Quick Take
Find the results for all local races in Santa Cruz County's 2026 primary election here. Lookout will continuously update this page as new results come in.
Friday, 4 p.m. — Welcome to Lookout’s 2026 primary election results page. Here, we’ll give you real-time updates on how each race in Santa Cruz County is shaking out as the vote is counted, reflected in charts. Scroll to the bottom of this story for a link to the California Secretary of State website to view the results of statewide races.
The Santa Cruz County Clerk’s office added 6,865 ballots to the tally on Friday, bringing the total number of ballots counted to 86,438.
According to the Santa Cruz Elections Department website, there are still about 650 votes left to tally. There are 25 vote-by-mail ballots, 525 same-day registration ballots, 75 provisional ballots and 25 damaged ballots left to be counted. That means that roughly 99% of the ballots cast have been tallied.
Here is how the races stand as of 4 p.m. on Friday. The next update will be 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
Santa Cruz County supervisor results
A candidate needs a simple majority (50% of votes cast +1) in order to win an election. If no candidate reaches that threshold, the top two vote-getters head to a run-off election in November.
District 3 incumbent Justin Cummings is running unopposed.
Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge
Santa Cruz mayor
A candidate needs a simple majority (50% of votes cast +1) in order to win an election. If no candidate reaches that threshold, the top two vote-getters head to a run-off election in November.
Santa Cruz City Council
State races
Click here for the California Secretary of State office’s website, where you can view the results for the statewide contests including races for governor, congressional districts and state Assembly.
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