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States ยท Ohio

Erie County, Ohio

2026 election results. Sherrod Brown (D) got 48% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Erie County. The margin is 15.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Erie County

U.S. Senate (special)

Sherrod Brown
48.0%15,343
Jon Husted
47.0%15,021
William Redpath
2.9%920
Greg Levy
2.1%679
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Amy Acton
49.9%15,920
Vivek Ramaswamy
46.2%14,724
Don Kissick
3.9%1,232
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

The leader in Erie 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, 7:40 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)D +1.1R +14.3D +15.3
OH GovernorD +3.9R +14.3D +18.2
OH-09D +2.9R +14.3D +17.2

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 Erie County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris42.4%Donald Trump56.6%R +14.139,756
2020Joe Biden43.4%Donald Trump55.0%R +11.640,327
2016Hillary Clinton42.7%Donald Trump52.3%R +9.637,578
2012Barack Obama55.3%Mitt Romney43.0%D +12.339,405
2008Barack Obama56.1%John McCain42.3%D +13.941,229
2004John Kerry53.4%George W. Bush46.4%D +7.040,076
2000Al Gore50.6%George W. Bush46.0%D +4.635,015

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 +18.8.

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.