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Livingston County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 71% of the vote for governor in Livingston County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here. Livingston County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Livingston County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
70.7%8,723
Juliana Stratton
28.0%3,457
Whitfield Harrington
1.3%157
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
71.3%8,885
JB Pritzker
25.9%3,223
Collin Corbett
2.8%348
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 2nd District

Michael Noack
70.6%6,487
Donna Miller
29.4%2,706
97% counted

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

U.S. House: Illinois 16th District

Darin LaHood
78.3%2,431
Paul Nolley
21.7%675
97% counted

Only part of Livingston County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Darin LaHood wins. Called.

The leader in Livingston 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, 9:31 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +43.2R +47.0D +3.8
IL GovernorR +46.8R +47.0D +0.3
IL-02 part of the countyR +41.1——
IL-16 part of the countyR +56.5——

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 Livingston County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.2%Donald Trump72.7%R +46.516,465
2020Joe Biden26.9%Donald Trump71.1%R +44.217,174
2016Hillary Clinton26.3%Donald Trump66.9%R +40.515,269
2012Barack Obama33.4%Mitt Romney64.9%R +31.515,039
2008Barack Obama39.6%John McCain58.8%R +19.215,625
2004John Kerry35.1%George W. Bush64.3%R +29.216,039
2000Al Gore37.8%George W. Bush59.6%R +21.815,421

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 +24.7.

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.