BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- It may be Election Night but that doesn't mean we'll get full results. For the more contentious races, it could take days, even weeks to know the winner. However, here's what we can expect into the early morning. Polls close at about 8 p.m. Any voter in line by 8 p.m., at a poll site or ballot drop box will be able to cast his or her vote. Per Kern Elections, there are more than 100 poll sites and 20 drop boxes countywide. That's a lot of locations to hit, and some are in the more remote parts of the county, like Ridgecrest, which is two hours away. For some of the races -- like for Congress -- Tulare, Fresno and Kings counties are included too. Kern's first results will drop once polls close. It could be as soon as 8:01p.m, or as late as 10 p.m. These early results will include only vote-by-mail ballots. Kern Elections says all mail-in ballots received by their office by last Friday, Nov. 1, will be counted and announced in that first drop. That's about 126,000 ballots. All available results will be shared on 17 News at 11. Further into the night and into early Wednesday, we can expect another -- perhaps a couple more -- results drops. Elections tells us the plan is to count all in-person, poll-site ballots cast today and have those results public by Wednesday morning. Wednesday results will include a mix of mail-in ballots and all pollsite ballots. Never miss a story: Make KGET your homepage The next big results drop will be Friday. Here's a look at the races we're watching closely. The 22nd Congressional District -- whether Republican incumbent David Valadao retains his seat or Democratic challenger Rudy Salas slides in can determine which party controls the U.S House of Representatives. The GOP holds such a slim majority -- just 8 seats -- that toss-up races like the Valadao-Salas match have immense national implications. All eyes are on CD-22 also because of how unpredictable it is. Back in 2022, Salas won the primary, but Valadao won the general by just three points. It's the definition of a purple district. Either candidate has a good chance of winning. Our latest poll shows Salas is gaining ground among likely voters, but again, only time will tell. It also depends on turnout. CD-22 is a majority Latino district that leans Democrat. The key question -- will that base show up for Salas? Locally, we're looking at both the 2nd and 5th Kern supervisorial races. The 2nd district race is all about replacing Zack Scrivner, who resigned midterm. There was no primary -- it's a packed six-candidate race. The winner represents District 2 for a partial term until 2026. As for the 5th Supervisorial race, incumbent Leticia Perez is up against Kim Salas. Perez has been in office since 2013 and is running for her fourth term. Salas has name ID as district director for Assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains.