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Phelps County, Missouri

2026 election results. Jason Smith (R) got 61% of the Missouri 8th District vote in Phelps County. The margin is 16.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Phelps County

U.S. House: Missouri 8th District

Jason Smith
61.4%7,813
Chris Reichard
35.3%4,487
Rebecca Lombard
3.3%420
100% counted

Whole district: Jason Smith wins. Called.

The leader in Phelps 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, 8:26 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-08R +27.0R +43.5D +16.4

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 Phelps County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.9%Donald Trump70.8%R +42.919,300
2020Joe Biden28.8%Donald Trump68.9%R +40.119,557
2016Hillary Clinton25.7%Donald Trump68.5%R +42.818,553
2012Barack Obama31.9%Mitt Romney65.4%R +33.518,190
2008Barack Obama38.0%John McCain60.2%R +22.219,438
2004John Kerry35.6%George W. Bush63.5%R +27.918,700
2000Al Gore38.8%George W. Bush58.5%R +19.716,146

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 +23.2.

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.