DeWine to Face Democrat Nan Whaley for Ohio Governor in November

DeWine to Face Democrat Nan Whaley for Ohio Governor in November
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in Bexley, Ohio, on Aug. 6, 2020. Jay LaPrete/AP
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) won the Republican primary on May 3 and will face Democrat Nan Whaley in the Nov. 8 general election.

DeWine, 75, the incumbent in the race, and his lieutenant governor Jon Husted, received 49 percent of the votes, according to unofficial results released by the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Jim Renacci and Joe Knopp finished came in second with 28 percent of the vote.