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Scott County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 82% of the vote for governor in Scott County. The margin is 4.3 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Scott County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
80.6%1,733
Juliana Stratton
18.7%403
Whitfield Harrington
0.7%15
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
81.6%1,786
JB Pritzker
16.6%364
Collin Corbett
1.8%40
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Scott 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, 9:43 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +62.3R +61.9R +0.4
IL GovernorR +66.1R +61.9R +4.3
IL-15R +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 Scott County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.0%Donald Trump80.7%R +61.72,566
2020Joe Biden20.9%Donald Trump77.2%R +56.32,738
2016Hillary Clinton20.5%Donald Trump75.4%R +54.92,608
2012Barack Obama35.6%Mitt Romney62.1%R +26.52,555
2008Barack Obama41.9%John McCain56.0%R +14.02,600
2004John Kerry35.2%George W. Bush64.3%R +29.22,636
2000Al Gore38.6%George W. Bush59.1%R +20.42,469

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 +41.3.

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.