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Lake County, Illinois

2026 election results. Juliana Stratton (D) got 67% of the U.S. Senate vote in Lake County. The margin is 14.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Lake County is split between 4 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Lake County

U.S. Senate

Juliana Stratton
66.7%153,287
Don Tracy
31.7%72,969
Whitfield Harrington
1.6%3,587
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

JB Pritzker
66.6%152,998
Darren Bailey
29.7%68,149
Collin Corbett
3.7%8,508
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 5th District

Mike Quigley
58.8%10,138
Tommy Hanson
41.2%7,116
97% counted

Only part of Lake County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Mike Quigley wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 9th District

Daniel Biss
60.4%10,937
John Elleson
39.6%7,181
97% counted

Only part of Lake County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Daniel Biss wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 10th District

Brad Schneider
71.7%132,492
Carl Lambrecht
28.3%52,177
97% counted

Only part of Lake County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Brad Schneider wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 11th District

Bill Foster
58.8%4,538
Jeff Walter
41.2%3,186
97% counted

Only part of Lake County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Bill Foster wins. Called.

The leader in Lake 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 13, 8:34 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateD +35.5D +21.1D +14.4
IL GovernorD +38.4D +21.1D +17.3
IL-05 part of the countyD +17.5——
IL-09 part of the countyD +20.7——
IL-10 part of the countyD +43.5——
IL-11 part of the countyD +17.5——

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 Lake County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris59.2%Donald Trump38.6%D +20.6311,991
2020Joe Biden61.1%Donald Trump37.0%D +24.1334,153
2016Hillary Clinton56.4%Donald Trump36.2%D +20.2303,520
2012Barack Obama53.5%Mitt Romney45.1%D +8.3287,493
2008Barack Obama59.3%John McCain39.6%D +19.6299,105
2004John Kerry48.8%George W. Bush50.5%R +1.7275,295
2000Al Gore47.5%George W. Bush50.0%R +2.4242,164

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 D +23.0.

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.