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Mercer County, Ohio

2026 election results. Jon Husted (R) got 76% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Mercer County. The margin is 7.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Mercer County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
76.3%13,755
Sherrod Brown
19.4%3,489
William Redpath
2.7%491
Greg Levy
1.6%286
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
75.9%13,665
Amy Acton
20.6%3,710
Don Kissick
3.5%628
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 4th District

Jim Jordan
80.2%14,437
Joshua Kolasinski
18.2%3,278
Tracey Tackett
1.6%286
100% counted

Whole district: Jim Jordan wins. Called.

The leader in Mercer 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, 7:31 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +59.5R +67.2D +7.7
OH GovernorR +57.3R +67.2D +9.9
OH-04R +63.0R +67.2D +4.2

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 Mercer County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.3%Donald Trump83.0%R +66.723,761
2020Joe Biden17.0%Donald Trump81.9%R +64.923,753
2016Hillary Clinton15.6%Donald Trump80.6%R +65.021,726
2012Barack Obama21.9%Mitt Romney76.5%R +54.521,661
2008Barack Obama27.5%John McCain71.0%R +43.521,271
2004John Kerry24.5%George W. Bush74.9%R +50.420,888
2000Al Gore28.5%George W. Bush68.2%R +39.818,294

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 +26.9.

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.