California · 43rd District · 2026

Waters wins by 65 points

Maxine Waters won re-election with 82.7%.

Live · Updated 7:44 p.m. ET, Nov. 7 · 92.4% reported

82.7

Maxine Waters

148,250 votes

✓ Winner · AP call 11:33 p.m. ET, Nov. 3

17.3

Cristian Morales

30,920 votes

Vote share · per AP92.4% reported

82.7%17.3%

Results per AP · 00:44 UTC

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