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Kankakee County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 53% of the vote for governor in Kankakee County. The margin is 11.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Kankakee County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Kankakee County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
52.6%18,030
Juliana Stratton
45.9%15,760
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%518
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
52.9%18,203
JB Pritzker
43.4%14,949
Collin Corbett
3.7%1,282
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 1st District

Christian Maxwell
57.7%7,365
Jonathan Jackson
42.3%5,410
97% counted

Only part of Kankakee County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jonathan Jackson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 2nd District

Michael Noack
52.4%11,185
Donna Miller
47.6%10,153
97% counted

Only part of Kankakee County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Donna Miller wins. Called.

The leader in Kankakee 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, 9:47 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +6.7R +21.2D +14.5
IL GovernorR +9.8R +21.2D +11.4
IL-01 part of the countyR +15.3——
IL-02 part of the countyR +4.8——

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 Kankakee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris38.8%Donald Trump59.7%R +20.947,360
2020Joe Biden40.6%Donald Trump57.2%R +16.649,902
2016Hillary Clinton40.1%Donald Trump53.1%R +13.047,305
2012Barack Obama47.5%Mitt Romney50.8%R +3.445,509
2008Barack Obama51.5%John McCain46.9%D +4.648,016
2004John Kerry44.4%George W. Bush54.9%R +10.545,036
2000Al Gore47.7%George W. Bush49.9%R +2.240,183

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 +18.7.

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.