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Douglas County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 70% of the vote for governor in Douglas County. The margin is 1.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Douglas County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
69.4%4,378
Juliana Stratton
28.8%1,820
Whitfield Harrington
1.8%111
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
70.2%4,473
JB Pritzker
26.3%1,678
Collin Corbett
3.5%224
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Douglas 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, 8:03 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +41.3R +46.9D +5.6
IL GovernorR +45.4R +46.9D +1.4
IL-15R +39.0——

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 Douglas County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.3%Donald Trump72.6%R +46.38,369
2020Joe Biden26.7%Donald Trump71.3%R +44.58,738
2016Hillary Clinton23.9%Donald Trump69.8%R +45.98,169
2012Barack Obama30.8%Mitt Romney67.5%R +36.87,897
2008Barack Obama38.6%John McCain59.9%R +21.38,356
2004John Kerry32.4%George W. Bush66.8%R +34.48,540
2000Al Gore39.4%George W. Bush58.1%R +18.68,152

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 +27.7.

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.