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Ross County, Ohio

2026 election results. Jon Husted (R) got 58% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Ross County. The margin is 17.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Ross County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
58.4%14,390
Sherrod Brown
36.9%9,097
William Redpath
3.1%756
Greg Levy
1.7%417
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
57.6%14,182
Amy Acton
38.5%9,468
Don Kissick
3.9%952
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

The leader in Ross 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, 7:32 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +22.5R +39.7D +17.1
OH GovernorR +19.9R +39.7D +19.7
OH-02R +27.7R +39.7D +12.0

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 Ross County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.9%Donald Trump69.2%R +39.332,946
2020Joe Biden31.7%Donald Trump66.9%R +35.233,297
2016Hillary Clinton34.1%Donald Trump61.4%R +27.330,380
2012Barack Obama48.4%Mitt Romney49.9%R +1.530,083
2008Barack Obama45.4%John McCain52.6%R +7.231,840
2004John Kerry44.1%George W. Bush54.4%R +10.331,669
2000Al Gore44.8%George W. Bush52.7%R +7.926,016

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 +31.5.

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.