Results as of the evening of November 4, 2026, US time. Every count below is unofficial and comes from the state’s own election website. States publish counts and do not call measures, so “passing” and “failing” describe the count against the measure’s threshold when we read it. We will update this page as results are certified.
| Measure | Count | Status | Changes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Initiative 645: repeal the income tax over $1,000,000 | Yes 42.07%, No 57.93% | Failing, 36 of 39 counties reporting | No change if it fails |
| California Prop 40: one-time billionaire tax | Yes 44.7%, No 55.3% | Failing | No change if it fails |
| California Prop 41: audits and spending limit on new taxes | Yes 47.3%, No 52.7% | Failing | No change if it fails |
| California Prop 42: no new taxes on owning assets | Yes 54.0%, No 46.0% | Passing | Once certified |
| California Prop 43: two-thirds for voter-proposed local taxes | Yes 44.8%, No 55.2% | Failing | No change if it fails |
| California Prop 3: make high-income rates permanent | Yes 58.9%, No 41.1% | Passing | Rates stay past 2031 |
| Colorado Amendment 87: graduated income tax | Yes 50.63%, No 49.37% | Uncalled, too close | 2027 if it passes |
| Colorado Prop 136: cap rate at 4.4% | Yes 47.48%, No 52.52% | Failing | No change if it fails |
| Florida Amendment 3: homestead exemption | Yes 61.98%, No 38.02% | Passing, needs 60% | January 1, 2027 |
| Florida Amendment 2: exemption for personal property on agricultural land | Yes 58.21%, No 41.79% | Failing, needs 60% | No change if it fails |
| North Carolina income tax cap | Yes 61.92%, No 38.08% | Passing | Tax years from January 1, 2027 |
| North Carolina property tax levy limit | Yes 60.42%, No 39.58% | Passing | When the legislature acts |
| Iowa Amendment 1: two-thirds for income tax increases | Yes 56.25%, No 43.75% | Passing, 95 of 99 counties reporting | Once adopted |
What each result means for your taxes
Washington. The count is running against repeal of the 9.9% tax on income above $1,000,000, which starts January 1, 2028 unless something stops it. A court challenge is separate, and the state’s results stay unofficial until November 24, 2026. Our Washington millionaires tax explainer covers who pays and how a couple’s shared deduction works.
California. Prop 40 would have charged billionaires who lived in California on January 1, 2026 a one-time 5 percent of net worth. It is failing, so on this count there is no new wealth tax. The Legislative Analyst warned that a rival measure with more yes votes could stop Prop 40 even if it passed. With Prop 40 behind, that clash does not arise. Prop 42, which is passing, would bar new state taxes on owning financial assets and other personal property and limit retroactive taxes, so a future wealth tax would have to get past it first. Prop 3, also passing, makes the high-income rates first approved in 2012 permanent instead of letting them expire in 2031. Nothing changes on your California return now. Prop 43 would have required a two-thirds vote for voter-proposed local special taxes from 2027, and Prop 41 would have added audits of new special taxes. Both are failing. The state’s returns were last updated November 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. Pacific time.
Colorado. Amendment 87 is ahead by a narrow margin, with 25 of 64 counties finished reporting. It needs a simple majority, according to the state’s Blue Book. If it passes, a graduated tax from 2027 replaces the 4.4% flat rate, with rates from 3.7% to 8.4% on taxable income over $1,000,000. Taxes fall below $500,000 of taxable income and rise above it. If it fails, the flat rate stays. Do not change your 2027 plans on this count. Prop 136, a statutory cap at 4.4%, is failing.
Florida. Amendment 3 is passing, and it changes non-school property tax from the 2027 roll for homeowners and for owners of rentals and commercial property. The amounts are the whole non-school exemption and do not stack on the old ones, which we work through in the Amendment 3 explainer. Amendment 2 has a majority but sits below the 60% Florida requires, so tangible personal property on agricultural land gets no new exemption on this count. Amendment 1, on the state’s budget stabilization fund, is at 40.90% and does not change what a taxpayer owes.
North Carolina. The income tax cap would drop from seven percent to 3.5%, effective on certification and applying to tax years from January 1, 2027. The rate is 3.99% in 2026, which is above the new cap, but the cap does not apply until 2027. In May 2026 the legislature’s fiscal staff forecast that existing revenue triggers would cut the rate to 3.49% for 2027, so they expected the cap to cost nothing at first. Its real effect is on how high a future legislature can go. The property amendment tells the General Assembly to pass laws limiting how much property tax levies may rise, with exceptions allowed. Your bill changes only when those laws are written.
Iowa. Amendment 1 sets no rate. It requires two-thirds of the members elected to each house to raise an income tax rate or create a new income tax, and Iowa’s income tax stays as it is.
What is not on this page
Tax-related measures also appeared on ballots in other states, including Arizona, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming. We list a measure here only after reading its result on the state’s own site, and we had not done that for these when this page was written. Their absence says nothing about how they went.
For the bigger picture, see how state income tax works, the 2026 state tax ranking movers and the property tax by state guide. To size your own bill, use the state income tax calculator.