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Butler County, Ohio

2026 election results. Vivek Ramaswamy (R) got 52% of the vote for governor in Butler County. The margin is 18.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Butler County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Butler County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
52.8%77,463
Sherrod Brown
42.5%62,334
William Redpath
2.7%4,024
Greg Levy
1.9%2,760
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
52.4%76,829
Amy Acton
44.7%65,509
Don Kissick
2.9%4,298
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 8th District

Warren Davidson
55.8%67,007
Vanessa Enoch
44.2%53,098
100% counted

Only part of Butler County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Warren Davidson wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 10th District

Michael Turner
58.4%14,876
Kristina Knickerbocker
38.2%9,717
Thomas McMasters
3.4%871
100% counted

Only part of Butler County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Kristina Knickerbocker leads.

The leader in Butler 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, 9:32 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +10.8R +26.5D +15.7
OH GovernorR +8.0R +26.5D +18.6
OH-08 part of the countyR +11.6R +23.9D +12.3
OH-10 part of the countyR +21.0R +37.8D +16.8

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 Butler County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris36.4%Donald Trump62.7%R +26.3183,230
2020Joe Biden37.3%Donald Trump61.3%R +24.0186,674
2016Hillary Clinton33.7%Donald Trump61.5%R +27.8173,839
2012Barack Obama36.7%Mitt Romney61.8%R +25.1170,191
2008Barack Obama38.0%John McCain60.6%R +22.6173,776
2004John Kerry33.7%George W. Bush65.9%R +32.2166,802
2000Al Gore33.9%George W. Bush63.3%R +29.4136,737

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 D +3.1.

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.