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Jersey County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 72% of the vote for governor in Jersey County. The margin is 1.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Jersey County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
71.1%6,176
Juliana Stratton
27.0%2,347
Whitfield Harrington
1.9%161
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
72.1%6,315
JB Pritzker
24.3%2,134
Collin Corbett
3.6%315
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Jersey 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, 9:14 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +44.9R +51.0D +6.1
IL GovernorR +49.5R +51.0D +1.5
IL-15R +42.6——

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 Jersey County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris24.2%Donald Trump74.7%R +50.511,628
2020Joe Biden24.8%Donald Trump73.0%R +48.211,936
2016Hillary Clinton24.4%Donald Trump70.5%R +46.110,991
2012Barack Obama36.8%Mitt Romney60.6%R +23.89,959
2008Barack Obama47.6%John McCain50.4%R +2.710,583
2004John Kerry45.3%George W. Bush53.6%R +8.310,137
2000Al Gore46.3%George W. Bush49.9%R +3.79,413

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 +46.8.

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.