{"id":344112,"date":"2026-06-03T05:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344112\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:06:11","slug":"2026-election-results-california-assembly-races-across-san-bernardino-and-riverside-counties-press-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344112\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Election Results: California Assembly races across San Bernardino and Riverside counties \u2013 Press Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clarissa Cervantes\u00a0led Leticia Castillo\u00a0in early returns Tuesday night, June 2, in a preview of a highly competitive race for an Inland Assembly seat.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo, R-Corona, defeated Cervantes, a Democrat and Riverside city council member, by just 596 votes in 2024 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/9427649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">58th Assembly District<\/a>, which represents Jurupa Valley, Grand Terrace and parts of Corona, Eastvale and Riverside.<\/p>\n<p>The two candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenterprise.com\/2026\/04\/17\/596-votes-decided-this-inland-empire-election-thats-headed-toward-a-rematch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are poised for a November rematch<\/a> since they\u2019re the only names on the ballot. The primary results, however, could indicate whether Castillo or Cervantes have momentum going into November.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also hope to flip the <a href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/9427556\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">47th district<\/a>, which includes cities in the San Gorgonio Pass, Coachella Valley cities and parts of Redlands, Highland and San Jacinto.<\/p>\n<p>LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenterprise.com\/election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">See a chart of the latest vote counts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In that district, incumbent Greg Wallis, R-Rancho Mirage, led Democrats Jason Byors and Leila Namvar. Wallis leads with 48.2%, Namvar with 30.1%, followed by Byros with 21%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"From left, Democratic Assembly candidates Jason Byors and Leila Namvar and Assemblymember Greg Wallis, R-Rancho Mirage. (Photos courtesy of candidates' campaigns)\" width=\"3264\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AD-47-Panel.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5616380\" \/>From left, Democratic Assembly candidates Jason Byors and Leila Namvar and Assemblymember Greg Wallis, R-Rancho Mirage. (Photos courtesy of candidates\u2019 campaigns)<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris won the district by four percentage points in 2024, making it a tempting target for Democrats in what\u2019s expected to be a blue wave election in November.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/9427461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">34th district<\/a> \u2014 communities in the San Bernardino Mountains and San Bernardino County\u2019s High Desert \u2014 Republicans Steve Fox, Charles Frederick Hughes and Manny Lin competed with Democrat Randall Putz for the right to succeed term-limited Republican Tom Lackey.\u00a0 Results indicate Putz as the frontrunner with 40% of the vote, followed by Hughes with 36.6% and Fox with 18.5%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/9427516\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">41st district<\/a> race has just two candidates \u2014 Democratic incumbent John Harabedian and Republican Adam Christopher Vena \u2014 on the ballot. The district\u2019s communities include La Verne, Pasadena, Claremont, and parts of Monrovia, Rancho Cucamonga and Upland. Initial results show Harabedian leading in the polls with 62% of the votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another two-person race is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/9427537\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">45th district<\/a>. Democratic incumbent James Ramos is being challenged by Republican Greg Abdouch in a district representing parts of Fontana, Highland, Rialto, Redlands and San Bernardino. Ramos currently leads Abdouch with 63.2%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three candidates faced off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/9427587\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">50th district<\/a>, which encompasses Loma Linda, Colton, and parts of San Bernardino, Redlands, Rialto, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana and Ontario. Democratic incumbent Robert Garcia is opposed by Republican Victoria Viveros Mageno and independent Roberto Jesus Moreno Jr. Garcia leads with 55.8%, followed by Mageno with 41.3% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Two candidates are on the ballot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/9427604\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">53rd district<\/a> representing Montclair, Pomona, and parts of Ontario, Chino and Upland. Democratic incumbent Michelle Rodriguez is facing Republican Rafaela Romero. Rodriguez is currently leading in the polls with 58.9%, with Romero holding second place.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/9427673\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">60th district<\/a> \u2014 Perris, Moreno Valley and parts of Riverside, San Jacinto, and Hemet \u2014 features three candidates. Democratic incumbent Corey Jackson is running for reelection while Republicans Ed Delgado \u2014 a Moreno Valley City Council member \u2014 and Ron Edwards hope to unseat him. Early results showed Jackson leading the vote, followed by Delgado and Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>In all districts, the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, advance to the general election. At stake are two-year terms in California\u2019s 80-seat assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clarissa Cervantes\u00a0led Leticia Castillo\u00a0in early returns Tuesday night, June 2, in a preview of a highly competitive race&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1400,7,9,141430,8,204,23387,100,13,612,141453,5518],"class_list":["post-344112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-2026-elections","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-legislature-elections","tag-california-news","tag-election","tag-election-results","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-riverside-county","tag-riverside-county-elections","tag-san-bernardino-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}