Cuyahoga County voters cast 482,011 ballots in the November 3 general election — about 55 percent of the county’s 878,381 registered voters — according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections’ unofficial results. The county board is scheduled to certify those results on Tuesday, November 24, the statewide certification deadline day.
In the governor’s race, Cuyahoga County backed Amy Acton and David Pepper with 344,236 votes, 72.23 percent, over Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert McColley with 121,159 votes, 25.42 percent, according to the board’s unofficial results. Libertarian Don Kissick received 10,440 votes in the county.
For U.S. Senator, the county backed Sherrod Brown with 333,139 votes, 69.99 percent, over Jon Husted with 125,283 votes, 26.32 percent, according to the board’s unofficial results. Those are Cuyahoga County’s own votes in the statewide races, not statewide totals.
County Executive Chris Ronayne, unopposed on the ballot, received 306,170 votes, 98.16 percent, according to the board’s unofficial results. In County Council District 5, Courtney Scheff received 25,131 votes, 52.86 percent, ahead of incumbent Michael Gallagher with 22,413 votes, 47.14 percent — and every council district on the ballot went Democratic in the unofficial count, according to the board’s results.
For Congress in District 11, the county’s unofficial results show Shontel Brown with 219,971 votes, 83.53 percent, over Mike Kirchner with 43,373 votes. All of these figures remain unofficial: the board’s portal lists provisional ballots and post-Election-Day ballots as not yet reported, and those ballots are counted in the official canvass.
Under Ohio Secretary of State Directive 2026-48, each board must begin its official canvass no earlier than Sunday, November 8 and no later than Wednesday, November 18, and must complete the canvass and certify no later than Tuesday, November 24, 2026, reporting its results to the Secretary of State the same day.
What happens next: the post-election cure period runs through Saturday, November 7, the board holds a provisional verification meeting on Monday, November 16 at 9:30 a.m. at 1803 Superior Avenue in Cleveland, and its certification meeting is set for Tuesday, November 24 at 9:30 a.m., according to the board’s meeting calendar. The Secretary of State then reviews county certifications before final statewide certification.