Amy Hansen / StateImpact Ohio
This election featured roughly 165 school tax issues on ballots across the state, a slight decrease from 2013and 2012.But the results of this year's race followed a recent trend: a majority of voters voted down requests for additional tax increases, while supporting a majority of existing renewals.According to unofficial results early Wednesday morning, about 90 percent of renewals passed, compared to less than a third of new money requests.Those results closely align with how Damon Asbury, the director for legislative services for the Ohio School Board Association, forecasted the election would turn out when he spoke to StateImpact last week.“Times are difficult for people,” he said. “We still have a lot of unemployment, we still have a lot of underemployment in the state, money is tight. You have to make a very convincing case for a community to help them understand that yes, in fact, we do need more money."Take a look at our online database and see how your school district fared. A handful of counties did not have published results by press time.[spreadsheet key="0AteMeGf8PvyGdHB6MDd6YVpVNGpYUUI2UFBZcWpOdkE" source="Ohio Secretary of State, county boards of elections" filter=1 paginate=1 sortable=1]