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Mason County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 68% of the vote for governor in Mason County. The margin is 1.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Mason County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
66.1%3,182
Juliana Stratton
32.8%1,577
Whitfield Harrington
1.1%54
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
68.3%3,331
JB Pritzker
28.0%1,368
Collin Corbett
3.7%179
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Mason 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, 7:25 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +33.7R +43.1D +9.4
IL GovernorR +41.8R +43.1D +1.4
IL-15R +34.4——

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 Mason County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.0%Donald Trump70.4%R +42.46,341
2020Joe Biden29.3%Donald Trump68.8%R +39.46,766
2016Hillary Clinton31.1%Donald Trump62.6%R +31.56,486
2012Barack Obama45.7%Mitt Romney52.1%R +6.36,272
2008Barack Obama52.0%John McCain46.1%D +5.96,808
2004John Kerry44.8%George W. Bush54.4%R +9.67,183
2000Al Gore47.1%George W. Bush50.4%R +3.26,772

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 +39.2.

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.