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Howell County, Missouri

2026 election results. Jason Smith (R) got 76% of the Missouri 8th District vote in Howell County. The margin is 10.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Howell County

U.S. House: Missouri 8th District

Jason Smith
76.1%8,385
Chris Reichard
21.1%2,322
Rebecca Lombard
2.8%313
100% counted

Whole district: Jason Smith wins. Called.

The leader in Howell 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, 9:01 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-08R +56.6R +67.3D +10.7

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 Howell County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.2%Donald Trump82.9%R +66.718,968
2020Joe Biden17.3%Donald Trump81.4%R +64.118,647
2016Hillary Clinton16.5%Donald Trump79.6%R +63.117,455
2012Barack Obama26.9%Mitt Romney70.6%R +43.716,346
2008Barack Obama33.7%John McCain64.5%R +30.817,029
2004John Kerry31.2%George W. Bush67.8%R +36.516,379
2000Al Gore33.0%George W. Bush64.1%R +31.114,075

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 +35.6.

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.