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Jackson County, Illinois

2026 election results. JB Pritzker (D) got 53% of the vote for governor in Jackson County. The margin is 4.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Jackson County

U.S. Senate

Juliana Stratton
56.0%9,988
Don Tracy
42.3%7,537
Whitfield Harrington
1.7%309
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

JB Pritzker
52.5%9,387
Darren Bailey
44.4%7,930
Collin Corbett
3.1%555
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Jackson 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, 9:30 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateD +14.0D +3.5D +10.4
IL GovernorD +8.4D +3.5D +4.9
IL-12D +13.8——

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 Jackson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris50.7%Donald Trump47.2%D +3.522,488
2020Joe Biden49.4%Donald Trump48.1%D +1.322,644
2016Hillary Clinton47.3%Donald Trump44.0%D +3.224,617
2012Barack Obama55.5%Mitt Romney41.1%D +14.424,012
2008Barack Obama59.7%John McCain37.9%D +21.825,532
2004John Kerry55.4%George W. Bush43.3%D +12.025,826
2000Al Gore51.0%George W. Bush42.5%D +8.423,090

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 +5.0.

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.