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Lee County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 58% of the vote for governor in Lee County. The margin is 2.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Lee County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
57.3%6,925
Juliana Stratton
41.3%4,987
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%167
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
57.8%7,041
JB Pritzker
38.2%4,649
Collin Corbett
4.0%493
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Lee 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 6, 8:10 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +16.3R +22.6D +6.4
IL GovernorR +20.5R +22.6D +2.2
IL-16R +18.0——

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 Lee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris38.1%Donald Trump60.4%R +22.316,032
2020Joe Biden39.1%Donald Trump58.7%R +19.716,398
2016Hillary Clinton35.7%Donald Trump55.6%R +19.915,489
2012Barack Obama45.3%Mitt Romney52.7%R +7.315,301
2008Barack Obama47.6%John McCain50.6%R +3.016,318
2004John Kerry40.4%George W. Bush58.6%R +18.215,876
2000Al Gore41.8%George W. Bush55.2%R +13.414,620

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 +8.9.

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.