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Platte County, Missouri

2026 election results. Josh Smead (D) got 55% of the Missouri 6th District vote in Platte County. The margin is 15.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Platte County

U.S. House: Missouri 6th District

Josh Smead
54.8%24,314
Chris Stigall
42.7%18,969
Andy Maidment
2.5%1,090
100% counted

Whole district: Chris Stigall wins. Called.

The leader in Platte 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, 9:14 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-06D +12.3R +3.2D +15.5

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 Platte County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris47.7%Donald Trump50.8%R +3.157,817
2020Joe Biden47.5%Donald Trump50.5%R +3.057,249
2016Hillary Clinton41.0%Donald Trump53.0%R +12.048,885
2012Barack Obama42.1%Mitt Romney56.2%R +14.145,552
2008Barack Obama46.2%John McCain52.6%R +6.546,480
2004John Kerry43.9%George W. Bush55.5%R +11.741,970
2000Al Gore45.0%George W. Bush52.2%R +7.234,054

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 D +4.1.

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.