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Bureau County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 61% of the vote for governor in Bureau County. The margin is 0.8 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Bureau County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Bureau County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
58.8%7,057
Juliana Stratton
39.5%4,741
Whitfield Harrington
1.7%208
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
60.6%7,343
JB Pritzker
35.9%4,352
Collin Corbett
3.5%423
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 14th District

Lauren Underwood
55.2%2,194
James Marter
44.8%1,778
97% counted

Only part of Bureau County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Lauren Underwood wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 16th District

Darin LaHood
68.0%5,480
Paul Nolley
32.0%2,581
97% counted

Only part of Bureau County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Darin LaHood wins. Called.

The leader in Bureau 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, 8:12 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +19.6R +24.8D +5.1
IL GovernorR +25.6R +24.8R +0.8
IL-14 part of the countyD +10.5——
IL-16 part of the countyR +36.0——

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 Bureau County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.1%Donald Trump61.5%R +24.415,917
2020Joe Biden38.3%Donald Trump59.7%R +21.517,435
2016Hillary Clinton36.4%Donald Trump56.0%R +19.616,571
2012Barack Obama48.9%Mitt Romney49.1%R +0.216,631
2008Barack Obama51.9%John McCain46.2%D +5.717,113
2004John Kerry44.5%George W. Bush54.9%R +10.417,902
2000Al Gore46.1%George W. Bush50.7%R +4.616,823

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 +19.8.

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.