U.S. Senate
Don Tracy
81.9%4,442
Juliana Stratton
16.5%896
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%83
Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.
Clay County, Illinois
2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 85% of the vote for governor in Clay County. The margin is 4.7 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.
2026 results in Clay County
Governor
Darren Bailey
85.0%4,712
JB Pritzker
13.2%733
Collin Corbett
1.8%101
Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.
U.S. House: Illinois 12th District
Mike Bost
84.0%4,567
Julie Fortier
16.0%868
Whole district: Mike Bost wins. Called.
The leader in Clay 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, 8:31 PM.
Compared with 2024
| Race | Margin | 2024 president | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL Senate | R +66.4 | R +68.4 | D +1.9 |
| IL Governor | R +73.1 | R +68.4 | R +4.7 |
| IL-12 | R +68.1 | — | — |
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 Clay County has voted for president
| Year | Democrat | Share | Republican | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris | 15.7% | Donald Trump | 83.6% | R +67.9 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 16.4% | Donald Trump | 81.7% | R +65.3 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton | 16.1% | Donald Trump | 79.1% | R +63.0 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 26.8% | Mitt Romney | 70.9% | R +44.1 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 37.6% | John McCain | 60.8% | R +23.3 |
| 2004 | John Kerry | 32.1% | George W. Bush | 67.4% | R +35.3 |
| 2000 | Al Gore | 36.1% | George W. Bush | 61.8% | R +25.7 |
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 +42.2.
Other counties in Illinois
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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.