Donald Trump Upsets The Establishment To Become 45th President, Issue 64 Passes

Mayor Michael P. Summers and Brian Essi working the polls at Lakewood Woman's Pavilion.

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In an unprecedented election cycle both nationally and locally, in terms of excitement, election night did not disappoint. From the start, as the results rolled in, the most controversial and most closely watched races were razor thin. At the top of the ticket, Lakewood and Cuyahoga County were unsurprisingly strongly for Clinton, but around 10:30 p.m. the state of Ohio was called for Trump. Locally, Issue 64 (the Lakewood Hospital issue) remained within a 4-6 percentage point spread throughout the night with less than 1,000 votes separating the “for” and “against” camps. Another statewide race worth noting is for Ohio Supreme Court Justice. Lakewoodite John P. O’Donnell ran a strong campaign, but ended up with a 0.6% difference between himself and Pat Fischer.

In addition, there were several other races impacting Lakewood that were never up in the air even from the moment the absentee votes started flowing in. As anticipated, the Senate race between Portman and Strickland went easily to Portman. The only other contested race was County Council, District 2, which incumbant Dale Miller won handily.

Election Results
President*
Clinton (D): 43.5%
Trump (R): 52.1%
Johnson (I): 3.2%
Stein (G): 0.8%
Duncan: 0.4%

Senate*
Portman (R): 58.4%
Strickland (D): 36.9%
Connors: 1.7%
DeMare (G): 1.6%
Rupert: 1.4%

Ohio Supreme Court
Fischer: 50.3%
O’Donnell: 49.7%

Ohio State Rep. (13th District)
Antonio: 100%

County Council (District 2)
Corrigan (R): 37.5%
Miller (D): 62.5%

Issue 64
For: 51.5%
Against: 48.5%

* Ohio Board of Elections  99.4% of precincts reporting