For the first time in a decade, election predictions far exceeded public expectations. What pollsters anticipated as a blue wave billowed into a blue tsunami. Wins that held ground for already blue seats eased nerves, and the flips of swing states like Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio energized the blue base. But red-belt-busting wins in Republican strongholds like Texas, South Carolina and Kansas alongside pending races in Alaska and...

According to unofficial counts from the Stark County Board of Elections, Stark didn't vote like the rest of Ohio. See a breakdown of major races.

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NBC News’ Steve Kornacki breaks down how former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is projected to have prevailed in one of the year’s most combative and expensive Senate races, beating Republican incumbent Jon Husted in the race for a seat in Ohio.

Ohio's Issue 3 leaves existing voter ID requirements largely unchanged but limits lawmakers' ability to alter them. Here's which rules are now protected by the Constitution and which remain under legislative control.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Ohio Democrats saw a massive success statewide at the polls on Tuesday, with the party taking seats held by Republicans for decades. That win was driven by voters ages 18-29, who contributed to a 37-point swing. A sea of change arrived in the Buckeye State, propelled by younger Ohioans, but what […]

Pickerington City Schools is suspending all non-varsity athletics and other extracurriculars following a narrow levy loss in Tuesday's election.

WASHINGTON — Ohio Democrats had a historic election night, winning nearly every statewide office and flipping several congressional seats that Republicans had held for years. But political analysts caution that Ohio’s dramatic switch towards Democrats amid a national backlash against GOP policies doesn’t make Ohio a purple state, or return it to its status as an electoral bellwether, after ...

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon said White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and other political consultants should be “removed immediately” following the losses suffered by the GOP in the midterm elections. Democrats secured wins in battleground states across the country on Tuesday, flipping GOP-held seats in Texas, South Carolina, Iowa, Kansas and Ohio,…

When Democratic newcomer Don Leonard turned Ohio's 15th Congressional District blue on Nov. 3 by defeating Republican Rep. Mike Carey, Leonard defied every political pundit's prediction.