Mike Dewine won with 62.4% of the vote (2,579,982 votes), ahead of Nan Whaley with 37.4% (1,545,323 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 25.0 percentage points (1,034,659 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 25.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 21.3 points toward Republicans.
4,134,269 votes were counted in this race, for 6 candidates or options.
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