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Richland County, Ohio

2026 election results. Jon Husted (R) got 60% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Richland County. The margin is 15.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Richland County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Richland County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
60.4%26,596
Sherrod Brown
34.2%15,058
William Redpath
3.6%1,568
Greg Levy
1.9%842
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
60.4%26,531
Amy Acton
35.6%15,626
Don Kissick
4.1%1,791
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 4th District

Jim Jordan
62.6%12,370
Joshua Kolasinski
34.9%6,909
Tracey Tackett
2.5%494
100% counted

Only part of Richland County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jim Jordan wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 5th District

Bob Latta
65.2%15,572
Brian Shaver
31.8%7,581
Michael Veloff
3.0%721
100% counted

Only part of Richland County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Bob Latta wins. Called.

The leader in Richland 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, 7:50 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +27.7R +42.7D +15.0
OH GovernorR +25.9R +42.7D +16.8
OH-04 part of the countyR +28.3R +37.0D +8.7
OH-05 part of the countyR +34.5R +47.2D +12.7

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 Richland County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.4%Donald Trump70.7%R +42.358,386
2020Joe Biden29.4%Donald Trump69.2%R +39.759,958
2016Hillary Clinton29.1%Donald Trump66.3%R +37.155,214
2012Barack Obama39.3%Mitt Romney58.7%R +19.457,715
2008Barack Obama42.1%John McCain55.7%R +13.661,122
2004John Kerry39.8%George W. Bush59.6%R +19.861,867
2000Al Gore39.0%George W. Bush57.1%R +18.152,779

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 +24.2.

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.