People across Ohio voted like they haven't voted in 24 years.

Voter turnout statewide, including Hamilton County, was the highest for a midterm election since 1994.

Statewide, 4.3 million people voted. That's 54.3 percent of the electorate.

The last time that large of a portion of registered voters came during a non-presidential year was in 1994, when 57 percent showed up.

The total number of voters statewide, both registered and those that showed up at the polls, set an all-time record for an off-year election. The number of registered voters may be high since a 2015 court challenge has prevented state officials from removing dead and ineligible voters.

Hamilton County ranked slightly above average, drawing 55.7 percent to the polls. That too is the highest since 1994 when voter turnout hit 56.1 percent.

Heavily Republican Warren County to the north had one of the highest turnouts in the state at 61.5 percent. Only three of Ohio's 88 counties had a higher turnout.

Warren County's motivated voters helped put U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood, back in Congress. Chabot won the county by a 33,000 vote margin, enough for him to beat Democrat Aftab Pureval.