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Coles County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 62% of the vote for governor in Coles County, with about 94% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 2.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Coles County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Coles County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
60.5%10,093
Juliana Stratton
38.1%6,360
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%232
93% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
61.6%10,337
JB Pritzker
35.5%5,958
Collin Corbett
3.0%498
94% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 12th District

Mike Bost
72.1%3,753
Julie Fortier
27.9%1,449
100% counted

Only part of Coles County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Mike Bost wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 15th District

Mary Miller
55.9%6,444
Jennifer Todd
44.1%5,076
91% counted

Only part of Coles County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Mary Miller wins. Called.

The leader in Coles 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, 8:56 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +22.7R +29.0D +6.3
IL GovernorR +26.9R +29.0D +2.1
IL-12 part of the countyR +44.3——
IL-15 part of the countyR +11.9——

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 Coles County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris35.0%Donald Trump63.5%R +28.521,434
2020Joe Biden35.7%Donald Trump62.1%R +26.422,606
2016Hillary Clinton33.4%Donald Trump59.5%R +26.021,863
2012Barack Obama43.4%Mitt Romney54.5%R +11.121,358
2008Barack Obama50.8%John McCain47.6%D +3.223,076
2004John Kerry42.0%George W. Bush57.1%R +15.122,780
2000Al Gore44.3%George W. Bush52.2%R +7.920,093

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 +20.6.

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.