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Shelby County, Ohio

2026 election results. Jon Husted (R) got 74% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Shelby County. The margin is 9.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Shelby County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
73.7%14,194
Sherrod Brown
20.7%3,996
William Redpath
3.4%658
Greg Levy
2.2%422
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
73.5%14,120
Amy Acton
22.3%4,291
Don Kissick
4.2%800
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 4th District

Jim Jordan
78.1%15,048
Joshua Kolasinski
19.9%3,829
Tracey Tackett
2.0%388
100% counted

Whole district: Jim Jordan wins. Called.

The leader in Shelby 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 13, 10:53 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +56.1R +65.3D +9.3
OH GovernorR +53.4R +65.3D +11.9
OH-04R +59.4R +65.3D +5.9

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 Shelby County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.2%Donald Trump82.0%R +64.825,300
2020Joe Biden17.7%Donald Trump80.9%R +63.225,246
2016Hillary Clinton17.9%Donald Trump78.3%R +60.423,740
2012Barack Obama26.6%Mitt Romney71.8%R +45.223,866
2008Barack Obama30.9%John McCain67.3%R +36.423,668
2004John Kerry28.6%George W. Bush70.9%R +42.322,854
2000Al Gore33.5%George W. Bush63.4%R +29.919,670

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 +34.9.

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.