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Pope County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 79% of the vote for governor in Pope County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Pope County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
76.4%1,213
Juliana Stratton
22.3%354
Whitfield Harrington
1.3%21
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
78.9%1,287
JB Pritzker
19.4%316
Collin Corbett
1.7%28
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Pope 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, 7:41 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +54.8R +60.6D +5.8
IL GovernorR +60.6R +60.6D +0.1
IL-12R +56.5——

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 Pope County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.5%Donald Trump79.8%R +60.22,129
2020Joe Biden19.9%Donald Trump79.2%R +59.32,175
2016Hillary Clinton17.5%Donald Trump78.3%R +60.82,142
2012Barack Obama29.3%Mitt Romney68.0%R +38.82,222
2008Barack Obama37.9%John McCain60.2%R +22.32,231
2004John Kerry37.7%George W. Bush61.6%R +23.92,436
2000Al Gore39.8%George W. Bush57.8%R +18.02,330

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 +42.2.

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.