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Edwards County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 86% of the vote for governor in Edwards County, with about 87% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Edwards County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
83.1%2,150
Juliana Stratton
15.5%402
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%35
85% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
86.1%2,277
JB Pritzker
12.0%317
Collin Corbett
1.9%51
87% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Edwards 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, 7:47 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +68.5R +71.9Not yet
IL GovernorR +75.6R +71.9Not yet
IL-12R +68.4——

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 Edwards County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris14.0%Donald Trump85.6%R +71.63,263
2020Joe Biden14.5%Donald Trump84.2%R +69.73,365
2016Hillary Clinton13.0%Donald Trump83.0%R +70.03,347
2012Barack Obama23.4%Mitt Romney74.5%R +51.13,228
2008Barack Obama34.0%John McCain63.8%R +29.83,350
2004John Kerry27.6%George W. Bush71.7%R +44.13,364
2000Al Gore30.0%George W. Bush67.9%R +37.93,260

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 +33.8.

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.