Polls close at 7:30 in Ohio. See the latest from Election Day in Columbus – The Columbus Dispatch

Polls close at 7:30 in Ohio. See the latest from Election Day in Columbus  The Columbus Dispatch

Votes are still being tallied across Ohio after the polls closed at 7:30 p.m., bringing us closer to finding out the results of several pivotal races in the Buckeye State. Voters across the state cast ballots Nov. 3 for members of Congress, governor, U.S. Senate and more. The top races in Ohio remained uncalled as of 8:40 p.m. A contentious governor's race pits Democrat Amy Acton, former Ohio Department of Health director, against Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire businessman who built a national profile during a 2024 run in the presidential primary. And Democrat Sherrod Brown is aiming to regain a seat in the U.S. Senate, as he challenges Republican Jon Husted.

Husted was appointed to fill the seat of now Vice President JD Vance. Locally, Columbus voters will decide a pair of charter amendments that could change the way City Council is elected. We're also covering a handful of school levies, races for county commissioners and contests over seats in the Ohio Statehouse and U.S. House of Representatives. It's a lot to keep up with. Treat this live blog as your home base for Columbus news. Mark Van Buren has an early but narrow lead over Mary "Kathy" McLeish in the race for a Licking County Commissioner seat, according to unofficial preliminary election results. Van Buren led with 51%,