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Cumberland County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 81% of the vote for governor in Cumberland County. The margin is 3.2 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Cumberland County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
79.1%3,746
Juliana Stratton
19.6%927
Whitfield Harrington
1.3%61
100% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
80.9%3,867
JB Pritzker
16.6%794
Collin Corbett
2.5%120
100% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Cumberland 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, 7:41 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +60.3R +62.8D +2.4
IL GovernorR +65.9R +62.8R +3.2
IL-12R +61.5——

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 Cumberland County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.5%Donald Trump80.7%R +62.25,735
2020Joe Biden19.6%Donald Trump78.9%R +59.35,831
2016Hillary Clinton18.5%Donald Trump75.6%R +57.05,567
2012Barack Obama31.0%Mitt Romney66.3%R +35.35,295
2008Barack Obama38.6%John McCain59.3%R +20.75,321
2004John Kerry34.4%George W. Bush64.6%R +30.25,416
2000Al Gore37.6%George W. Bush59.6%R +22.04,975

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 +40.2.

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.