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Licking County, Ohio

2026 election results. Jon Husted (R) got 53% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Licking County. The margin is 17.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Licking County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
53.4%39,622
Sherrod Brown
41.3%30,611
William Redpath
3.4%2,537
Greg Levy
1.9%1,419
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
52.3%38,668
Amy Acton
43.8%32,437
Don Kissick
3.9%2,868
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

The leader in Licking 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, 7:46 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +12.8R +30.3D +17.5
OH GovernorR +8.8R +30.3D +21.5
OH-12R +17.7R +30.3D +12.5

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 Licking County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris34.5%Donald Trump64.5%R +30.095,091
2020Joe Biden35.1%Donald Trump63.2%R +28.194,160
2016Hillary Clinton33.1%Donald Trump61.9%R +28.882,761
2012Barack Obama42.0%Mitt Romney55.9%R +13.981,390
2008Barack Obama41.2%John McCain57.0%R +15.882,283
2004John Kerry37.8%George W. Bush61.7%R +23.979,416
2000Al Gore37.1%George W. Bush59.5%R +22.462,466

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 +7.6.

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.