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Texas County, Missouri

2026 election results. Jason Smith (R) got 79% of the Missouri 8th District vote in Texas County. The margin is 10.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Texas County

U.S. House: Missouri 8th District

Jason Smith
78.6%5,831
Chris Reichard
18.5%1,371
Rebecca Lombard
2.9%214
100% counted

Whole district: Jason Smith wins. Called.

The leader in Texas 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, 7:19 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MO-08R +61.9R +72.2D +10.3

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 Texas County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.8%Donald Trump85.5%R +71.711,525
2020Joe Biden15.2%Donald Trump83.8%R +68.611,315
2016Hillary Clinton15.8%Donald Trump81.0%R +65.210,956
2012Barack Obama26.7%Mitt Romney70.8%R +44.110,764
2008Barack Obama31.4%John McCain66.5%R +35.110,851
2004John Kerry33.3%George W. Bush65.7%R +32.411,018
2000Al Gore35.1%George W. Bush61.8%R +26.79,932

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 +45.0.

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.