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Clinton County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 76% of the vote for governor in Clinton County. The margin is 3.0 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Clinton County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
73.2%10,522
Juliana Stratton
25.0%3,585
Whitfield Harrington
1.8%258
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
75.8%11,012
JB Pritzker
21.5%3,124
Collin Corbett
2.7%392
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Clinton 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, 9:03 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +49.2R +52.8D +3.7
IL GovernorR +55.8R +52.8R +3.0
IL-12R +50.8——

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 Clinton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris23.2%Donald Trump75.3%R +52.119,127
2020Joe Biden23.4%Donald Trump74.6%R +51.219,170
2016Hillary Clinton22.6%Donald Trump71.3%R +48.617,419
2012Barack Obama34.0%Mitt Romney64.0%R +30.016,450
2008Barack Obama44.2%John McCain54.0%R +9.817,314
2004John Kerry39.7%George W. Bush59.7%R +20.017,131
2000Al Gore41.7%George W. Bush55.7%R +13.915,427

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 +38.1.

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.