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Macon County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 55% of the vote for governor in Macon County. The margin is 5.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Macon County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Macon County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
54.7%18,322
Juliana Stratton
43.8%14,672
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%495
100% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
54.9%18,459
JB Pritzker
41.7%14,025
Collin Corbett
3.3%1,119
100% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 13th District

Nikki Budzinski
55.6%7,043
Jeff Wilson
44.4%5,619
100% counted

Only part of Macon County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Nikki Budzinski wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 15th District

Mary Miller
61.1%12,681
Jennifer Todd
38.9%8,073
100% counted

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

The leader in Macon 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, 9:43 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +11.1R +19.2D +8.1
IL GovernorR +13.6R +19.2D +5.5
IL-13 part of the countyD +11.2——
IL-15 part of the countyR +22.2——

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 Macon County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris39.9%Donald Trump58.8%R +18.945,169
2020Joe Biden40.2%Donald Trump57.9%R +17.749,389
2016Hillary Clinton38.2%Donald Trump55.9%R +17.748,060
2012Barack Obama46.6%Mitt Romney51.8%R +5.248,899
2008Barack Obama49.8%John McCain48.7%D +1.151,216
2004John Kerry45.1%George W. Bush54.3%R +9.251,746
2000Al Gore49.0%George W. Bush48.1%D +0.949,499

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 +19.8.

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.