Clark County Turnout Tops 57% as Every County Race Goes Unopposed

Article Summary: Clark County voters cast 6,378 ballots in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, general election, a turnout of 57.1%, according to unofficial results. No county office or County Board seat on the ballot had more than one candidate.

Clark County Election Key Points:

• 6,378 ballots were cast out of 11,170 registered voters, with all 23 precincts reporting.
• County Clerk and Recorder Laura H. Lee, Treasurer candidate Kimberly Kannmacher and Sheriff candidate Bill Brown, all Republicans, were unopposed.
• Clark County voters favored the Republican governor ticket, 4,856 votes (76.5%) to 1,333 (21%).

CASEY — Clark County voters went to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, with no contested county races on the ballot. They cast 6,378 ballots out of 11,170 registered voters, a turnout of 57.1%, according to unofficial results from the Clark County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.

The county’s results site marks the results “UNOFFICIAL” and shows all 23 precincts reporting. Of the ballots counted, 4,279 (67.1%) were cast at polling places on Election Day, 1,532 (24%) during early voting and 567 (8.9%) by mail. A fourth category, “Late VBM and Provisional,” showed zero ballots counted as of the latest update.

County Offices

Republican Laura H. Lee, the current county clerk, according to the county’s specimen ballot, was unopposed for county clerk and recorder and received 5,671 votes. Republican Kimberly Kannmacher was unopposed for county treasurer with 5,561 votes, and Republican Bill Brown was unopposed for sheriff with 5,646. No Democrat filed for any of the three offices.

County Board seats were on the ballot in four districts, each with one candidate:

• District 1: Rex E. Goble (R), 799 votes, from the Auburn, Dolson, Douglas, Wabash 1 and Westfield precincts.
• District 2: Brandon Burkybile (R), 650 votes, from Casey 2, Casey 3, Johnson and Parker.
• District 5: Susan M. Guinnip (R), 810 votes, from Marshall 1 and Marshall 2.
• District 6: Todd Kuhn (D), 704 votes, from Anderson, Marshall 3 and Marshall 4. Kuhn was the only Democrat on the ballot for a county office or County Board seat.

Turnout in Casey, Marshall and Martinsville

Turnout in the county’s three largest communities was close to the countywide figure. The four Casey precincts cast 1,377 ballots out of 2,470 registered voters (55.75%). The four Marshall precincts cast 1,707 out of 3,174 (53.78%). The two Martinsville precincts cast 604 out of 1,082 (55.82%).

Across individual precincts, turnout ranged from 45.25% in Casey 3 to 74.66% in Dolson.

Statewide and Congressional Races

Clark County voters favored Republicans by about 3 to 1 in every statewide race. These figures cover only Clark County:

• U.S. Senate: Don Tracy (R) 4,604 (73.09%); Juliana Stratton (D) 1,612 (25.59%); Whitfield Harrington Jr. (American Center Party) 83 (1.32%).
• Governor and lieutenant governor: Darren Bailey and Aaron B. Del Mar (R) 4,856 (76.5%); JB Pritzker and Christian Mitchell (D) 1,333 (21%); Collin Corbett and Carolyn Schofield (Independent) 159 (2.5%).
• Attorney general: Robert W. Fioretti (R) 4,705 (75.09%); Kwame Raoul (D) 1,561 (24.91%).
• Secretary of state: Diane M. Harris (R) 4,537 (72.33%); Alexi Giannoulias (D) 1,736 (27.67%).
• Comptroller: Bryan Drew (R) 4,632 (74.18%); Margaret Croke (D) 1,612 (25.82%).
• Treasurer: Max Solomon (R) 4,631 (74.55%); Michael W. Frerichs (D) 1,581 (25.45%).

In the 12th Congressional District, Clark County voters favored Republican Mike Bost 4,701 (74.43%) to Democrat Julie Fortier’s 1,615 (25.57%). The district covers more than Clark County, and these figures are the county’s share only.

Statehouse Races

Republicans Chapin Rose (51st Senate District) and Adam M. Niemerg (102nd House District) were unopposed. Rose received 5,382 Clark County votes and Niemerg 5,387.

Judges Retained

Voters retained all four judges on the ballot, each with more than 75% yes, well above the three-fifths needed under the Illinois Constitution.

The two 5th Judicial Circuit judges were retained: Mitchell Shick received 4,181 yes (76.23%) to 1,304 no, and Thomas M. O’Shaughnessy received 4,150 yes (75.76%) to 1,328.

Two appellate judges were also retained. James A. Knecht, listed on the ballot as a judge of the Appellate Court for the 4th Judicial District, received 4,188 yes (76.31%) to 1,300 no. John B. Barberis Jr., a 5th Judicial District appellate judge, received 4,113 yes (75.32%) to 1,348.

Appellate Court

Republican Amy E. Sholar was unopposed for the 5th Judicial District Appellate Court seat left vacant by Judge Thomas M. Welch and received 5,299 Clark County votes.

Regional Superintendents of Schools

Republican Kyle Thompson was unopposed for regional superintendent of schools for the educational services region covering Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby counties, and received 5,245 Clark County votes. In the Melrose and York precincts, Republican Jeremy Brush was unopposed for the Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence and Richland counties region and received 220 votes.