Is the Secretary of State a Republican or Democrat?
That is what will determine the outcome.
I'm not sure about that. In the WA state governor's election in 2004, the 'Rats conducted a couple of "recounts" until their candidate (Christine Gregoire, aka Fraudoire) managed to "win" (after losing on election night and a recount) by all of 133 votes. The 'Pub SofS, an old fossil of a RINO named Sam Reed, gladly certified Fraudoire the "winner" and told the 'Pub candidate (Dino Rossi) to shove it and run for some lousy consolation prize office the next time around (something like King County Executive, or some useless thing).
The 1984 congressional race in the Indiana 8th district saw the 'Pub candidate win on election night and a state-sponsored recount, the Indiana SofS certified him the winner, but the 'Rats in the House refused to seat him until the 'Rats in the House did their own "recount", which they did several times, changing the rules after each one that showed their candidate still losing, and finally they rigged the ballot rejection rules to the point where their candidate "won" (by something like five votes). The RINO minority leader at the time (Bob Michel) went along with the 'Rats and had breakfast with the 'Rat "winner" just to show what a nice loser he was.
Well, a nice loser is still a loser.
It’s who counts the votes that matters...
Jon Husted is Republican. He has been Secretary of State in Ohio since 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_A._Husted