East Central Reporter

Republicans won the 2022 governor race in Clay County, according to official results.

Darren Bailey won in the county with 85 percent of the vote, receiving 4,945 out of 5,810 votes. Bailey was endorsed by Former President Donald Trump. He favored the rural areas of Illinois and, early in his campaign, argued Chicago should break away from the rest of Illinois. He amassed more than 43 percent of the vote across Illinois.

The runner up, Pritzker, received 13 percent of the Clay County votes.

Across Clay County, 61 percent of registered voters cast their ballot in the governor’s race during the 2022 midterms.

Pritzker’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and a resulting increase in crime was constantly under the microscope during the campaign. Bailey argued Pritzker was a “thief” who’d cost children precious memories by implementing a stay-at-home order, while Pritzker claimed Illinois had survived COVID-19 better than other states.

Some precincts had not fully reported the results by the time of publication.

County/City	Pritzker/Democrat Votes	Bailey/Republican Votes	Schluter/Libertarian Votes	Turnout
Cook	467,058	232,292	17,191	43%
Chicago	513,034	103,600	13,059	41%
DuPage	185,675	137,194	10,738	54%
Will	112,376	106,808	6,911	49%
Lake	129,177	81,574	6,637	47%
Kane	81,809	67,185	4,761	51%
McHenry	49,714	54,680	3,823	48%
Madison	39,266	54,914	3,013	54%
St. Clair	38,581	40,460	2,384	49%
Sangamon	37,970	39,079	2,148	59%
Champaign	32,983	24,539	1,653	53%
Peoria	28,477	27,752	1,602	49%
Tazewell	17,200	32,282	1,503	58%
Winnebago	19,723	28,893	1,493	54%
Rock Island	25,603	21,084	1,406	57%
Kendall	21,954	21,383	1,513	53%
LaSalle	16,356	21,695	1,313	56%
DeKalb	19,847	16,790	1,384	63%
McLean	15,752	19,035	951	60%
Rockford	20,766	13,968	994	41%
Macon	13,790	20,715	946	49%
Kankakee	13,218	20,798	1,109	54%
Bloomington	15,620	11,863	814	52%
Williamson	6,755	17,668	570	55%
Adams	5,024	19,456	507	58%
Whiteside	8,268	11,064	627	54%
Henry	6,879	12,107	615	57%
Grundy	6,902	11,702	696	57%
Ogle	6,338	12,284	591	60%
Macoupin	5,529	11,986	497	57%
Boone	6,745	10,219	599	59%
Jackson	8,159	8,329	439	51%
Woodford	4,309	12,237	379	65%
Stephenson	6,261	9,857	537	59%
Coles	5,527	10,604	422	57%
Monroe	4,590	10,634	453	66%
Vermilion	3,645	11,539	465	54%
Clinton	3,052	11,375	353	57%
Franklin	2,926	10,401	337	50%
Jefferson	2,811	10,088	294	55%
Fulton	4,920	7,791	449	55%
Marion	2,805	9,801	281	52%
Livingston	3,212	9,289	353	61%
Bureau	4,570	7,699	396	54%
Christian	3,465	8,624	431	59%
Lee	4,552	7,202	380	56%
Randolph	2,748	7,894	330	56%
Montgomery	3,024	7,383	364	67%
Iroquois	1,930	8,299	244	58%
Shelby	1,875	7,636	228	66%
Logan	2,696	6,712	251	51%
Jo Daviess	3,737	5,476	285	58%
McDonough	3,265	5,941	246	58%
Jersey	2,159	6,961	266	63%
Galesburg	4,619	3,903	261	51%
Knox	2,748	5,630	233	61%
Fayette	1,274	6,603	151	63%
Perry	1,802	5,786	197	53%
Wayne	744	6,546	126	70%
Union	1,832	4,984	192	59%
Douglas	1,552	4,775	178	56%
Bond	1,683	4,609	199	61%
Clark	1,217	5,065	105	59%
Danville	3,070	3,124	176	41%
Edgar	1,366	4,621	165	51%
De Witt	1,596	4,344	192	58%
Pike	974	4,963	138	63%
Washington	1,176	4,735	159	62%
Carroll	1,859	3,954	186	58%
Clay	777	4,945	86	60%
White	877	4,763	120	59%
Moultrie	1,247	3,908	134	62%
Menard	1,563	3,541	166	59%
East St. Louis	5,019	140	58	35%
Crawford	791	4,232	164	42%
Ford	1,227	3,769	161	53%
Mason	1,462	3,361	168	56%
Johnson	865	3,871	95	60%
Cumberland	860	3,828	105	64%
Marshall	1,460	3,164	119	58%
Cass	1,096	2,778	113	52%
Hamilton	576	2,817	58	63%
Schuyler	611	2,175	92	59%
Putnam	1,078	1,622	96	68%
Calhoun	585	1,747	69	74%
Stark	593	1,644	89	63%
Gallatin	444	1,712	70	62%
Pulaski	579	1,403	41	N/A
Brown	304	1,594	29	56%