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Unofficial Results · Macon County
Primary Election · Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | Unofficial results, pending the county canvass | By Staff
Macon County voters cast 4,197 ballots Tuesday, and nearly nine in ten of them were Republican. Below are the county’s unofficial returns for every race and every ballot measure, as reported by the Macon County Clerk’s office. Figures are unofficial until the county board of elections completes its canvass.
Note: the U.S. House and State Senate primaries are decided across many counties. The numbers here are Macon County only and do not settle either nomination; district-wide counts were still coming in.
Read the full story: how the races finished →
Read the full story: how the ballot measures fared →
View a past election: April 7, 2026 General Municipal Election
Ballots cast
4,1973,800 election day · 397 absentee
Republican
3,64186.7% of all ballots
Democratic
473Libertarian 26 · nonpartisan 57
Status
Unofficialpending county canvass
What to bring, how to register, how to vote early, and where to vote.
Photo ID required
Bring a Missouri driver’s license or state ID, a U.S. passport, or a military photo ID. Voters without an accepted ID may cast a provisional ballot.
Registration
Register by Wednesday, July 8, 2026, the deadline for this election. Check your registration at sos.mo.gov.
Absentee voting
No-excuse absentee voting at the Macon County Clerk’s office through Monday, August 3.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
County Clerk
Tammy Perkins, election authorityPolling place map
See every Macon County polling place on a map you can zoom and explore.
Polling places
Find your polling place and the wards or townships each one serves.
Macon County totals only. Select a party ballot to see its races. Percentages are of votes cast in that race.
Read the full story: Republican ballots dominate as Macon County closes the books →
Ballot
State Auditor (vote for one)
Macon County: Fitzpatrick 2,725 (87.28%); Wistrand 397 (12.72%)
U.S. Representative (vote for one)
Macon County: Stigall 1,166 (36.19%); Willett 1,164 (36.13%); Schultz 393 (12.20%); Ingram 392 (12.17%); Oshel 107 (3.32%). Two votes separated the top two here; the nomination turns on the district-wide count.
State Senator (vote for one)
Macon County: Sharpe 1,316 (37.87%); Lewis 1,239 (35.65%); Blue 920 (26.47%). The 18th District spans 14 counties; district-wide totals decide it.
State Representative (vote for one)
Macon County: Gatts 3,039, unopposed
Macon County Recorder of Deeds (vote for one)
Macon County: Harvey 3,159, unopposed
Macon County Associate Circuit Judge (vote for one)
Macon County: Burks 3,169, unopposed
Macon County Treasurer (vote for one)
Macon County: Bruno 2,178 (61.28%); Rice 1,376 (38.72%)
Macon County Collector of Revenue (vote for one)
Macon County: Anno 2,053 (57.60%); Halstead 1,018 (28.56%); Gladbach 493 (13.83%)
Macon County Prosecuting Attorney (vote for one)
Macon County: Meisner 3,056, unopposed
Macon County Circuit Clerk (vote for one)
Macon County: Halley-Osborn 3,181, unopposed
Macon County Clerk (vote for one)
Macon County: Perkins 3,154, unopposed
Macon County Presiding Commissioner (vote for one)
Macon County: Still 3,085, unopposed
State Auditor (vote for one)
Macon County: Wilson 274 (63.43%); Upchurch 158 (36.57%)
U.S. Representative (vote for one)
Macon County: Smead 205 (47.67%); Levine 155 (36.05%); Pondelick 70 (16.28%)
State Senator (vote for one)
Macon County: Miller 267 (61.66%); Leykamp 166 (38.34%)
State Representative (vote for one)
Macon County: Johnson 426, unopposed
State Auditor (vote for one)
Macon County: Coffell 19, unopposed
U.S. Representative (vote for one)
Macon County: Maidment 18, unopposed
State Representative (vote for one)
Macon County: Davison 24, unopposed
The non-partisan ballot had no candidate races. Fifty-seven Macon County voters took one. Their votes are counted in the ballot-measure totals below.
Ballot measures were voted on every ballot type, so all 4,197 county ballots were eligible. Statewide calls are from The Associated Press. Summaries are based on the official Fair Ballot Language from the Missouri Secretary of State.
Read the full story: Macon County splits the ballot →
Article IV, Section 47(c) · SJR 1
Continues the existing one-tenth of one percent state sales and use tax for another 10 years. The money funds soil and water conservation and state parks and historic sites, and raises about $140 million a year. This is not a new tax; it is the same tax voters have renewed before, back on the ballot for renewal.
Read the full story: Amendment 1 explained →
Continue the existing sales and use tax for 10 more years.
End the tax.
Macon County result: Yes 3,281 (79.73%) to No 834 (20.27%). Statewide: approved, according to The Associated Press.
Tax impact: Neither raises nor lowers taxes; it keeps the current rate in place.
HCS HJR Nos. 23 & 3
Requires every charter county, including Jackson County, to elect its county assessor, and requires those assessors to meet training standards set by state law. Under current rules, Jackson County is exempt from electing its assessor.
Read the full story: Amendment 2 explained →
Require all charter counties to elect an assessor and require assessor training.
Keep current rules, which exempt Jackson County and do not require the training.
Macon County result: Yes 3,207 (79.60%) to No 822 (20.40%). Statewide: approved, according to The Associated Press.
Tax impact: None. State and local governments estimate no costs or savings.
HCS HJR No. 3 · Second Extraordinary Session
Changes how citizen initiative petitions amend the Missouri Constitution. It keeps a statewide majority requirement, adds a new requirement that a majority of voters in each congressional district must also approve a petition, and gives each voter the full text of an initiative petition with their ballot.
Read the full story: Amendment 4 explained →
Require majority approval in each congressional district and provide the full petition text to voters.
Leave the current initiative process unchanged.
Macon County result: No 2,698 (65.25%) to Yes 1,437 (34.75%). Rejected here by roughly two to one. Statewide: rejected, according to The Associated Press.
Tax impact: Does not raise or lower taxes. The Department of Corrections estimates increased costs up to $21,817 a year; the Office of State Public Defender estimates an unknown impact; other entities estimate no cost.
SS SCS HCS HJR Nos. 173 & 174
Requires the legislature to phase out and eliminate the individual state income tax as state revenue grows; authorizes expanding sales and use taxes; curtails constitutional limits on taxing goods and services; and requires local tax rate cuts, without reducing school funding, if local sales tax revenue increases.
Read the full story: Amendment 5 explained →
Phase out the individual income tax based on revenue growth and authorize broader sales and use taxes.
Do not make those changes.
Macon County result: No 3,368 (81.12%) to Yes 784 (18.88%). The most lopsided result on the county’s ballot. Statewide: rejected, according to The Associated Press.
Tax impact: Unknown at this time. The measure itself has no direct impact; implementing legislation would. State entities expect a $57,000 yearly reduction in income-tax check-off donations and implementation costs of at least $100,000.
Local question
Asked: “Shall the La Plata Special Road District be dissolved?” The question was decided by voters inside the road district; it appeared on 407 ballots and 397 voters weighed in on it.
Dissolve the La Plata Special Road District.
Keep the district in place.
Result: Yes 283 (71.28%) to No 114 (28.72%) of 397 votes cast. Voters in the district approved dissolution.
Open to the public under Missouri’s Sunshine Law.
Tammy Perkins, election authority for Macon County, will conduct the Public Pre-Test of the voting equipment for the August 4, 2026 Primary at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, July 21, 2026, in the County Commission office at 101 East Washington Street, Suite B, Macon, MO.
Tentative agenda: convening the board, verification of the public test, and adjournment. News media may obtain copies of the notice by calling Tammy Perkins, 101 East Washington Street, Building #1, Suite B, Macon, MO 63552, 660-385-2047.