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Jo Daviess County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 56% of the vote for governor in Jo Daviess County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Jo Daviess County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
54.9%5,612
Juliana Stratton
43.4%4,430
Whitfield Harrington
1.7%173
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
56.2%5,799
JB Pritzker
39.9%4,115
Collin Corbett
3.9%402
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Jo Daviess 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, 8:34 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +11.8R +17.1D +5.3
IL GovernorR +17.0R +17.1D +0.1
IL-16R +14.0——

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 Jo Daviess County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris40.8%Donald Trump57.7%R +16.812,376
2020Joe Biden40.9%Donald Trump57.4%R +16.512,495
2016Hillary Clinton39.4%Donald Trump54.0%R +14.611,334
2012Barack Obama49.6%Mitt Romney48.4%D +1.211,429
2008Barack Obama54.5%John McCain44.0%D +10.511,750
2004John Kerry45.8%George W. Bush53.3%R +7.411,584
2000Al Gore44.4%George W. Bush51.4%R +7.010,322

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 +9.9.

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.