Miami County turned out at 59.38% for the Nov. 3 general election, with 46,122 ballots cast among 77,679 registered voters and all 87 precincts reporting, according to the Miami County Board of Elections’ unofficial canvass.
In the governor’s race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley received 28,048 votes in Miami County (61.43%) to 15,391 (33.71%) for Democrat Amy Acton and David Pepper, with Libertarian Don Kissick and James L. Mills at 2,085 (4.57%), according to the board’s unofficial canvass. Acton won the governorship statewide.
In the U.S. Senate race, Republican Jon Husted received 28,590 Miami County votes (62.58%) to 14,473 (31.68%) for Democrat Sherrod Brown, with Libertarian William Redpath at 1,704 and independent Greg Levy at 869, according to the board’s unofficial canvass — figures that match the Associated Press’s tabulation for the county exactly. Brown won the Senate seat statewide.
The county’s widest margin came on State Issue 3, the constitutional amendment writing Ohio’s photo ID requirement for in-person voting into the state constitution. Miami County voters approved it 35,393 to 10,031 — 77.92% yes — according to the board’s unofficial canvass, well above the measure’s statewide approval in unofficial results.
The figures above are the board’s unofficial election-night canvass. They do not yet include the Miami County Board of Elections’ own official canvass, and outcomes in the county’s local contests — including the commissioner and auditor races on the Nov. 3 ballot — are not reported here until the board publishes its own official numbers.
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 Troy: the Miami County Board of Elections’ official count will confirm the local 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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