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Howard County, Indiana

2026 election results. Jim Baird (R) got 74% of the Indiana 4th District vote in Howard County. The margin is 8.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Howard County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Howard County

U.S. House: Indiana 4th District

Jim Baird
73.6%282
Drew Cox
26.4%101
100% counted

Only part of Howard County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jim Baird wins. Called.

U.S. House: Indiana 5th District

Victoria Spartz
55.3%13,441
J.D. Ford
44.7%10,873
100% counted

Only part of Howard County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: J.D. Ford wins. Called.

The leader in Howard 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 3, 6:14 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IN-04 part of the countyR +47.3R +55.6D +8.3
IN-05 part of the countyR +10.6R +35.6D +25.0

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 Howard County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.4%Donald Trump66.9%R +35.538,644
2020Joe Biden32.8%Donald Trump65.1%R +32.440,607
2016Hillary Clinton30.4%Donald Trump64.3%R +33.836,843
2012Barack Obama41.7%Mitt Romney56.0%R +14.336,290
2008Barack Obama46.3%John McCain52.4%R +6.238,624
2004John Kerry35.1%George W. Bush64.1%R +28.937,021
2000Al Gore37.8%George W. Bush59.6%R +21.834,095

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 +13.7.

Other counties in Indiana

Indiana results

Sources & scope

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