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Monroe County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 64% of the vote for governor in Monroe County. The margin is 3.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Monroe County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
63.6%9,794
Juliana Stratton
34.9%5,370
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%229
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
64.4%9,961
JB Pritzker
32.3%4,989
Collin Corbett
3.3%510
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Monroe 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, 7:52 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +29.2R +36.9D +7.8
IL GovernorR +33.3R +36.9D +3.7
IL-12R +29.6——

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 Monroe County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.1%Donald Trump67.5%R +36.420,816
2020Joe Biden31.1%Donald Trump66.9%R +35.821,139
2016Hillary Clinton28.6%Donald Trump65.3%R +36.719,354
2012Barack Obama35.7%Mitt Romney62.5%R +26.817,432
2008Barack Obama44.0%John McCain54.6%R +10.718,083
2004John Kerry41.5%George W. Bush57.8%R +16.416,370
2000Al Gore42.0%George W. Bush55.3%R +13.313,796

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 +23.1.

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.