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Scott County, Missouri

2026 election results. Jason Smith (R) got 70% of the Missouri 8th District vote in Scott County. The margin is 13.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Scott County

U.S. House: Missouri 8th District

Jason Smith
70.5%7,073
Chris Reichard
26.3%2,645
Rebecca Lombard
3.2%320
100% counted

Whole district: Jason Smith wins. Called.

The leader in Scott 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, 7:42 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-08R +45.6R +59.3D +13.7

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 Scott County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.2%Donald Trump79.1%R +58.917,421
2020Joe Biden21.2%Donald Trump77.7%R +56.517,713
2016Hillary Clinton20.7%Donald Trump76.3%R +55.617,256
2012Barack Obama30.1%Mitt Romney68.4%R +38.216,999
2008Barack Obama34.7%John McCain64.1%R +29.418,026
2004John Kerry34.7%George W. Bush64.9%R +30.217,448
2000Al Gore41.1%George W. Bush57.3%R +16.215,704

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 +42.7.

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.