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Franklin County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 75% of the vote for governor in Franklin County, with about 87% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Franklin County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
71.0%9,094
Juliana Stratton
27.5%3,521
Whitfield Harrington
1.6%199
86% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
74.8%9,665
JB Pritzker
22.2%2,866
Collin Corbett
3.0%393
87% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Franklin 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 +44.2R +51.2Not yet
IL GovernorR +54.3R +51.2Not yet
IL-12R +44.3——

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 Franklin County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris24.2%Donald Trump75.1%R +50.917,568
2020Joe Biden25.6%Donald Trump73.1%R +47.618,624
2016Hillary Clinton25.3%Donald Trump70.1%R +44.818,711
2012Barack Obama40.5%Mitt Romney57.3%R +16.817,914
2008Barack Obama47.6%John McCain50.4%R +2.818,641
2004John Kerry45.6%George W. Bush53.7%R +8.119,352
2000Al Gore53.1%George W. Bush44.2%D +8.919,212

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 +59.8.

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.