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Putnam County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 57% of the vote for governor in Putnam County. The margin is 5.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Putnam County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Putnam County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
53.7%1,295
Juliana Stratton
44.8%1,079
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%36
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
56.6%1,384
JB Pritzker
39.7%970
Collin Corbett
3.7%90
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 14th District

James Marter
50.8%791
Lauren Underwood
49.2%765
97% counted

Only part of Putnam County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Lauren Underwood wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 16th District

Darin LaHood
61.8%537
Paul Nolley
38.2%332
97% counted

Only part of Putnam County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Darin LaHood wins. Called.

The leader in Putnam 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, 8:51 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +9.1R +23.3D +14.2
IL GovernorR +17.6R +23.3D +5.7
IL-14 part of the countyR +1.7——
IL-16 part of the countyR +23.6——

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 Putnam County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.8%Donald Trump60.7%R +22.93,317
2020Joe Biden39.5%Donald Trump58.8%R +19.33,390
2016Hillary Clinton36.9%Donald Trump56.8%R +19.93,111
2012Barack Obama49.7%Mitt Romney47.9%D +1.83,135
2008Barack Obama56.9%John McCain41.3%D +15.63,337
2004John Kerry50.8%George W. Bush48.4%D +2.43,352
2000Al Gore52.1%George W. Bush45.2%D +6.93,179

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 +29.8.

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.