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Ford County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 72% of the vote for governor in Ford County. The margin is 0.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Ford County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Ford County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
70.8%3,393
Juliana Stratton
27.5%1,316
Whitfield Harrington
1.7%82
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
72.0%3,480
JB Pritzker
25.2%1,217
Collin Corbett
2.9%139
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 2nd District

Michael Noack
72.6%2,618
Donna Miller
27.4%988
97% counted

Only part of Ford County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Donna Miller wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 16th District

Darin LaHood
72.8%858
Paul Nolley
27.2%321
97% counted

Only part of Ford County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Darin LaHood wins. Called.

The leader in Ford 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, 10:10 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +44.1R +48.8D +4.7
IL GovernorR +48.2R +48.8D +0.6
IL-02 part of the countyR +45.2——
IL-16 part of the countyR +45.5——

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 Ford County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris25.2%Donald Trump73.3%R +48.16,515
2020Joe Biden25.2%Donald Trump72.6%R +47.46,952
2016Hillary Clinton22.1%Donald Trump70.0%R +47.96,396
2012Barack Obama27.6%Mitt Romney70.4%R +42.86,006
2008Barack Obama34.9%John McCain63.9%R +29.06,386
2004John Kerry29.5%George W. Bush69.6%R +40.16,479
2000Al Gore34.0%George W. Bush63.2%R +29.26,153

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 +18.9.

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.