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Lawrence County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 78% of the vote for governor in Lawrence County, with about 81% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Lawrence County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
73.4%3,246
Juliana Stratton
25.2%1,116
Whitfield Harrington
1.3%59
80% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
77.9%3,486
JB Pritzker
19.2%858
Collin Corbett
3.0%133
81% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Lawrence 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, 8:47 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +48.8R +57.2Not yet
IL GovernorR +60.5R +57.2Not yet
IL-12R +49.1——

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 Lawrence County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris21.1%Donald Trump77.7%R +56.56,072
2020Joe Biden22.1%Donald Trump76.2%R +54.16,411
2016Hillary Clinton21.2%Donald Trump74.2%R +53.06,094
2012Barack Obama33.6%Mitt Romney64.4%R +30.85,989
2008Barack Obama46.1%John McCain52.1%R +5.96,536
2004John Kerry37.4%George W. Bush61.9%R +24.46,729
2000Al Gore42.9%George W. Bush54.6%R +11.76,578

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 +44.8.

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.