Meigs County voters backed Republicans across the ballot in the Nov. 3 general election, and turnout reached 54.32% in the county’s official results, according to the Meigs County Board of Elections’ official election summary, dated Nov. 12. The board reported 7,770 ballots cast from 14,303 registered voters, with all 27 precincts reporting.
In the governor’s race, Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley won Meigs County with 5,000 votes, 65.89%, to 2,257 votes, 29.74%, for Amy Acton and David Pepper, the board’s official summary shows. In the U.S. Senate race, Jon Husted carried the county with 4,926 votes, 65.02%, to 2,174 votes, 28.70%, for Sherrod Brown, with Libertarian William B. Redpath at 293 votes and independent Greg Levy at 183.
U.S. Rep. David J. Taylor won the county’s 2nd District vote with 5,377 votes, 72.06%, to 2,085 for Jen Mazzuckelli, and state Rep. Kevin Ritter carried the 94th District in Meigs County with 5,309 votes, 71.10%, the board reported. Statewide Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to present government-issued photo identification, passed overwhelmingly in the county, 5,616 votes to 1,592, or 77.91% yes.
The county’s own offices were uncontested: Commissioner Zachary B. Manuel received 5,992 votes, Auditor Mary T. Byer-Hill 5,984, Treasurer Tonya M. Griffin 6,242 and Probate/Juvenile Judge Jeremy L. Fisher 6,016, according to the official summary. Republicans also swept the statewide executive races in the county, including Secretary of State Robert Sprague with 5,220 votes, Attorney General Keith Faber with 5,329 and Treasurer Jay Edwards with 5,590.
Local tax questions split. Voters renewed the 1.6-mill senior citizens services levy, 4,390 to 3,013, but rejected two new asks: the 2-mill additional levy for developmental disabilities fell, 3,397 to 4,042, and the 2.88-mill additional levy for sheriff operations lost heavily, 2,654 to 4,764, the board’s summary shows. The Alexander Local School District’s 0.75% income tax also failed in the Meigs County portion of the district, 264 to 352.
The Meigs County figures above are the board’s official canvass numbers. Under Secretary of State Directive 2026-48, county boards must complete their official canvasses and certify results no later than Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2026, when the county’s certified results go to the Secretary of State for the statewide certification.
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