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Fayette County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 83% of the vote for governor in Fayette County, with about 89% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Fayette County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
80.3%6,137
Juliana Stratton
18.2%1,394
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%114
88% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
83.3%6,450
JB Pritzker
15.0%1,164
Collin Corbett
1.7%131
89% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Fayette 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 +63.0R +65.6Not yet
IL GovernorR +69.4R +65.6Not yet
IL-15R +63.9——

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 Fayette County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.1%Donald Trump82.3%R +65.29,530
2020Joe Biden18.2%Donald Trump80.1%R +62.010,053
2016Hillary Clinton19.0%Donald Trump76.9%R +57.99,585
2012Barack Obama31.8%Mitt Romney66.3%R +34.58,971
2008Barack Obama41.0%John McCain56.8%R +15.89,680
2004John Kerry37.4%George W. Bush61.6%R +24.29,549
2000Al Gore41.6%George W. Bush55.7%R +14.19,338

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 +51.1.

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.