Noble County voters turned out at 58.75% in the Nov. 3 general election, according to the unofficial results summary issued by the Noble County Board of Elections, with all 19 precincts reporting.
The board’s summary counts 4,598 ballots cast from 7,827 registered voters. Of those ballots, 2,564 were cast on Election Day, 1,400 were early votes and 634 were absentee ballots, according to the board’s unofficial summary.
In the governor’s race, Noble County backed Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley with 3,107 votes (69.80%), ahead of Democrats Amy Acton and David Pepper with 1,113 (25.01%) and Libertarians Don Kissick and James L. Mills with 220, according to the board. In the U.S. Senate contest, Republican Jon Husted took 3,114 votes (69.35%) in the county to Democrat Sherrod Brown’s 1,049 (23.36%).
Republicans swept the statewide offices on the Noble County ballot, the board’s summary shows: Keith Faber for attorney general (3,354 votes, 76.38%), Frank LaRose for auditor (3,357, 76.54%), Robert Sprague for secretary of state (3,241, 72.98%) and Jay Edwards for treasurer (3,371, 76.20%). For the Ohio Supreme Court, Daniel R. Hawkins (3,326) and Colleen O’Donnell (3,257) led their races in the county, and U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson took 3,402 votes (76.81%) in the 12th District.
Statewide Issue 3, the photo ID constitutional amendment, passed overwhelmingly in Noble County: 3,632 voters (82.04%) voted yes and 795 voted no, according to the board.
Local levies all passed in the unofficial count. A new 0.5-mill 911 levy won 2,633 votes (60.17%); a renewal-and-increase senior citizens levy of 0.6 mill won 2,765 (63.24%); and a 1-mill 4-H renewal won 2,670 (60.75%), according to the board’s summary. County offices on the ballot were uncontested, including commissioners Floyd Allen Fraley and Brian D. Carter, Auditor Kyle Smith and Common Pleas Judge Kelly Ann Riddle.
In the county’s state legislative and appellate races, Republican Ty Moore won the 95th District state representative seat with 3,670 votes (81.85%), and Molly K. Johnson received 3,519 votes running unopposed for the 7th District Court of Appeals, according to the board’s summary.
The figures remain unofficial until the board completes its official canvass. Ohio county boards must certify their results by Nov. 24, after which the Secretary of State certifies the statewide outcome — the next concrete step for Noble County’s count.