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Williamson County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 67% of the vote for governor in Williamson County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Williamson County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
64.4%15,493
Juliana Stratton
34.2%8,230
Whitfield Harrington
1.4%349
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
67.4%16,315
JB Pritzker
29.5%7,131
Collin Corbett
3.1%743
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Williamson 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, 8:40 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +30.6R +39.3D +8.7
IL GovernorR +39.2R +39.3D +0.1
IL-12R +30.8——

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 Williamson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris30.1%Donald Trump68.9%R +38.932,911
2020Joe Biden30.3%Donald Trump67.8%R +37.433,652
2016Hillary Clinton26.9%Donald Trump67.7%R +40.831,852
2012Barack Obama36.5%Mitt Romney61.5%R +24.929,143
2008Barack Obama41.9%John McCain56.4%R +14.530,821
2004John Kerry39.0%George W. Bush60.4%R +21.429,960
2000Al Gore45.3%George W. Bush52.0%R +6.826,939

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 +32.1.

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.