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Lorain County, Ohio

2026 election results. Sherrod Brown (D) got 53% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Lorain County. The margin is 17.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Lorain County

U.S. Senate (special)

Sherrod Brown
53.3%69,179
Jon Husted
42.1%54,610
William Redpath
2.8%3,579
Greg Levy
1.9%2,438
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Amy Acton
55.3%71,675
Vivek Ramaswamy
41.3%53,526
Don Kissick
3.5%4,491
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 5th District

Brian Shaver
52.6%67,018
Bob Latta
44.9%57,199
Michael Veloff
2.6%3,251
100% counted

Whole district: Bob Latta wins. Called.

The leader in Lorain 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, 8:27 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)D +11.8R +5.8D +17.5
OH GovernorD +14.5R +5.8D +20.3
OH-05D +7.9R +5.8D +13.7

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 Lorain County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris46.7%Donald Trump52.4%R +5.7159,035
2020Joe Biden48.1%Donald Trump50.5%R +2.4157,406
2016Hillary Clinton47.6%Donald Trump47.5%D +0.1140,562
2012Barack Obama56.9%Mitt Romney41.5%D +15.4143,253
2008Barack Obama58.1%John McCain40.2%D +17.8146,859
2004John Kerry56.1%George W. Bush43.5%D +12.6140,730
2000Al Gore53.3%George W. Bush42.8%D +10.6112,180

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 +16.3.

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.