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Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

2026 election results. Jason Smith (R) got 66% of the Missouri 8th District vote in Cape Girardeau County. The margin is 10.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Cape Girardeau County

U.S. House: Missouri 8th District

Jason Smith
65.9%18,117
Chris Reichard
30.5%8,378
Rebecca Lombard
3.6%988
100% counted

Whole district: Jason Smith wins. Called.

The leader in Cape Girardeau 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, 9:49 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-08R +36.8R +47.0D +10.3

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 Cape Girardeau County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.2%Donald Trump72.6%R +46.540,353
2020Joe Biden26.7%Donald Trump71.7%R +45.040,310
2016Hillary Clinton22.9%Donald Trump72.9%R +50.037,038
2012Barack Obama27.2%Mitt Romney71.0%R +43.835,716
2008Barack Obama32.7%John McCain66.3%R +33.637,355
2004John Kerry30.6%George W. Bush68.9%R +38.334,565
2000Al Gore31.3%George W. Bush66.4%R +35.229,859

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 +11.3.

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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.