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Piatt County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 61% of the vote for governor in Piatt County. The margin is 4.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Piatt County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Piatt County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
60.5%4,456
Juliana Stratton
37.7%2,776
Whitfield Harrington
1.8%133
100% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
60.8%4,505
JB Pritzker
35.3%2,621
Collin Corbett
3.9%289
100% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 13th District

Jeff Wilson
56.4%2,519
Nikki Budzinski
43.6%1,949
100% counted

Only part of Piatt County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Nikki Budzinski wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 15th District

Mary Miller
65.8%1,919
Jennifer Todd
34.2%996
100% counted

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

The leader in Piatt 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 6, 8:09 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +23.2R +31.2D +7.9
IL GovernorR +26.4R +31.2D +4.7
IL-13 part of the countyR +12.8——
IL-15 part of the countyR +31.7——

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 Piatt County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris33.9%Donald Trump64.5%R +30.69,462
2020Joe Biden33.9%Donald Trump63.6%R +29.79,823
2016Hillary Clinton29.4%Donald Trump62.5%R +33.29,008
2012Barack Obama35.5%Mitt Romney62.2%R +26.78,707
2008Barack Obama42.9%John McCain55.5%R +12.68,999
2004John Kerry36.4%George W. Bush62.8%R +26.48,586
2000Al Gore41.6%George W. Bush55.1%R +13.58,385

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 +17.2.

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.