Mike Dewine won with 50.4% of the vote (2,235,075 votes), ahead of Richard Cordray with 46.7% (2,069,727 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.7 percentage points (165,348 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 3.7 points.
4,434,332 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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