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States ยท Ohio

Lake County, Ohio

2026 election results. Sherrod Brown (D) got 48% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Lake County. The margin is 16.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Lake County

U.S. Senate (special)

Sherrod Brown
48.5%51,326
Jon Husted
46.9%49,617
William Redpath
2.9%3,023
Greg Levy
1.8%1,875
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Amy Acton
50.7%53,646
Vivek Ramaswamy
45.6%48,277
Don Kissick
3.6%3,852
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

The leader in Lake 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, 8:01 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)D +1.7R +14.5D +16.2
OH GovernorD +5.3R +14.5D +19.7
OH-14R +4.9R +14.5D +9.6

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 Lake County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris42.4%Donald Trump56.7%R +14.3128,597
2020Joe Biden42.5%Donald Trump56.2%R +13.6130,490
2016Hillary Clinton39.9%Donald Trump55.3%R +15.4116,246
2012Barack Obama48.7%Mitt Romney49.6%R +0.9118,404
2008Barack Obama49.6%John McCain48.7%D +0.8121,335
2004John Kerry48.5%George W. Bush51.1%R +2.6121,823
2000Al Gore45.3%George W. Bush50.5%R +5.1102,564

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 +9.2.

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.