Mike Dewine won with 53.4% of the vote (1,836,556 votes), ahead of Joel Hyatt with 39.2% (1,348,213 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 14.2 percentage points (488,343 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 14.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 22.9 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
3,436,884 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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