Amanda Crouse
News Editor
Ohio voters approved Issue 3 during the midterm elections, meaning voter ID requirements will be added as an amendment to the state’s Constitution. The issue received 65.33% approval votes and 34.6% disapproval votes.
Ohio has required photo ID for in-person and absentee voting since 2023, but this amendment will give those requirements constitutional protection.
Amy Acton, a Democrat and physician, won the Ohio gubernatorial election. Her opponent was Republican billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy. David Pepper will serve as Acton’s Lieutenant Governor.
Democrat Sherrod Brown won the race for an Ohio seat in the U.S. Senate, defeating incumbent Republican Jon Husted. Brown served as Ohio Senator from 2007 to 2025, when he lost the general election to Republican Bernie Moreno.
In Ohio’s seventh District (which includes Wayne County), Democrat Brian Poindexter was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. His main opponent was Max Miller, the Republican incumbent.
Notably, Republican Representative Mike Turner of Ohio’s tenth District was ousted after losing his reelection campaign to Democrat Kristina Knickerbocker. Turner has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 23 years –– representing the third district for 10 years and the tenth district for 13 years.
The newly elected Congress will assemble for the first time on Jan. 3, 2027.
