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Gallatin County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 77% of the vote for governor in Gallatin County. The margin is 4.2 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Gallatin County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
69.1%1,321
Juliana Stratton
28.6%546
Whitfield Harrington
2.4%45
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
76.6%1,562
JB Pritzker
19.7%402
Collin Corbett
3.6%74
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Gallatin 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, 7:16 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +41.5R +54.8D +13.3
IL GovernorR +59.1R +54.8R +4.2
IL-12R +41.3——

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 Gallatin County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.3%Donald Trump76.6%R +54.22,511
2020Joe Biden23.3%Donald Trump75.5%R +52.22,674
2016Hillary Clinton24.3%Donald Trump71.7%R +47.52,707
2012Barack Obama40.0%Mitt Romney58.0%R +18.02,573
2008Barack Obama55.5%John McCain42.4%D +13.12,859
2004John Kerry48.8%George W. Bush50.2%R +1.43,225
2000Al Gore52.8%George W. Bush44.7%D +8.13,558

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 +62.3.

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.