Steve Kornacki Draws 19 Million Viewers Across 10 Cam Sessions
steve kornacki will take NBC News’ Kornacki Cam to the Los Angeles mayoral primary, the California primary and several congressional districts after polls close at 8 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday. The live stream will put his Big Board, producer and a Stedicam operator on the results feed as ballots are counted.
The format has already drawn 19 million viewers across 10 Kornacki Cam sessions. Kornacki said Monday, “This all happens in full view,” and added, “The audience gets to see the whole thing. They get to see the buildup, the anticipation, the payoff.”
Kornacki Cam on Tuesday
NBC News said the stream will be available on YouTube, NBCNews.com, the NBC News app and the network’s social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Since December, Kornacki has been going live and uninterrupted on streaming platforms for special elections and some state Senate contests.
The Tuesday coverage expands that run to California’s vote count in real time. NBC News said its decision desk has called the results of 70% of the 2026 elections ahead of the.
Los Angeles mayoral race
Kornacki said polling suggests Mayor Karen Bass is in the best position to get into the runoff in the Los Angeles mayoral race. He also said Spencer Pratt has had the most positive movement in the last month or so of the campaign.
He said the San Fernando Valley is going to be more than a third of the vote and probably close to 40%, and that Pratt wants to be winning that area by a big margin if he gets into the general election. Kornacki said Bass is going to rely on central and South L.A., with probably a third of the vote coming out of those two places.
Westside vote count
Kornacki said the Westside could be more of a toss-up. That leaves the race dependent on where each candidate builds enough margin once the first returns come in after 8 p.m. Pacific.
For viewers, the practical step is simple: the first California returns on Tuesday night will land inside a live feed built for continuous count tracking, not a panel discussion. The stream will show which parts of Los Angeles and the other races move first, and whether the early vote patterns match the polling Kornacki described.
