COLUMBUS, Ohio — Democrat Amy Acton won election as Ohio’s governor, defeating Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, based on the Clermont Guardian’s analysis of unofficial returns.
Unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State show Acton, whose running mate was David Pepper, had 50.6% of the vote (2,051,961 votes) to Ramaswamy’s 46.0% (1,863,826 votes), with 7,440 of the state’s 8,834 precincts, or 84.2%, reporting. Ramaswamy’s running mate was Robert McColley.
Libertarian Don Kissick, running with James Mills, had 3.4% of the vote, or 135,879 votes.
The Clermont Guardian projected Acton the winner when 7,298 of 8,834 precincts, or 83%, had reported, with Acton ahead by 4.2 percentage points, a lead of 165,481 votes.
Statewide, 4,074,101 ballots were cast out of 8,018,054 registered voters, a turnout of 50.8%, unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State show. The secretary of state’s office reported 4,335 outstanding UOCAVA absentee ballots and 28,228 outstanding provisional ballots still to be counted in the official canvass.
In Clermont County, part of the Clermont Guardian’s coverage area, Ramaswamy carried the county, winning 57.1% of the vote (51,058 votes) to Acton’s 39.4% (35,208 votes), a 17.7 percentage point margin, according to unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State. Kissick had 3.5% there, or 3,094 votes. All 168 of the county’s 168 precincts had reported.
Clermont County, whose county seat is Batavia, recorded 90,233 ballots cast for a turnout of 60.2%, with 89,360 votes counted in the governor’s race there, unofficial results showed.
Elsewhere on the ballot, the U.S. Senate race for the unexpired term ending Jan. 3, 2029, remained too close to call. Democrat Sherrod Brown led Republican Jon Husted 48.4% to 46.7%, a margin of 1.7 percentage points, with 84% of precincts reporting, according to unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State. Libertarian William Redpath had 2.8% and independent Greg Levy had 2.0%.
In other statewide races, Republican Keith Faber led Democrat John Kulewicz for attorney general 51.4% to 48.6%; Republican Frank LaRose led Democrat Annette Blackwell for auditor of state 52.5% to 47.5%; Democrat Allison Russo narrowly led Republican Robert Sprague for secretary of state 48.6% to 48.5%; and Republican Jay Edwards led Democrat Seth Walsh for treasurer of state 51.2% to 48.8%, all with 84% of precincts reporting.
Republicans Daniel Hawkins and Colleen O’Donnell held leads in the two Ohio Supreme Court races on the ballot. The Clermont Guardian projected that State Issue 3, which would require voters to present photo identification in order to vote, passed with 66.1% in favor to 33.9% against.
Full county-by-county results can be found on the Clermont Guardian’s live election results map at https://clermontguardian.com/election-results-2026/.
Results are unofficial until certified by the Ohio Secretary of State. Source: Ohio Secretary of State election night reporting. See the live map: https://clermontguardian.com/election-results-2026/