ELECTION UPDATE | MAHONING: Obama maintains lead over Romney #VindyVotes

With 263 of 273 precincts reporting, here are the latest numbers for key races in Mahoning County:

PRESIDENT

Barack Obama (DEM) . . . . . . . 72,266 63.19%

Mitt Romney (REP). . . . . . . . 40,321 35.26%

U.S. SENATE

Sherrod Brown (DEM) . . . . . . . 71,655 66.27%

Josh Mandel (REP). . . . . . . . 31,670 29.29%

6th CONGRESSIONAL

Bill Johnson (REP) . . . . . . . 13,854 53.71%

Charlie Wilson (DEM). . . . . . . 11,940 46.29%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

David C. Ditzler (DEM) . . . . . . 66,738 64.05%

Edward L. Goldner, Jr. (NPC) . . . . 8,178 7.85%

Howard Markert (GRE). . . . . . . 2,485 2.39%

David V. Rossi (REP). . . . . . . 26,789 25.71%