DaytonDailyNews.com

The unofficial partial results posted on the Montgomery County Board of Elections web site on Nov. 5 show that Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted appears to be winning the 6th District State Senate seat.

The results exclude Election Day paper ballots.

Husted, R-Kettering, had 89,888 votes versus his Democrat opponent John Doll, who had 56,230 votes as of 1:30 p.m. Nov.5.

Husted, 41, was elected to the House in 2000 and currently represents the 37th District.

Doll, 57, of Washington Twp., has served 16 years on the Centerville City School Board and is a senior partner in Doll, Jansen & Ford, a labor law firm.

Both candidates sought the seat left vacant by Republican Jeff Jacobson, 47, R-Butler Twp., who resigned to become a public policy consultant.

Total votes for this race right now are 146,118.

Only 83 of the 343 precincts in this race had been counted as of midnight.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2414 or kwynn@DaytonDailyNews.com.