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States ยท Ohio

Franklin County, Ohio

2026 election results. Amy Acton (D) got 72% of the vote for governor in Franklin County. The margin is 18.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Franklin County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Franklin County

U.S. Senate (special)

Sherrod Brown
69.3%349,983
Jon Husted
27.1%136,999
Greg Levy
1.8%9,345
William Redpath
1.8%9,025
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Amy Acton
71.9%363,745
Vivek Ramaswamy
26.0%131,513
Don Kissick
2.1%10,586
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 3rd District

Joyce Beatty
77.2%231,925
Cleophus Dulaney
22.8%68,407
100% counted

Only part of Franklin County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Joyce Beatty wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 15th District

Don Leonard
62.2%122,451
Mike Carey
35.2%69,270
Brennan Barrington
2.6%5,023
100% counted

Only part of Franklin County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Don Leonard wins. Called.

The leader in Franklin 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, 9:52 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)D +43.7D +28.7D +15.0
OH GovernorD +46.9D +28.7D +18.2
OH-03 part of the countyD +54.4D +40.7D +13.8
OH-15 part of the countyD +27.7D +10.8D +16.9

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 Franklin County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris63.7%Donald Trump35.3%D +28.4597,817
2020Joe Biden64.9%Donald Trump33.5%D +31.4630,253
2016Hillary Clinton60.4%Donald Trump34.3%D +26.1581,140
2012Barack Obama60.7%Mitt Romney37.8%D +22.8570,983
2008Barack Obama59.7%John McCain39.0%D +20.7560,291
2004John Kerry54.4%George W. Bush45.1%D +9.2525,824
2000Al Gore48.8%George W. Bush47.8%D +1.0414,074

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 +27.4.

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.