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Polk County, Missouri

2026 election results. Mark Alford (R) got 73% of the Missouri 4th District vote in Polk County. The margin is 10.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Polk County

U.S. House: Missouri 4th District

Mark Alford
73.0%7,863
Jordan Herrera
23.2%2,497
Thomas Holbrook
3.8%405
100% counted

Whole district: Mark Alford wins. Called.

The leader in Polk 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, 7:52 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-04R +51.8R +62.3D +10.5

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 Polk County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.6%Donald Trump80.2%R +61.615,826
2020Joe Biden19.2%Donald Trump78.7%R +59.515,063
2016Hillary Clinton19.1%Donald Trump75.8%R +56.713,763
2012Barack Obama27.3%Mitt Romney70.5%R +43.213,119
2008Barack Obama33.2%John McCain65.4%R +32.113,697
2004John Kerry30.3%George W. Bush68.9%R +38.612,453
2000Al Gore35.0%George W. Bush62.5%R +27.410,294

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 +34.1.

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.