Coshocton County voters backed Republican candidates at the top of the ticket and gave overwhelming support to statewide Issue 3 in the Nov. 3 general election, according to the unofficial canvass released by the Coshocton County Board of Elections. The board reported results from all 23 of the county’s precincts, with 11,908 ballots cast among 21,649 registered voters, for a turnout of 55.00 percent.
In the race for governor, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy carried Coshocton County with 7,380 votes, ahead of Democrat Amy Acton with 3,786 votes and Libertarian Don Kissick with 541 votes, according to the board’s unofficial results. Acton won the governorship statewide in the Ohio Secretary of State’s unofficial returns, becoming the first woman elected governor of Ohio, though Coshocton County went strongly the other way.
The county split the same way in the special election for U.S. Senate. Republican Jon Husted received 7,466 votes in Coshocton County to 3,439 for Democrat Sherrod Brown, with Libertarian William Redpath at 519 and independent Greg Levy at 305, according to the Coshocton County Board of Elections. Brown won the seat statewide in the Secretary of State’s unofficial returns and will return to the Senate.
Statewide Issue 3, the proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo identification, passed easily both in Coshocton County and across Ohio. County voters approved it 8,960 to 2,710, according to the board’s unofficial canvass, a margin of more than three to one in favor of writing the voter ID requirement into the state constitution.
In county government, Republican W. Chuck Ellis won the race for Coshocton County commissioner with 9,759 votes, while write-in votes totaled 297, according to the board of elections; the Coshocton Tribune reported that Ellis defeated a write-in bid by former commissioner Rick Conkle and will succeed Gary Fischer, who did not seek a new term. Janette Donaker was elected county auditor with 9,891 votes and Joshua Kempf won the unexpired term for county engineer with 9,204 votes, both unopposed.
Voters also renewed the county’s two countywide levies. The Coshocton County Emergency Medical Services renewal passed 6,792 to 4,882, and the Coshocton County District Library renewal passed 6,761 to 4,870, according to the Coshocton County Board of Elections. The Coshocton Tribune reported that voters approved every levy on the county ballot except one: Clark Township’s additional road and bridge levy failed by four votes, 84 against to 80 for, in the unofficial totals.
None of these results are final yet. The board of elections noted the county has 184 provisional ballots, and the Ohio Secretary of State’s office says county boards begin their official canvass between five and 15 days after Election Day, counting remaining eligible ballots and resolving discrepancies. Under Ohio law, boards must complete the canvass and certify their results no later than 21 days after Election Day — Nov. 24, 2026 — after which the Secretary of State reviews the county certifications before the final statewide certification.