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Henderson County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 69% of the vote for governor in Henderson County. The margin is 3.6 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Henderson County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
65.0%1,738
Juliana Stratton
33.1%885
Whitfield Harrington
1.9%50
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
68.9%1,870
JB Pritzker
27.4%743
Collin Corbett
3.8%103
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Henderson 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, 7:43 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +32.5R +39.6D +7.0
IL GovernorR +43.1R +39.6R +3.6
IL-15R +30.2——

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 Henderson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.9%Donald Trump68.9%R +39.13,437
2020Joe Biden32.5%Donald Trump65.6%R +33.13,650
2016Hillary Clinton32.8%Donald Trump61.3%R +28.43,518
2012Barack Obama55.4%Mitt Romney43.2%D +12.23,568
2008Barack Obama58.1%John McCain40.4%D +17.73,814
2004John Kerry54.6%George W. Bush44.7%D +9.94,153
2000Al Gore52.5%George W. Bush44.2%D +8.33,866

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 +47.4.

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.