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Wayne County, Ohio

2026 election results. Jon Husted (R) got 60% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Wayne County. The margin is 12.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Wayne County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Wayne County

U.S. Senate (special)

Jon Husted
59.8%24,699
Sherrod Brown
34.6%14,278
William Redpath
3.6%1,469
Greg Levy
2.1%854
100% counted

Statewide: Sherrod Brown wins. Called.

Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy
59.1%24,376
Amy Acton
37.0%15,259
Don Kissick
3.9%1,624
100% counted

Statewide: Amy Acton wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 6th District

Michael Rulli
73.3%8,679
Elizabeth Kirtley
26.7%3,154
100% counted

Only part of Wayne County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Michael Rulli wins. Called.

U.S. House: Ohio 7th District

Max Miller
57.7%16,185
Brian Poindexter
42.3%11,860
100% counted

Only part of Wayne County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Brian Poindexter wins. Called.

The leader in Wayne 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, 9:27 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OH Senate (special)R +26.7R +39.6D +12.9
OH GovernorR +23.0R +39.6D +16.6
OH-06 part of the countyR +46.7R +55.4D +8.8
OH-07 part of the countyR +15.4R +32.7D +17.3

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 Wayne County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.9%Donald Trump69.1%R +39.253,166
2020Joe Biden30.7%Donald Trump67.7%R +37.054,256
2016Hillary Clinton30.2%Donald Trump64.7%R +34.649,853
2012Barack Obama38.8%Mitt Romney59.2%R +20.551,064
2008Barack Obama41.6%John McCain56.3%R +14.652,142
2004John Kerry38.2%George W. Bush61.5%R +23.351,848
2000Al Gore34.8%George W. Bush61.0%R +26.242,436

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 +13.0.

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.