Ohio Election Results 2026: Live Updates for Statewide and Local Races

Polls closed across the state at 7:30 p.m., with real-time vote tallies supplied by the Associated Press for Tuesday’s Ohio Election Results 2026: Live Updates for Statewide Races. Ohio voters headed to the polls for several key contests, including the governor’s race, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, statewide officeholders, and a ballot initiative.

The Associated Press maintained a strict threshold for calling races, declaring a winner in ballot measures only when it was determined that no remaining scenario would allow a trailing side to close the gap. For any uncalled race, the AP continued to cover newsworthy developments such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory while explicitly explaining that a winner had not yet been declared.

Statewide and Federal Contests Underway

Gubernatorial matchups featured Amy Action against Vivek Ramaswamy, while the U.S. Senate contest pitted Sherrod Brown against Jon Husted.

Additional statewide office matchups include Jennifer Brunner versus Colleen O’Donnell for the Ohio Supreme Court, Keith Faber versus John J. Kulewicz for Ohio Attorney General, Jay Edwards versus Seth Walsh for Ohio Treasurer, and a field consisting of Tom Pruss, Allison Russo, and Robert Sprague for Ohio Secretary of State. The Ohio Auditor race featured Annette Blackwell against Frank LaRose, alongside ongoing tallies for Ohio Senate, Ohio House, U.S. House seats, Issue 3, and overall legislative and congressional balances.

Vote Tallies Update Continuously Through Evening

Real-time vote tallies updated continuously as votes came in following the closure of polling locations. The first results of the 2024 election were reported starting at 7:36 p.m. ET, with the state reaching 50% of votes reporting at 9:01 p.m. ET. ET and 90% of votes reporting by 11:03 p.m. ET. ET.

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