Sherrod Brown won with 56.2% of the vote (2,257,369 votes), ahead of Mike Dewine with 43.8% (1,761,037 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.3 percentage points (496,332 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 12.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 40.1 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
4,019,236 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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