Decision Desk HQ · DDHQ unofficial returns updated Nov. 5, 2026, 7:48 p.m. CST (8:48 p.m. EST as displayed); 81% of expected vote reported. Uncalled; no winner or party flip declared. Actual Census current 120th Congressional District land area clipped to the shoreline. Gray: undecided race; pale California: context.
Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte led Democrat Tessa Lynn Hodge by 3,896 votes in California's 23rd Congressional District on Thursday, according to Decision Desk HQ's unofficial returns. Obernolte had 78,084 votes, or 51.28%, to Hodge's 74,188, or 48.72%, with 81% of the expected vote reported. The race remained uncalled.
The district includes parts of San Bernardino, Riverside, Kern and Los Angeles counties under the boundaries used for the 2026 election. Remaining ballots could change the margin, and Obernolte's lead does not establish a winner or a party hold.
