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Douglas County, Missouri

2026 election results. Jason Smith (R) got 81% of the Missouri 8th District vote in Douglas County. The margin is 5.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Douglas County

U.S. House: Missouri 8th District

Jason Smith
81.2%3,866
Chris Reichard
16.1%766
Rebecca Lombard
2.7%130
100% counted

Whole district: Jason Smith wins. Called.

The leader in Douglas 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, 8:24 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-08R +66.9R +72.5D +5.6

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 Douglas County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.7%Donald Trump85.6%R +72.07,289
2020Joe Biden14.5%Donald Trump84.3%R +69.77,001
2016Hillary Clinton14.8%Donald Trump82.3%R +67.56,666
2012Barack Obama26.1%Mitt Romney70.9%R +44.86,557
2008Barack Obama31.9%John McCain65.6%R +33.76,712
2004John Kerry27.5%George W. Bush71.1%R +43.66,327
2000Al Gore29.3%George W. Bush68.1%R +38.95,281

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 +33.1.

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.