Updated 9:47 p.m..
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A proposed income tax for the Chillicothe City School District was failing Tuesday night, 56.3% against to 43.7% in favor, according to unofficial results from the Ross County Board of Elections. All 24 precincts in the district reported, with 4,178 votes against and 3,244 for.
A separate municipal income tax for the city of Chillicothe also failed, 57.2% to 42.8%, with 4,258 votes against and 3,191 in favor across all 22 city precincts.
Statewide, unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State showed Democrat Amy Acton leading Republican Vivek Ramaswamy for governor with 50.7%, too early to call with 4,542 of the state’s 8,834 precincts reporting.
Ross County went the other way. Ramaswamy, running with Robert McColley, carried the county 57.6% to 38.5% over Acton and running mate David Pepper, 14,182 votes to 9,468. Libertarian Don Kissick and running mate James Mills took 3.9%, or 952 votes.
Republican Jon Husted carried Ross County in the U.S. Senate race, 58.4% to 36.9% over Democrat Sherrod Brown, 14,390 votes to 9,097. Libertarian William Redpath had 3.1% (756 votes) and independent Greg Levy 1.7% (417 votes). Statewide, Brown led with 48.6%, also too early to call.
The county backed Republicans in every other statewide office. Attorney General Keith Faber won the county 63.9% to 36.1% over Democrat John Kulewicz, 15,641 votes to 8,831, and led statewide with 51.3%. Auditor of State Frank LaRose took the county 64.5% to 35.5% over Democrat Annette Blackwell, 15,801 to 8,688, and led statewide with 52.3%.
Treasurer of State Jay Edwards won the county 63.3% to 36.7% over Democrat Seth Walsh, 15,437 to 8,955, and led statewide with 51.0%. Republican Robert Sprague carried the county for secretary of state, 60.5% to 36.6% over Democrat Allison Russo, 14,815 to 8,963, with Libertarian Tom Pruss at 2.9%, or 719 votes; statewide, Russo leads with 48.7%.
In the two Ohio Supreme Court races, Republican Daniel Hawkins carried the county 63.1% to 36.9% over Democrat Marilyn Zayas, 15,374 to 8,990, and led statewide with 50.6%. Republican Colleen O’Donnell won the county 62.2% to 37.8% over Democrat Jennifer Brunner, 15,141 to 9,203, and led statewide with 50.1%.
In the 2nd Congressional District, Republican David Taylor carried Ross County 63.9% to 36.1% over Democrat Jen Mazzuckelli, 15,580 to 8,817. The Scioto Valley Guardian projects Taylor the district-wide winner, based on a 23-point margin with 579 of 738 precincts reporting.
Republican Shane Wilkin carried the county’s share of Ohio Senate District 17, 63.1% to 36.9% over Democrat Brian Deer, 15,356 to 8,964; the Guardian projects Wilkin the district-wide winner on a 25.9-point margin with 274 of 355 precincts reporting.
In Ohio House District 91, Republican Bob Peterson carried the county’s portion 71.6% to 28.4% over Democrat Amy Wright, 3,385 to 1,341; the Guardian projects him the district-wide winner, up 32.5 points with 112 of 143 precincts reporting. In District 92, Republican Mark Johnson carried the county 61.4% to 38.6% over Democrat Sarah Senff, 12,077 to 7,606; the Guardian projects Johnson the district-wide winner, up 18.4 points with 120 of 138 precincts reporting.
Republican Jayme Fountain carried Ross County 62.6% to 37.4% over Democrat Todd Grace for the 4th District Court of Appeals, 15,196 to 9,062. The Guardian projects Fountain the district-wide winner on a 22-point margin with 442 of 568 precincts reporting.
State Issue 3, which would require photo identification to vote, passed in Ross County 75.1% to 24.9%, 18,370 votes to 6,107. The Guardian projects the measure passing statewide as well, on a 25.6-point margin with 4,542 of 8,834 precincts reporting.
Three county offices were uncontested. Jeffrey C. Marks won the Court of Common Pleas judgeship, Probate and Juvenile Divisions, with 18,600 votes. Republican David S. Pinkerton won county commissioner with 18,665 votes, and Republican Jeff Lehner won county auditor with 18,830 votes.
Elsewhere on local ballots, a renewal levy for Miami Trace Local School District failed in the single Ross County precinct it covers, 71.4% to 28.6%, 5 votes to 2. A renewal levy for Paint Valley Local School District passed across its seven precincts, 51.7% to 48.3%, 1,000 votes to 936. An income tax for Waverly City School District failed in its one precinct, 70.0% to 30.0%, 119 votes to 51.
Bainbridge Village voters renewed a 2-mill levy, 57.7% to 42.3%, 120 votes to 88, and a 2.9-mill levy, 56.0% to 44.0%, 116 to 91. Huntington Township voters renewed a tax levy, 55.3% to 44.7%, 1,014 to 819, but rejected a petitioned electric aggregation measure, 65.8% to 34.2%, 1,171 to 609.
Across Ross County, 24,858 ballots were cast out of 45,266 registered voters, a turnout of 54.9%, according to the Secretary of State’s reporting. The Secretary of State’s reporting listed 17 outstanding absentee ballots and 440 outstanding provisional ballots still to be counted, with all 65 precincts having reported.
Full county-by-county results are available on the Guardian’s live map at https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/election-results-2026/.
Results are unofficial until certified by the Ohio Secretary of State. Source: Ohio Secretary of State election night reporting. See the live map: https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/election-results-2026/
