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Pulaski County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 69% of the vote for governor in Pulaski County. The margin is 7.7 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Pulaski County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
64.9%1,378
Juliana Stratton
33.5%711
Whitfield Harrington
1.6%35
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
69.0%1,511
JB Pritzker
28.0%612
Collin Corbett
3.0%66
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Pulaski 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, 8:17 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +31.9R +34.6D +2.7
IL GovernorR +42.3R +34.6R +7.7
IL-12R +39.7——

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 Pulaski County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris32.5%Donald Trump66.9%R +34.42,366
2020Joe Biden33.9%Donald Trump64.8%R +30.82,623
2016Hillary Clinton35.2%Donald Trump61.2%R +26.12,735
2012Barack Obama46.3%Mitt Romney52.1%R +5.83,003
2008Barack Obama50.1%John McCain48.7%D +1.43,270
2004John Kerry44.1%George W. Bush55.3%R +11.23,108
2000Al Gore50.3%George W. Bush47.4%D +2.93,016

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 +37.3.

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.