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Portage County, Ohio

2026 election results. Amy Acton (D) got 51% of the vote for governor in Portage County. The margin is 22.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Portage County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Portage County

U.S. Senate (special)

Sherrod Brown
48.5%31,974
Jon Husted
45.8%30,196
William Redpath
3.2%2,080
Greg Levy
2.5%1,650
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Amy Acton
51.2%33,784
Vivek Ramaswamy
44.9%29,625
Don Kissick
3.9%2,541
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 13th District

Emilia Sykes
67.0%12,513
Carey Coleman
31.3%5,845
Sandeep Dixit
1.8%328
100% counted

Only part of Portage County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Emilia Sykes wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 14th District

David Joyce
57.8%26,843
Maria Jukic
42.2%19,566
100% counted

Only part of Portage County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: David Joyce wins. Called.

The leader in Portage 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, 9:06 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)D +2.9R +15.7D +18.5
OH GovernorD +6.6R +15.7D +22.2
OH-13 part of the countyD +36.3D +17.5D +18.9
OH-14 part of the countyR +15.7R +28.3D +12.6

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 Portage County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris41.8%Donald Trump57.3%R +15.583,221
2020Joe Biden43.0%Donald Trump55.5%R +12.582,856
2016Hillary Clinton42.5%Donald Trump52.5%R +9.976,139
2012Barack Obama51.7%Mitt Romney46.2%D +5.576,239
2008Barack Obama53.5%John McCain44.5%D +9.078,205
2004John Kerry53.1%George W. Bush46.4%D +6.676,646
2000Al Gore50.0%George W. Bush44.9%D +5.062,899

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 +20.6.

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.