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Cook County, Illinois

2026 election results. JB Pritzker (D) has 80% of the vote for governor in Cook County, with about 97% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 21.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Cook County is split between 11 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Cook County

U.S. Senate

Juliana Stratton
79.7%1,226,706
Don Tracy
18.8%289,221
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%22,870
98% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

JB Pritzker
79.5%1,228,566
Darren Bailey
17.6%272,611
Collin Corbett
2.8%43,520
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 1st District

Jonathan Jackson
89.0%135,267
Christian Maxwell
11.0%16,796
96% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jonathan Jackson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 2nd District

Donna Miller
91.3%127,167
Michael Noack
8.7%12,090
95% counted

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

U.S. House: Illinois 3rd District

Delia Ramirez
84.8%116,312
Angel Oakley
15.2%20,891
100% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Delia Ramirez wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 4th District

Patty Garcia
73.5%106,603
Lupe Castillo
13.5%19,633
Chris Getty
9.1%13,176
Ed Hershey
3.8%5,580
93% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Patty Garcia wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 5th District

Mike Quigley
78.3%202,183
Tommy Hanson
21.7%55,965
99% counted

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

U.S. House: Illinois 6th District

Sean Casten
60.8%85,514
Niki Conforti
39.2%55,246
98% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Sean Casten wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 7th District

La Shawn Ford
89.3%183,476
Chad Koppie
10.7%21,977
89% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: La Shawn Ford wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 8th District

Melissa Bean
67.6%64,118
Jennifer Davis
32.4%30,697
96% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Melissa Bean wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 9th District

Daniel Biss
80.9%169,956
John Elleson
19.1%40,085
98% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Daniel Biss wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 10th District

Brad Schneider
74.5%28,240
Carl Lambrecht
25.5%9,641
97% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Brad Schneider wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 11th District

Bill Foster
51.1%2,043
Jeff Walter
48.9%1,955
97% counted

Only part of Cook County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Bill Foster wins. Called.

The leader in Cook 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 13, 8:34 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateD +61.8——
IL GovernorD +63.7D +42.5D +21.2
IL-01 part of the countyD +77.9——
IL-02 part of the countyD +82.6——
IL-03 part of the countyD +69.5——
IL-04 part of the countyD +68.9——
IL-05 part of the countyD +56.6——
IL-06 part of the countyD +21.5——
IL-07 part of the countyD +78.6——
IL-08 part of the countyD +35.2——
IL-09 part of the countyD +61.8——
IL-10 part of the countyD +49.1——
IL-11 part of the countyD +2.2——

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 Cook County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris69.6%Donald Trump28.1%D +41.52,080,625
2020Joe Biden74.4%Donald Trump24.0%D +50.32,321,393
2016Hillary Clinton74.7%Donald Trump21.0%D +53.72,158,615
2012Barack Obama74.0%Mitt Romney24.6%D +49.42,011,597
2008Barack Obama76.2%John McCain22.8%D +53.42,137,466
2004John Kerry70.2%George W. Bush29.1%D +41.12,049,434
2000Al Gore68.6%George W. Bush28.6%D +40.01,865,907

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 D +1.5.

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.