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Richland County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 75% of the vote for governor in Richland County. The margin is 0.8 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Richland County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
73.0%4,149
Juliana Stratton
25.5%1,447
Whitfield Harrington
1.6%89
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
75.2%4,372
JB Pritzker
21.8%1,268
Collin Corbett
3.0%174
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Richland 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, 8:21 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +48.3R +54.2D +6.0
IL GovernorR +55.0R +54.2R +0.8
IL-12R +48.1——

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 Richland County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.7%Donald Trump76.4%R +53.87,706
2020Joe Biden22.7%Donald Trump75.5%R +52.88,063
2016Hillary Clinton20.6%Donald Trump74.7%R +54.17,684
2012Barack Obama32.4%Mitt Romney65.3%R +32.97,282
2008Barack Obama41.6%John McCain56.6%R +15.07,650
2004John Kerry32.6%George W. Bush66.5%R +33.97,749
2000Al Gore33.5%George W. Bush63.5%R +30.07,428

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 +23.8.

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.