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Randolph County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 73% of the vote for governor in Randolph County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Randolph County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
71.1%7,495
Juliana Stratton
27.5%2,896
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%148
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
73.4%7,831
JB Pritzker
23.8%2,537
Collin Corbett
2.8%302
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Randolph 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 +44.3R +50.9D +6.6
IL GovernorR +51.1R +50.9R +0.2
IL-12R +46.4——

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 Randolph County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris24.3%Donald Trump74.7%R +50.314,230
2020Joe Biden24.1%Donald Trump74.4%R +50.314,891
2016Hillary Clinton24.2%Donald Trump70.6%R +46.414,194
2012Barack Obama40.0%Mitt Romney57.6%R +17.614,392
2008Barack Obama48.6%John McCain49.6%R +0.915,202
2004John Kerry45.3%George W. Bush54.0%R +8.714,956
2000Al Gore47.6%George W. Bush49.9%R +2.314,287

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 +48.0.

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.