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Madison County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 50% of the vote for governor in Madison County. The margin is 9.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Madison County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Madison County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
49.3%48,644
Juliana Stratton
48.6%47,954
Whitfield Harrington
2.0%2,011
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
50.2%49,604
JB Pritzker
46.1%45,518
Collin Corbett
3.7%3,684
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 13th District

Nikki Budzinski
57.2%35,147
Jeff Wilson
42.8%26,336
97% counted

Only part of Madison 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
58.9%21,675
Jennifer Todd
41.1%15,140
97% counted

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

The leader in Madison 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, 10:00 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +0.7R +13.5D +12.8
IL GovernorR +4.3R +13.5D +9.2
IL-13 part of the countyD +14.3——
IL-15 part of the countyR +17.8——

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 Madison County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris42.5%Donald Trump55.7%R +13.2132,713
2020Joe Biden42.2%Donald Trump55.4%R +13.3137,136
2016Hillary Clinton38.9%Donald Trump54.1%R +15.3130,179
2012Barack Obama48.1%Mitt Romney49.5%R +1.4122,473
2008Barack Obama53.7%John McCain44.6%D +9.2128,334
2004John Kerry51.3%George W. Bush48.0%D +3.2123,678
2000Al Gore53.2%George W. Bush43.9%D +9.2111,104

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 +22.5.

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.