Morgan County turned out at 56.23% for the Nov. 3 general election, with 4,925 ballots cast among 8,758 registered voters and all 13 precincts reporting, according to the Morgan County Board of Elections’ unofficial canvass.
Morgan County backed the Republican ticket in the governor’s race by roughly two to one: Vivek Ramaswamy received 3,061 votes to 1,503 for Democrat Amy Acton, with Libertarian Don Kissick at 219, according to the board’s unofficial report. Acton won the governorship statewide.
In the U.S. Senate race, Republican Jon Husted received 3,125 Morgan County votes to 1,408 for Democrat Sherrod Brown, with Libertarian William B. Redpath at 178 and independent Greg Levy at 120, 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 3,747 to 1,028 — about 78.5% yes — according to the board’s unofficial report, in line with the measure’s statewide approval in unofficial results.
The county’s own courthouse races were unopposed on the unofficial count: Commissioner Cecil Mayle received 3,858 votes, Auditor Randy Williams 3,750, and Common Pleas Judge John A. Wells 3,863, according to the board’s unofficial report. State Rep. Ty Moore (R) carried the county 3,423 to 1,367 over Democrat Paul Cameron in the 95th District, the board reported.
Local levies on the unofficial count included renewals passing in McConnelsville (2-mill street levy, 329-161), Windsor Township (1-mill fire levy, 329-169), Chesterhill (2-mill fire levy, 53-22), Meigsville Township, Marion Township and Stockport, and an additional 1-mill fire levy passing in Center Township, 147-90, according to the board’s unofficial report.
The figures above are the board’s unofficial election-night canvass. They do not yet include the Morgan 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 McConnelsville: the Morgan 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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