Democrats Lead All Four Will County Countywide Races in Unofficial Count

Article Summary: Democratic candidates led every Will County countywide office on the ballot, according to unofficial results posted after all 310 precincts reported on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Provisional ballots and mail ballots still arriving will be counted Nov. 17.

Will County Countywide Races Key Points:

• Michelle Stiff (D) leads Annette Parker (R) for county clerk, 130,779 to 97,369 (57.32% to 42.68%).
• Patrick Jones (D) leads James “Jim” Reilly (R) for sheriff, 131,222 to 96,789 (57.55% to 42.45%).
• Tim Brophy (D) leads Carmen Maurella III (R) for county treasurer, 137,930 to 89,469, and Theresa Rouse (D) leads Elizabeth Caparelli-Ruff (R) for regional superintendent of schools, 113,829 to 87,383.
• 231,160 ballots were cast out of 466,424 registered voters, a turnout of 49.56%.

WILL COUNTY — Democratic candidates led all four Will County countywide races on the ballot in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, according to unofficial results the Will County Clerk’s Office posted after all 310 precincts reported.

The results are not final. The clerk’s election results site says all votes cast through Election Day have been reported. Provisional ballots cast on Election Day, along with any remaining mail ballots postmarked by Election Day, will be counted at a provisional count on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Results become official after the canvass, which must happen no later than Tuesday, Nov. 24.

County Clerk, Sheriff and Treasurer

In the race for county clerk, Democrat Michelle Stiff had 130,779 votes (57.32%) and Republican Annette Parker had 97,369 (42.68%), a margin of 33,410 votes.

In the race for sheriff, Democrat Patrick Jones had 131,222 votes (57.55%) and Republican James “Jim” Reilly had 96,789 (42.45%).

Democrat Tim Brophy had the widest margin of the countywide races. He had 137,930 votes (60.66%) for county treasurer, against 89,469 (39.34%) for Republican Carmen Maurella III.

In the race for regional superintendent of schools, Democrat Theresa Rouse had 113,829 votes (56.57%) and Republican Elizabeth Caparelli-Ruff had 87,383 (43.43%). That contest was on the ballot in 284 of the county’s 310 precincts. Some Will County precincts instead voted for regional superintendents serving DuPage County, Grundy and Kendall counties, or Iroquois and Kankakee counties.

How the County Voted

The precinct-level results the clerk released break each candidate’s total into Election Day, early voting and vote-by-mail ballots. In the governor’s race, 136,405 votes were cast on Election Day, 62,668 during early voting and 30,772 by mail. The Democratic ticket of JB Pritzker and Christian Mitchell received 22,736 of the mail votes counted so far. The Republican ticket of Darren Bailey and Aaron B. Del Mar received 6,863.

Will County voters favored Democrats in the statewide races as well. These figures cover only Will County’s share of the statewide vote:

• U.S. Senate: Juliana Stratton (D) 134,797 (58.81%); Don Tracy (R) 90,564 (39.51%); Whitfield Harrington Jr. (ACP) 3,828 (1.67%).
• Governor and lieutenant governor: Pritzker and Mitchell (D) 131,990 (57.43%); Bailey and Del Mar (R) 89,187 (38.8%); Collin Corbett and Carolyn Schofield (IND) 8,358 (3.64%); 310 write-in votes.
• Attorney general: Kwame Raoul (D) 136,218 (59.39%); Robert W. Fioretti (R) 93,147 (40.61%).
• Secretary of state: Alexi Giannoulias (D) 144,130 (62.76%); Diane M. Harris (R) 85,518 (37.24%).
• Comptroller: Margaret Croke (D) 133,579 (58.62%); Bryan Drew (R) 93,829 (41.18%).
• Treasurer: Michael W. Frerichs (D) 135,282 (59.38%); Max Solomon (R) 92,084 (40.42%).

The county’s eastern and southern rural townships went the other way. Republican candidates won clear majorities in the Peotone, Will, Green Garden, Washington and Manhattan township precincts. Crete and Monee township precincts voted heavily Democratic. Frankfort Township was split nearly evenly. A separate story breaks down the township results.

Voter turnout countywide was 49.56%: 231,160 ballots from 466,424 registered voters.