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Menard County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 67% of the vote for governor in Menard County, with about 90% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Menard County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
67.4%3,381
Juliana Stratton
31.6%1,584
Whitfield Harrington
1.1%55
89% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
67.4%3,406
JB Pritzker
29.8%1,505
Collin Corbett
2.9%146
90% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Menard 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 12, 11:13 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +36.2R +42.1Not yet
IL GovernorR +38.7R +42.1Not yet
IL-15R +36.5——

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 Menard County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.7%Donald Trump70.3%R +41.66,399
2020Joe Biden29.2%Donald Trump68.8%R +39.66,928
2016Hillary Clinton27.9%Donald Trump64.9%R +37.16,515
2012Barack Obama34.1%Mitt Romney64.2%R +30.06,151
2008Barack Obama41.9%John McCain56.8%R +14.96,464
2004John Kerry32.5%George W. Bush67.1%R +34.56,574
2000Al Gore34.9%George W. Bush62.3%R +27.46,202

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 +14.3.

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.