, California – Sacramento County’s June primary is now officially in the books, and the numbers tell a familiar California story: plenty of big races, a long ballot, and nearly half of registered voters deciding who moves into November.

The county’s Voter Registration and Elections office certified the June 2, 2026, Statewide Direct Primary Election results after 404,964 ballots were cast from 917,930 registered voters. That put turnout at 44.12%, a sizable primary showing for an election that stretched from the governor’s race down to county offices.

“The June 2, 2026, Statewide Direct Primary Election has been certified. For final election results visit: https://results.saccounty.gov/results/public/sacramento-county-ca/68”

At the top of the ballot, Sacramento County voters placed Democrat Xavier Becerra first in the race for governor. He received 124,566 votes, or 31.09%. Republican Steve Hilton followed with 104,175 votes, or 26.00%, while Democrat Tom Steyer finished third locally with 80,174 votes, or 20.01%. Republican Chad Bianco received 8.64% in the county. Under California’s top-two primary system, Becerra and Hilton are set for the November general election matchup.

Other statewide races showed strong Democratic leads in Sacramento County. Fiona Ma led the lieutenant governor contest locally with 20.23%, ahead of Michael Tubbs at 17.96% and Gloria Romero at 16.52%. Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber won 59.12% of the local vote, while Donald P. Wagner received 35.97%. In the controller race, Malia M. Cohen took 57.56%.

The local races carried their own drama. In Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 1, Flojaune “Flo” Cofer led the open-seat contest with 32,210 votes, or 45.62%. Eric Guerra followed with 20,760 votes, or 29.40%, setting up the expectation that both will move on to a November runoff.

In District 2, Patrick Kennedy won decisively with 63.92%, putting him in position to claim the seat outright. In District 5, Pat Hume ran unopposed and received 100% of the vote. Sacramento County Assessor Christina Wynn also won her primary contest, and the November general election for that position was canceled.

The certification closes the official canvass process, meaning vote-by-mail, provisional and other ballots have been processed and counted. Full interactive results, including precinct-level data, undervotes and every contest, are available through Sacramento County’s official election results portal.

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