By Herald Staff
Veteran U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, defeated a Republican challenger Jim Renacci statewide to return to the Senate. In Hamilton County, Brown received 192,579 votes to Renacci’s 134,234.
In other election results, Republicans swept state offices, with Attorney General Mike DeWine winning against Democrat Richard Cordray to become Ohio’s next governor and replacing Governor John Kasich. While Cordray lost statewide, he carried Hamilton County. Democrat Ted Strickland in 2006 did not carry the county, but won the governor’s race.
Republican Congressman Steve Chabot of Ohio’s 1st District, defeating challenger Aftab Pureval, a Cincinnati Democrat who was elected Hamilton County Clerk of Courts in the 2016 election. Pureval carried Hamilton County, but was defeated by a large vote for Chabot in Warren County, which is part of the district.
Newcomer Sedrick Denison will fill State Representative Alicia Reece’s seat to represent Ohio’s 33rd District in the Statehouse, with Reece term limited.
Issue 1, which would have reduced penalties for some drug users, failed statewide. Supporters said it would reduce prison population. Opponents said it would make Ohio less safe.
Issue 9, a proposed additional tax levy for Hamilton County Children’s Services passed.
Also, five City of Cincinnati Charter amendments passed, including one that would return city council terms to two years and stagger those terms.
Unofficial election results for key races and issues in Hamilton County follow:
For Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton, (DEM) 174,781
Mike DeWine and Jon Husted (Rep), 145,164
(DeWine and Husted won statewide.)
For Attorney General
Steve Dettelbach (DEM), 180,731
Dave Yost (REP), 145,001
Yost won statewide.
For State Auditor
Zack Space (DEM), 165,572
Keith Farber (REP), 140,705
Farber won statewide.
F0r Secretary of State
Kathleen Clyde (DEM), 176,018
Frank LaRose (REP), 141,316
LaRose won statewide
For Treasurer of State
Rob Richardson (DEM, Cincinnati), 171, 732
Robert Sprague (REP), 149, 915
Sprague won statewide.
For U.S. Senator
Sherrod Brown (DEM), 192,579
Jim Renacci (REP), 134,234
Brown won statewide.
For Representative to Congress (1st District)
Aftab Pureval (DEM), 104,o96
Steve Chabot (REP), 86,817
Chabot won district wide.
For Representative for Congress (2nd District)
Jill Schiller (DEM), 73,540
Brad Wenstrup (REP), 60,418
For State Senator (7th District)
Steve Wilson (REP), 29,269
Sara Bitter (DEM), 26,07
For State Senator (9th District
Cecil Thomas (DEM), 94,548
Tom Chandler (REP), 30,024
Thomas won district wide.
For State Representative (27th District)
Tom Brinkman (REP), 29,081
Christine Fisher (DEM), 25817
For State Representative (28th District)
Jonathan Dever (REP), 27,012
Jessica Miranda (DEM), 26,708
For State Representative (29th District)
Louis Blessing (REP), 27,846
Carrie Davis (DEM), 14,999
For State Representative (30th District)
William Seitz (REP), 33,068
Clayton Adams, (DEM), 14,356
For State Representative (31st District
Brigid Kelly (DEM) ran unopposed
For State Representative (32nd District)
Catherine Ingram (DEM), 30,311
Marilyn Turner (REP), 8,274
For State Representative (33rd District)
Sedrick Denison (DEM). 32,570
Judith Boyce (REP), 10,679
For County Commissioner
Stephanie Summerow Dumas (DEM), 166,260
Chris Monzel (REP), 157,819
For County Auditor
Dusty Rhodes (DEM), 211,118
Nancy Alchhotz (REP), 113,921
For Member State Board of Education
Pat Bruns, 140,524
Jenny Kilgore, 127,564
This is a three-county race, with Kilgore 4,000 votes ahead at this time, pending the counting of provisional ballots.
For Justice of Supreme Court
Michael Donnelly, 175,656
Craig Baldwin, 100,428
Donnelly won statewide.
For Justice of Supreme Court
Melody Stewart, 158,726
Mary DeGenaro, 117,429
Stewart won statewide.
For Judge of Court of Appeals (1st District)
Pierre Bergeron, 141,272
Charles Miller, 134,253
For Judge of Court of Appeals (1st District)
Marilyn Zayas, 168,728
Dale Staff, 112,210
For Judge of Court of Appeals (1st District
Candace Crouse, 153,119
Dennis Deters, 136,517
For Judge of Court of Appeals (1st District
Robert Winkler, 151,008
Ginger Brock, 140, 159
For Judge of Court of Common Pleas
Terry Nestor, 141,408
Steven Martin, 133,297
For Judge of Court of Common Pleas
Lisa Allen, 145,567
Leslie Ghiz, 137,731
For Judge of Court of Common Pleas
Thomas Beridon, 135,758
Curt Hartman, 135,278
Issue 1
No, 171,440
Yes, 153,611
Issue 1 failed statewide.
Proposed Tax Levy (Substitute) Winton Woods City School District
For the tax levy, 6,553
Against the tax levy, 4,528
Issue 9 Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) Hamilton County Children’s Services
For the tax Levy, 191,832
Against the Levy, 130,989
Issue 10 Proposed Charter Amendment, City of Cincinnati, 2-Year Council Terms
Yes, 68,314
No, 29,410
Issue 11 Proposed Charter Amendment, City of Cincinnati, Staggered Council Terms
Yes, 68,314
No, 29,410
Issue 12 Proposed Charter Amendment, City of Cincinnati, Executive Sessions
Yes, 72,862
No, 21,572
Issue 13 Proposed Charter Amendment, City of Cincinnati, Campaign Finance
Yes, 84,520
No, 13,771
Issue 14 Proposed Charter Amendment, City of Cincinnati, Veterans Preference
Yes, 67.901
No, 26,388
Issue 14 Proposed Charter Amendment, City of Cincinnati, Public Safety Academy
Yes, 77,37o
No, 22,051
