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Marion County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 76% of the vote for governor in Marion County, with about 93% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 5.0 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Marion County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
72.9%9,474
Juliana Stratton
25.3%3,289
Whitfield Harrington
1.8%238
92% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
75.8%9,976
JB Pritzker
21.8%2,877
Collin Corbett
2.4%316
93% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Marion 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 +48.5R +50.2D +1.7
IL GovernorR +55.2R +50.2R +5.0
IL-12R +49.6——

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 Marion County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris24.7%Donald Trump74.6%R +49.816,641
2020Joe Biden25.9%Donald Trump72.6%R +46.717,457
2016Hillary Clinton25.6%Donald Trump69.5%R +43.917,074
2012Barack Obama39.5%Mitt Romney58.7%R +19.215,764
2008Barack Obama48.1%John McCain50.1%R +2.017,364
2004John Kerry44.7%George W. Bush54.7%R +10.017,224
2000Al Gore48.4%George W. Bush49.5%R +1.016,663

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 +48.8.

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.