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Well, in Ohio - and a lot of other states - Republicans are used to ruling with a minority, or at the very least with a ridiculously outsized amount of power thanks to gerrymandering. So ignoring and overruling the will of the people is basically standard practice at this point, and one where they have a lot of practice.

In Ohio specifically, they won over 2/3s of the seats in the state House despite not winning nearly that many in terms of the popular vote (though it was still safely a majority, but not even 60-40.) Similar deal in the state Senate.