Ohio voters picked former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in a double-digit victory – a result that underscored Ohio’s shift from a presidential bellwether to a solid Republican state.

Trump, as expected, won Ohio’s 17 electoral college votes. On Wednesday morning, he won re-election. Ohio Sen. JD Vance will become vice president, and Gov. Mike DeWine will select Vance’s successor in the closely-divided U.S. Senate.

Trump's margin of victory also sealed the fate of longtime Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who lost his reelection bid to Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno.

Trump easily won Ohio in 2016 and 2020, so his victory in 2024 is not surprising.

But the margin was impressive. Trump’s victory marked the third election in a row when the Buckeye State went Republican. The last time Republicans won three presidential elections in a row was in 1988 when the state picked President George H.W. Bush after voting for President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and 1980.

Trump's 11-point lead was the largest for a presidential candidate in Ohio in 40 years since President Ronald Reagan defeated Walter Mondale by nearly 19 points in 1984.

Ohio election results

Neither presidential candidate campaigned much in Ohio. Vance held a rally in his hometown of Middletown shortly after he was named Trump's running mate last summer. Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, held fundraisers in Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Ohio's Midwestern neighbors were the real electoral college prizes on Tuesday. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin played key roles in deciding the 2024 presidential race, along with states like Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.

The 2024 presidential race has been a roller coaster. Democratic President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July amid concerns about his health and endorsed Harris. A shooter attempted to assassinate Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump and Vance amplified a false story that legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets. The presidential candidates held just one debate.