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Edgar County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 74% of the vote for governor in Edgar County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Edgar County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
72.6%4,181
Juliana Stratton
26.0%1,496
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%81
100% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
74.1%4,311
JB Pritzker
22.6%1,314
Collin Corbett
3.4%196
100% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Edgar 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, 10:51 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +47.3R +53.3D +6.0
IL GovernorR +53.3R +53.3Even
IL-15R +45.8——

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 Edgar County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris23.1%Donald Trump75.8%R +52.77,855
2020Joe Biden23.0%Donald Trump75.6%R +52.58,197
2016Hillary Clinton22.8%Donald Trump71.7%R +48.97,873
2012Barack Obama32.8%Mitt Romney65.6%R +32.87,819
2008Barack Obama45.3%John McCain53.3%R +7.98,255
2004John Kerry36.7%George W. Bush62.4%R +25.78,429
2000Al Gore39.1%George W. Bush58.7%R +19.68,232

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 +33.0.

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.