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States ยท Michigan

Barry County, Michigan

2026 election results. John James (R) got 61% of the vote for governor in Barry County. The margin is 9.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Barry County

U.S. Senate

Mike Rogers
62.4%19,398
Abdul El-Sayed
35.0%10,879
Lydia Christensen
1.4%429
Tim Long
0.8%249

2 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Abdul El-Sayed wins. Called.

Governor

John James
61.3%19,076
Jocelyn Benson
36.6%11,389
Anthony Hudson
1.3%399
Donna Brandenburg
0.5%162

1 more candidate on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: Jocelyn Benson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Michigan 2nd District

John Moolenaar
63.1%19,375
Ben Ambrose
35.3%10,836
Charlotte Magoon
1.1%339
Richard Sills
0.5%155
100% counted

Whole district: John Moolenaar wins. Called.

The leader in Barry 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 6, 11:53 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MI SenateR +28.1R +34.9D +6.7
MI GovernorR +25.2R +34.9D +9.6
MI-02R +28.3R +34.9D +6.6

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 Barry County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris32.1%Donald Trump66.4%R +34.338,625
2020Joe Biden32.9%Donald Trump65.4%R +32.535,906
2016Hillary Clinton30.1%Donald Trump63.3%R +33.330,329
2012Barack Obama40.3%Mitt Romney58.4%R +18.128,512
2008Barack Obama44.0%John McCain53.8%R +9.830,565
2004John Kerry37.4%George W. Bush61.6%R +24.230,272
2000Al Gore37.2%George W. Bush59.9%R +22.726,244

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 +11.7.

Other counties in Michigan

Michigan results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Michigan certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Michigan's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.