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States ยท Ohio

Athens County, Ohio

2026 election results. Amy Acton (D) got 65% of the vote for governor in Athens County. The margin is 24.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Athens County

U.S. Senate (special)

Sherrod Brown
62.5%12,700
Jon Husted
32.0%6,508
Greg Levy
2.8%575
William Redpath
2.7%544
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Amy Acton
65.4%13,308
Vivek Ramaswamy
31.4%6,389
Don Kissick
3.2%645
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

The leader in Athens 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, 7:31 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)D +32.2D +10.8D +21.4
OH GovernorD +35.1D +10.8D +24.3
OH-02D +28.6D +10.8D +17.7

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 Athens County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris54.9%Donald Trump44.2%D +10.725,738
2020Joe Biden56.7%Donald Trump41.7%D +15.026,047
2016Hillary Clinton55.6%Donald Trump38.6%D +17.029,443
2012Barack Obama66.2%Mitt Romney30.9%D +35.327,638
2008Barack Obama66.6%John McCain31.3%D +35.331,098
2004John Kerry63.2%George W. Bush36.1%D +27.130,044
2000Al Gore51.7%George W. Bush38.1%D +13.625,447

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 +2.8.

Other counties in Ohio

Ohio results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Ohio certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Ohio's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.