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Montgomery County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 69% of the vote for governor in Montgomery County. The margin is 1.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Montgomery County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
66.8%6,720
Juliana Stratton
31.3%3,149
Whitfield Harrington
1.8%186
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
69.5%7,050
JB Pritzker
27.5%2,787
Collin Corbett
3.1%312
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Montgomery 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, 7:57 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +36.2R +44.8D +8.6
IL GovernorR +43.3R +44.8D +1.5
IL-15R +36.1——

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 Montgomery County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.2%Donald Trump71.4%R +44.213,129
2020Joe Biden28.4%Donald Trump69.5%R +41.113,726
2016Hillary Clinton27.0%Donald Trump66.5%R +39.512,978
2012Barack Obama41.7%Mitt Romney55.8%R +14.212,133
2008Barack Obama50.4%John McCain47.8%D +2.612,871
2004John Kerry46.2%George W. Bush53.0%R +6.712,930
2000Al Gore50.0%George W. Bush47.6%D +2.413,093

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 +46.6.

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.