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McHenry County, Illinois

2026 election results. Juliana Stratton (D) got 55% of the U.S. Senate vote in McHenry County. The margin is 16.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. McHenry County is split between 4 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in McHenry County

U.S. Senate

Juliana Stratton
54.7%62,717
Don Tracy
43.7%50,147
Whitfield Harrington
1.6%1,803
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

JB Pritzker
53.2%60,953
Darren Bailey
42.2%48,338
Collin Corbett
4.6%5,223
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 9th District

Daniel Biss
60.0%19,878
John Elleson
40.0%13,239
97% counted

Only part of McHenry County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Daniel Biss wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 10th District

Carl Lambrecht
53.6%9,418
Brad Schneider
46.4%8,154
97% counted

Only part of McHenry County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Brad Schneider wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 11th District

Bill Foster
56.6%33,606
Jeff Walter
43.4%25,736
97% counted

Only part of McHenry County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Bill Foster wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 16th District

Paul Nolley
52.7%2,222
Darin LaHood
47.3%1,998
97% counted

Only part of McHenry County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Darin LaHood wins. Called.

The leader in McHenry 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, 9:48 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateD +11.1R +5.4D +16.5
IL GovernorD +11.5R +5.4D +16.9
IL-09 part of the countyD +20.0——
IL-10 part of the countyR +7.2——
IL-11 part of the countyD +13.3——
IL-16 part of the countyD +5.3——

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 McHenry County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris46.5%Donald Trump51.8%R +5.3162,026
2020Joe Biden47.7%Donald Trump50.2%R +2.5163,872
2016Hillary Clinton42.9%Donald Trump50.5%R +7.6141,750
2012Barack Obama44.7%Mitt Romney53.5%R +8.8133,844
2008Barack Obama51.9%John McCain46.6%D +5.3139,268
2004John Kerry39.3%George W. Bush59.7%R +20.4127,948
2000Al Gore38.3%George W. Bush58.5%R +20.2106,185

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 D +14.9.

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.