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Benton County, Missouri

2026 election results. Mark Alford (R) got 72% of the Missouri 4th District vote in Benton County. The margin is 10.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Benton County

U.S. House: Missouri 4th District

Mark Alford
72.4%5,079
Jordan Herrera
24.7%1,736
Thomas Holbrook
2.9%204
100% counted

Whole district: Mark Alford wins. Called.

The leader in Benton 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, 7:26 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-04R +49.1R +59.5D +10.4

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 Benton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.1%Donald Trump79.2%R +59.110,769
2020Joe Biden20.8%Donald Trump77.4%R +56.610,475
2016Hillary Clinton21.7%Donald Trump77.5%R +55.79,312
2012Barack Obama31.9%Mitt Romney66.3%R +34.39,157
2008Barack Obama37.9%John McCain60.2%R +22.39,567
2004John Kerry37.5%George W. Bush61.9%R +24.49,009
2000Al Gore41.8%George W. Bush56.0%R +14.27,534

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 +44.9.

Other counties in Missouri

Missouri results

Sources & scope

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