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Wayne County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 86% of the vote for governor in Wayne County. The margin is 3.8 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Wayne County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
83.2%5,399
Juliana Stratton
15.4%998
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%91
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
85.9%5,673
JB Pritzker
12.0%790
Collin Corbett
2.1%142
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Wayne 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, 8:14 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +68.8R +71.7D +2.9
IL GovernorR +75.6R +71.7R +3.8
IL-12R +69.0——

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 Wayne County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris14.1%Donald Trump85.4%R +71.48,216
2020Joe Biden14.0%Donald Trump84.6%R +70.68,487
2016Hillary Clinton12.7%Donald Trump84.3%R +71.68,261
2012Barack Obama19.7%Mitt Romney78.0%R +58.37,680
2008Barack Obama31.6%John McCain66.8%R +35.28,071
2004John Kerry25.8%George W. Bush73.6%R +47.88,287
2000Al Gore28.7%George W. Bush69.5%R +40.87,693

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 +30.6.

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.