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Stephenson County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 57% of the vote for governor in Stephenson County. The margin is 1.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Stephenson County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Stephenson County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
56.7%8,929
Juliana Stratton
41.9%6,598
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%223
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
56.9%9,032
JB Pritzker
39.0%6,180
Collin Corbett
4.1%650
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

U.S. House: Illinois 16th District

Darin LaHood
71.3%3,377
Paul Nolley
28.7%1,362
97% counted

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

U.S. House: Illinois 17th District

Eric Sorensen
50.8%5,602
Dillan Vancil
49.2%5,433
97% counted

Only part of Stephenson County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Eric Sorensen wins. Called.

The leader in Stephenson 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, 9:33 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +15.0R +19.7D +4.7
IL GovernorR +18.7R +19.7D +1.0
IL-16 part of the countyR +42.5——
IL-17 part of the countyD +1.5——

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 Stephenson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris39.6%Donald Trump59.1%R +19.520,895
2020Joe Biden41.1%Donald Trump56.8%R +15.722,047
2016Hillary Clinton38.2%Donald Trump54.5%R +16.320,343
2012Barack Obama48.3%Mitt Romney49.9%R +1.621,055
2008Barack Obama52.5%John McCain45.9%D +6.721,605
2004John Kerry41.8%George W. Bush57.3%R +15.521,320
2000Al Gore41.6%George W. Bush55.3%R +13.719,378

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 +5.8.

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.