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Fulton County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 59% of the vote for governor in Fulton County, with about 85% of the expected vote counted. Fulton County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Fulton County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
57.2%6,841
Juliana Stratton
40.8%4,876
Whitfield Harrington
2.1%246
84% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
59.0%7,104
JB Pritzker
36.6%4,408
Collin Corbett
4.5%538
85% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 15th District

Mary Miller
69.4%1,974
Jennifer Todd
30.6%870
90% counted

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

U.S. House: Illinois 17th District

Dillan Vancil
53.8%4,887
Eric Sorensen
46.2%4,203
85% counted

Only part of Fulton County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Eric Sorensen wins. Called.

The leader in Fulton 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 +16.8R +24.3Not yet
IL GovernorR +23.4R +24.3Not yet
IL-15 part of the countyR +38.8——
IL-17 part of the countyR +7.5——

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 Fulton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.2%Donald Trump61.2%R +24.016,057
2020Joe Biden39.0%Donald Trump59.2%R +20.216,677
2016Hillary Clinton38.8%Donald Trump53.8%R +14.915,797
2012Barack Obama54.2%Mitt Romney43.2%D +11.015,356
2008Barack Obama59.6%John McCain38.3%D +21.316,323
2004John Kerry53.3%George W. Bush45.9%D +7.417,035
2000Al Gore54.9%George W. Bush42.6%D +12.316,277

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 +36.3.

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.