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Ottawa County, Ohio

2026 election results. Jon Husted (R) got 54% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Ottawa County. The margin is 12.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Ottawa County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
53.9%10,362
Sherrod Brown
41.2%7,932
William Redpath
3.1%595
Greg Levy
1.8%342
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
52.3%10,052
Amy Acton
43.6%8,378
Don Kissick
4.0%773
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

The leader in Ottawa 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, 7:12 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +13.3R +25.3D +12.0
OH GovernorR +9.1R +25.3D +16.2
OH-09R +10.2R +25.3D +15.1

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 Ottawa County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.0%Donald Trump62.0%R +25.123,968
2020Joe Biden37.5%Donald Trump60.9%R +23.423,997
2016Hillary Clinton37.3%Donald Trump56.9%R +19.722,218
2012Barack Obama51.2%Mitt Romney46.9%D +4.322,456
2008Barack Obama52.2%John McCain46.0%D +6.223,069
2004John Kerry47.8%George W. Bush51.9%R +4.123,257
2000Al Gore47.5%George W. Bush49.7%R +2.219,968

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 +22.9.

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.