ELECTION DAY

For the first time in Ohio history a woman has been elected governor as Democrat Dr. Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in Tuesday's General Election.  

Acton received roughly 51% of the vote, Ramaswamy received 46% and Independent Don Kissick received 3%. In the race for U.S. Senate Democrat Sherrod Brown defeated Republican incumbent Jon Husted.

 In the race for the U.S. House District 12 Republican incumbent Troy Balderson easily defeated Democrat Jerrad Christian.  In the race for Licking County Commissioner Republican Mark Van Buren defeated Democrat Kathy McLeish by a margin of 58% to 40%.  Newark State Representative Kevin Miller won reelection to the General Assembly.

In the 68th District Thad Claggett won reelection.

Looking at funding issues - Voters approved the Licking Park District's property tax renewal.  Voters turned down both funding issues in the Southwest Licking School District.  In Granville and Pataskala voters approved charter amendments prohibiting the construction of large data centers.

Ohioans approved Issue 3 a constitutional amendment that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls.