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 US 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.

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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 chose President George HW 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.

Trump easily won Stark Countybesting his showing in his two previous campaigns. He received 60% of the vote, according to full, unofficial results from the Stark County Board of Elections. He won Stark with 58% of the vote in 2020 when he lost to President Joe Biden and 55.8% in 2016 when he defeated Hillary Clinton.

“He’s going to stabilize our country and fix the illegal immigration problem, which is worse now because of all the crime,” said vote Will Logan of Jackson Township.

“The economy is terrible, and (Trump) will fix that, too,” he added.

First-time voter Khloe Bowen of Canton was all smiles after casting a vote for Trump. She was excited to join family members in supporting Trump at the polling location at Westbrook Park United Methodist Church.

“I like his policies (on the economy and illegal immigration),” said Bowen, 19, adding that she’s a big fan of Trump’s pick for vice president.

“I like JD Vance and his position on gun control and being pro-life,” she added.

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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.

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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.

Jessie Balmert covers state government and politics for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Donald Trump scores big win over Kamala Harris in Ohio, Canton area