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Cass County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 67% of the vote for governor in Cass County. The margin is 5.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Cass County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
66.0%2,699
Juliana Stratton
32.6%1,331
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%57
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
67.1%2,777
JB Pritzker
29.7%1,230
Collin Corbett
3.2%131
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Cass 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, 9:41 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +33.9R +44.2D +10.2
IL GovernorR +38.6R +44.2D +5.5
IL-15R +31.0——

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 Cass County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.7%Donald Trump71.5%R +43.85,188
2020Joe Biden30.4%Donald Trump68.2%R +37.85,316
2016Hillary Clinton31.6%Donald Trump62.8%R +31.15,124
2012Barack Obama42.2%Mitt Romney55.7%R +13.54,862
2008Barack Obama49.7%John McCain48.4%D +1.35,408
2004John Kerry43.7%George W. Bush55.5%R +11.85,700
2000Al Gore47.3%George W. Bush50.3%R +3.05,899

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 +40.8.

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.