Six states are holding primary races on Tuesday, with voters picking nominees for governor, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House and many statewide and local races. Results will start to come in soon after the polls close in each state, but some races may not be called until Wednesday.
Here is a breakdown of when to expect results.
New Jersey
Polls in New Jersey close at 8 p.m. Eastern time, at which point counties will begin tabulating their votes. Election officials predict that results may be announced late Tuesday or early on Wednesday.
Voters can tune in to watch unofficial results come in on The Times’s results page. State canvassers will meet to certify the results no later than a month after the election.
Iowa
Polls in Iowa will close at 8 p.m. local time (9 p.m. Eastern), at which point county election officials will begin counting and processing votes to post and send to the secretary of state. Election officials estimate that a majority of the votes should be in by the end of the night or early on Wednesday.
The unofficial vote tally will be available on The Times’s results page after polls close. These results will stay unofficial until a statewide canvass is complete, about a month from now.
New Mexico
Polls in New Mexico close at 7 p.m. local time (9 p.m. Eastern). A critical mass of votes in the primary may be counted by late Tuesday night or possibly Wednesday morning, election officials said.
Voters can watch unofficial results come in on The Times’s vote tracker. The New Mexico secretary of state’s website includes an unofficial results portal, where voters can find a statewide breakdown and also navigate to their individual counties for local results. The tallies of certain races must be certified by the third Tuesday after the election, and all races must be certified about a month after the election.
South Dakota
Polls in South Dakota will close at 7 p.m. local time (8 and 9 p.m. Eastern). South Dakota straddles two time zones, meaning voting will continue in some parts of the state an hour after the first polls close. Election officials predict that results are likely to come in soon after the last polls in the western portion of the state close.
Voters can begin viewing unofficial results after polls close on The Times’s results page, but these results will stay unofficial for at least a week. State canvassers must meet to begin certifying the vote seven days after Election Day, but they can ask for more time to factor in updated results from the county level.
Montana
Polls in Montana close at 8 p.m. local time (10 p.m. Eastern). Different counties count by different methods, meaning some will take longer because they are hand-counting paper ballots rather than using a digital tabulator machine. Because of this, election officials say that the unofficial tally may not arrive until early on Wednesday.
Voters can check The Times’s results page to begin seeing the unofficial results as they are reported by county. The statewide certification process should begin about 27 days after the election.
California
Polls in California close at 8 p.m. local time (11 p.m. Eastern). But because of several factors — including California’s heavy reliance on mail ballots, which are more labor-intensive to tabulate, and the large share of voters who waited until the end to submit their ballots — many ballots most likely won’t be counted until later in the week.
A new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom requires county officials to speed up their vote submissions. Election experts are optimistic that this election will only take days, rather than weeks, to determine results.
But while voters wait, they can view the unofficial results on The Times’s results page once polls close. Follow our live coverage of the races in California here.
Laurel Rosenhall contributed reporting.
Taylor Robinson covers politics and the New York City metro area as a news assistant for The Times.
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