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Dent County, Missouri

2026 election results. Jason Smith (R) got 76% of the Missouri 8th District vote in Dent County. The margin is 12.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Dent County

U.S. House: Missouri 8th District

Jason Smith
76.2%3,518
Chris Reichard
20.2%932
Rebecca Lombard
3.7%169
100% counted

Whole district: Jason Smith wins. Called.

The leader in Dent 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, 7:17 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-08R +58.1R +70.9D +12.8

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 Dent County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris14.4%Donald Trump84.7%R +70.27,103
2020Joe Biden14.8%Donald Trump83.8%R +69.07,143
2016Hillary Clinton14.4%Donald Trump82.5%R +68.16,791
2012Barack Obama23.9%Mitt Romney73.5%R +49.66,643
2008Barack Obama29.9%John McCain67.8%R +37.86,868
2004John Kerry29.6%George W. Bush69.3%R +39.76,304
2000Al Gore30.7%George W. Bush66.7%R +36.05,988

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 +34.2.

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.