Who is winning the governor race in Illinois? See latest live results – NBC 5 Chicago

Who is winning the governor race in Illinois? See latest live results  NBC 5 Chicago

For the second election in a row, the governor's race comes down to Democratic incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker and former State Sen. Darren Bailey. You’re watching the NBC 5 Chicago News streaming channel, which plays local Chicago news 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can find the “NBC 5 Chicago News” streaming channel on your phone or computer, and on Peacock, Samsung, Roku, Xumo or on our app, so you can watch our local news on your schedule. Illinois' 2026 midterm governor race may feel a bit like deja vu to voters. It's the same matchup the state saw four years ago in 2022, when Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Republican Darren Bailey faced off for the state's main office.

That year, Pritzker defeated Bailey by almost 13 points. How will this year shake out? Polls in Illinois close at 7 p.m., and election results start pouring in about a half hour after that. Watch along in the module below to see how results look live. Though Pritzker insisted in the days leading up to the election he's not overconfident in his own race, the governor's closing message this week to Democrats in Collinsville focused on Washington, D.C. Pritzker predicted Democrats will take the U.S. House and Senate. "You can see in the voter turnout that we've