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Washington County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) has 77% of the vote for governor in Washington County, with about 89% of the expected vote counted.

2026 results in Washington County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
74.8%4,300
Juliana Stratton
23.5%1,354
Whitfield Harrington
1.7%98
88% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
76.6%4,474
JB Pritzker
19.8%1,156
Collin Corbett
3.5%207
89% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Washington 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, 7:28 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +52.1R +58.0Not yet
IL GovernorR +58.9R +58.0Not yet
IL-12R +55.2——

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 Washington County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.8%Donald Trump78.3%R +57.57,521
2020Joe Biden20.8%Donald Trump77.4%R +56.67,903
2016Hillary Clinton19.5%Donald Trump75.0%R +55.57,427
2012Barack Obama33.1%Mitt Romney64.7%R +31.67,405
2008Barack Obama42.1%John McCain56.4%R +14.37,932
2004John Kerry36.8%George W. Bush62.6%R +25.78,104
2000Al Gore37.0%George W. Bush61.0%R +24.07,138

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 +33.5.

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.