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Grundy County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 57% of the vote for governor in Grundy County. The margin is 10.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Grundy County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
56.6%10,431
Juliana Stratton
41.4%7,628
Whitfield Harrington
2.1%381
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
57.3%10,615
JB Pritzker
38.7%7,172
Collin Corbett
4.0%744
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Grundy 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, 10:58 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +15.5R +30.0D +14.5
IL GovernorR +19.4R +30.0D +10.7
IL-16R +18.8——

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 Grundy County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris34.6%Donald Trump64.3%R +29.726,450
2020Joe Biden36.1%Donald Trump61.9%R +25.826,690
2016Hillary Clinton34.7%Donald Trump57.9%R +23.223,237
2012Barack Obama44.5%Mitt Romney53.4%R +8.921,244
2008Barack Obama49.9%John McCain48.2%D +1.722,171
2004John Kerry42.7%George W. Bush56.5%R +13.819,831
2000Al Gore45.3%George W. Bush52.5%R +7.216,584

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 +22.5.

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.