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De Witt County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 69% of the vote for governor in De Witt County. The margin is 2.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in De Witt County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
68.3%3,997
Juliana Stratton
30.1%1,760
Whitfield Harrington
1.6%93
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
69.3%4,104
JB Pritzker
27.4%1,626
Collin Corbett
3.3%195
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in De Witt 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 6, 8:09 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +38.9R +45.7D +6.9
IL GovernorR +43.2R +45.7D +2.5
IL-15R +40.3——

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 De Witt County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.7%Donald Trump71.7%R +45.07,712
2020Joe Biden27.3%Donald Trump70.2%R +42.98,024
2016Hillary Clinton25.3%Donald Trump67.3%R +42.07,543
2012Barack Obama35.4%Mitt Romney62.3%R +26.97,345
2008Barack Obama42.4%John McCain55.7%R +13.37,801
2004John Kerry36.4%George W. Bush63.1%R +26.77,798
2000Al Gore40.7%George W. Bush56.3%R +15.67,051

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 +29.4.

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.