California · 43rd District · 2026

Waters wins by 64 points

Maxine Waters won re-election with 82.1%.

Live · Updated 8:33 p.m. ET, Nov. 5 · 80.8% reported

82.1

Maxine Waters

120,332 votes

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

17.9

Cristian Morales

26,295 votes

Vote share · per AP80.8% reported

82.1%17.9%

Results per AP · 01:33 UTC

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