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Darke County, Ohio

2026 election results. Jon Husted (R) got 73% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Darke County. The margin is 10.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Darke County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
73.3%14,682
Sherrod Brown
20.8%4,169
William Redpath
3.7%743
Greg Levy
2.2%447
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
73.5%14,699
Amy Acton
21.9%4,379
Don Kissick
4.5%908
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 8th District

Warren Davidson
79.6%15,941
Vanessa Enoch
20.4%4,090
100% counted

Whole district: Warren Davidson wins. Called.

The leader in Darke 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, 7:55 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +55.8R +65.8D +10.1
OH GovernorR +54.1R +65.8D +11.7
OH-08R +59.2R +65.8D +6.7

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 Darke County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.0%Donald Trump82.3%R +65.327,013
2020Joe Biden17.4%Donald Trump81.1%R +63.727,129
2016Hillary Clinton17.5%Donald Trump78.5%R +61.025,484
2012Barack Obama26.9%Mitt Romney71.3%R +44.425,401
2008Barack Obama30.9%John McCain67.0%R +36.225,793
2004John Kerry29.8%George W. Bush69.6%R +39.726,317
2000Al Gore33.3%George W. Bush63.7%R +30.423,267

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 +34.9.

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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.