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Whiteside County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 54% of the vote for governor in Whiteside County. The margin is 3.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Whiteside County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
52.2%10,044
Juliana Stratton
46.2%8,888
Whitfield Harrington
1.5%298
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
53.7%10,374
JB Pritzker
42.3%8,176
Collin Corbett
4.0%780
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Whiteside 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, 8:57 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +6.1R +15.0D +8.9
IL GovernorR +11.8R +15.0D +3.1
IL-17R +0.8——

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 Whiteside County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris41.9%Donald Trump56.6%R +14.826,302
2020Joe Biden44.8%Donald Trump53.1%R +8.327,375
2016Hillary Clinton43.1%Donald Trump49.3%R +6.225,582
2012Barack Obama57.8%Mitt Romney40.3%D +17.525,654
2008Barack Obama58.0%John McCain40.4%D +17.626,906
2004John Kerry51.1%George W. Bush48.2%D +2.826,873
2000Al Gore51.9%George W. Bush45.3%D +6.624,837

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 +21.4.

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.