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McDonough County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 59% of the vote for governor in McDonough County. The margin is 3.0 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. McDonough County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in McDonough County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
58.2%5,411
Juliana Stratton
40.4%3,755
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%137
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
59.1%5,528
JB Pritzker
37.6%3,516
Collin Corbett
3.3%309
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 15th District

Mary Miller
68.8%3,597
Jennifer Todd
31.2%1,629
97% counted

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

U.S. House: Illinois 17th District

Eric Sorensen
58.1%2,339
Dillan Vancil
41.9%1,690
97% counted

Only part of McDonough County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Eric Sorensen wins. Called.

The leader in McDonough 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, 8:25 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +18.1R +19.2D +1.1
IL GovernorR +22.2R +19.2R +3.0
IL-15 part of the countyR +37.7——
IL-17 part of the countyD +16.1——

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 McDonough County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris39.7%Donald Trump58.5%R +18.911,936
2020Joe Biden40.6%Donald Trump57.2%R +16.612,285
2016Hillary Clinton40.4%Donald Trump51.9%R +11.513,092
2012Barack Obama47.9%Mitt Romney49.4%R +1.412,454
2008Barack Obama52.0%John McCain46.4%D +5.613,042
2004John Kerry47.7%George W. Bush51.3%R +3.614,929
2000Al Gore46.7%George W. Bush49.7%R +3.013,012

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 +15.9.

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.