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Alexander County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 57% of the vote for governor in Alexander County. The margin is 1.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Alexander County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
54.6%883
Juliana Stratton
44.2%715
Whitfield Harrington
1.2%20
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
57.4%930
JB Pritzker
40.1%650
Collin Corbett
2.5%41
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Alexander County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 7:08 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +10.5R +19.5D +9.0
IL GovernorR +17.7R +19.5D +1.7
IL-12R +16.1——

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Alexander County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris40.1%Donald Trump59.5%R +19.42,253
2020Joe Biden42.6%Donald Trump56.8%R +14.22,619
2016Hillary Clinton44.3%Donald Trump52.6%R +8.22,846
2012Barack Obama56.1%Mitt Romney42.5%D +13.73,501
2008Barack Obama55.6%John McCain43.0%D +12.63,937
2004John Kerry52.1%George W. Bush47.3%D +4.83,873
2000Al Gore58.6%George W. Bush39.5%D +19.14,022

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +38.5.

Other counties in Illinois

Illinois results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Illinois certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Illinois's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.