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Union County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 73% of the vote for governor in Union County. The margin is 7.4 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Union County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
69.7%3,885
Juliana Stratton
28.8%1,603
Whitfield Harrington
1.6%87
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
73.5%4,126
JB Pritzker
23.8%1,335
Collin Corbett
2.7%153
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Union 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, 8:59 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +41.6R +43.7D +2.2
IL GovernorR +51.1R +43.7R +7.4

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 Union County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.9%Donald Trump71.3%R +43.48,187
2020Joe Biden29.0%Donald Trump69.3%R +40.38,886
2016Hillary Clinton28.1%Donald Trump67.8%R +39.78,537
2012Barack Obama37.9%Mitt Romney59.9%R +22.08,282
2008Barack Obama43.0%John McCain54.9%R +11.99,116
2004John Kerry41.0%George W. Bush58.5%R +17.59,119
2000Al Gore46.0%George W. Bush50.8%R +4.88,660

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 +38.6.

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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.