Montgomery County turned out at 55.98% for the Nov. 3 general election, with 204,603 ballots cast among 365,484 registered voters and all 381 precincts reporting, according to the Montgomery County Board of Elections’ unofficial final results report.
In the governor’s race, Democrat Amy Acton and David Pepper received 116,335 Montgomery County votes (57.41%) to 79,905 (39.43%) for Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley, with Libertarian Don Kissick and James L. Mills at 6,092 (3.01%), according to the board’s unofficial report. Acton won the governorship statewide.
In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Sherrod Brown received 111,957 Montgomery County votes (55.15%) to 81,630 (40.21%) for Republican Jon Husted, with Libertarian William B. Redpath at 5,345 and independent Greg Levy at 3,897, according to the board’s unofficial report. Brown won the Senate seat statewide.
The county’s voters also backed State Issue 3, the constitutional amendment writing Ohio’s photo ID requirement for in-person voting into the state constitution, by 119,162 to 81,043 — 59.52% yes — according to the board’s unofficial report, in line with the measure’s statewide approval in unofficial results.
In the county’s own courthouse races on the unofficial count, Democrat Carolyn Rice won the commissioner race with 113,774 votes (57.83%) to 82,958 for Republican Margie Christie, and Auditor Karl Keith won reelection with 120,485 votes (60.91%) to 77,333 for Republican Tammy L. Murphy, according to the board’s unofficial report.
The figures above are the board’s unofficial election-night final report. They do not yet include the Montgomery County Board of Elections’ own official canvass, and they remain unofficial until the board completes that canvass and certifies its results.
All Ohio results remain unofficial until they are certified. Under Ohio Secretary of State Directive 2026-48, county boards of elections were to begin their official canvasses no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 8, and must complete the official canvass and certify their results by Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2026, after reviewing provisional ballots and any qualifying overseas and military ballots returned within the post-election window.
What happens next is the canvass in Dayton: the Montgomery County Board of Elections’ official count will confirm the winners who take office in January, and the county’s certified totals will go to the Secretary of State for the statewide certification.
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