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Newton County, Missouri

2026 election results. Eric Burlison (R) got 72% of the Missouri 7th District vote in Newton County. The margin is 12.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Newton County

U.S. House: Missouri 7th District

Eric Burlison
71.5%13,231
Missi Hesketh
26.3%4,857
Kevin Craig
2.2%412
100% counted

Whole district: Eric Burlison wins. Called.

The leader in Newton 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, 9:25 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-07R +46.3R +59.2D +12.9

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 Newton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.2%Donald Trump78.8%R +58.629,097
2020Joe Biden20.5%Donald Trump77.9%R +57.428,392
2016Hillary Clinton18.8%Donald Trump77.2%R +58.526,606
2012Barack Obama25.6%Mitt Romney72.5%R +46.925,083
2008Barack Obama29.3%John McCain69.4%R +40.125,406
2004John Kerry27.5%George W. Bush71.9%R +44.523,889
2000Al Gore30.5%George W. Bush67.3%R +36.821,162

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 +21.8.

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.