Ohio gubernatorial elections

The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect a governor for a four-year term. There is a term limit of two consecutive terms as governor. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent. Starting in 1978, the nominees for governor and lieutenant governor ran on a joint ticket.

Primaries

Democratic Party

YearNomineeFirst Runner-UpOther Candidates
2018Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton : 423,264
2014Ed FitzGerald and Sharen Neuhardt : 366,056Larry Ealy and Ken Gray: 74,197 [1]
2010Ted Strickland and Yvette McGee Brown : 630,785[2]
2006Ted Strickland and Lee Fisher: 634,105Bryan Flannery and Frank Stams: 166,251Bob Fitrakis (G) and Anita Rios (G): 38,796
2002Timothy Hagan and Charleta B. Tavares: 467,572  
1998Lee Fisher and Michael B. Coleman: 663,832  
1994Robert L. Burch Jr. and Peter Lawson Jones: 408,161Peter Michael Schuller and Paul Kent Myers: 286,276 
1990Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr. and Eugene Branstool: 683,932Michael Hugh Lord and Judy Wynn Parker: 131,564Daniel A. Ciofani and Robert M. Galvin: 145
Henry King and Sandra King (WI): 46
1986Richard F. Celeste and Paul R. Leonard: 684,206Guy Templeton Black and Barbara Arnold Massey (WI): 880 
1982Richard F. Celeste and Myrl H. Shoemaker: 436,887William J. Brown and Charles A. Vanik: 383,007Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer and Kenneth M. Keefe: 210,524
1978Richard F. Celeste and Michael J. Dorrian: 491,524Dale R. Reusch and Robert J. Sttrittmatter: 88,134 
1974John J. Gilligan: 713,488James D. Nolan: 297,244Donald E. Dillon (WI): 88
Dale E. Reusch (WI): 33
1970John J. Gilligan: 547,675Robert E. Sweeney: 216,195Mark McElroy: 153,702
1966Henry Frazier Reams Jr.: 326,419Harry H. McIlwain: 231,406 
1962Michael V. DiSalle: 331,463Mark McElroy: 299,207Alexander G. Metrakos: 27,740
1958Michael V. DiSalle: 242,830Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr.: 140,453Albert S. Porter: 108,498
Robert N. Gorman: 57,694
M. E. Sensenbrenner: 52,350
Clingan Jackson: 35,175
Vivienne L. Suarez: 6,928
1956Michael V. DiSalle: 279,831John E. Sweeney: 106,071Robert W. Reider: 41,224
Frank X. Kryzan: 37,290
Oscar L. Fleckner: 23,081
1954Frank J. Lausche: 338,799  
1952Frank J. Lausche: 511,153  
1950Frank J. Lausche: 366,397Clarence H. Knisley: 63,165Joseph Torok Jr.: 16,651
1948Frank J. Lausche: 332,596Ray T. Miller: 138,998Robert S. Cox: 17,344
Joseph Torok Jr.: 6,337
1946Frank J. Lausche: 291,635Joseph Torok Jr.: 35,269 
1944Frank J. Lausche: 179,961Martin L. Sweeney: 64,227James W. Huffman: 38,124
Henry Frazier Reams Sr.: 26,074
Frank A. Dye: 10,862
Walter Baertschi: 8,402
1942John McSweeney: 119,698Joseph T. Ferguson: 101,508Clarence J. Knisley: 44,178
Walter F. Heer: 41,633
Frank A. Dye: 11,630
1940Martin L. Davey: 304,509George White: 123,729William J. Kennedy: 86,530
Herbert S. Duffy: 31,401
Harold G. Mosier: 19,449
James F. Flynn: 14,267
Frank A. Dye: 7,359

Republican Party

YearNomineeFirst Runner-UpOther Candidates
2018Mike DeWine: 494,766 (59.8%)Mary Taylor: 332,273 (40.2%)
2014John Kasich: 559,671 (Unopposed)
2010John Kasich: 746,719 (Unopposed)
2006Ken Blackwell: 460,349 (55.7%)Jim Petro: 365,618 (44.3%)
2002Bob Taft: 552,491 (Unopposed)
1998Bob Taft: 691,946 (Unopposed)
1994George Voinovich: 750,781 (Unopposed)
1990George Voinovich: 645,224 (Unopposed)
1986Jim Rhodes: 352,261 (48.2%)Paul E. Gillmor: 281,737 (38.5%)Paul E. Pfeifer: 96,948 (13.3%)
1982Clarence "Bud" Brown, Jr.: 347,176 (51.5%)Seth Taft: 153,806 (22.8%)Tom Van Meter: 136,761 (20.3%)
Bob Teater: 35,821 (5.3%)
1978Jim Rhodes: 393,632 (67.7%)Charles F. Kurfess: 187,544 (32.3%)
1974Jim Rhodes: 385,669 (62.8%)Charles E. Fry: 183,899 (29.9%)Bert Dawson, Jr.: 44,938 (7.3%)
1970Roger Cloud: 468,369 (50.5%)Donald "Buz" Lukens: 283,257 (30.5%)Paul W. Brown: 164,672 (17.7%)
Albert Sealy: 11,825 (1.3%)
Morton Smith (WI): 8 (0%)
1966Jim Rhodes: 577,827 (88.7%)William L. White: 73,428 (11.3%)
1962Jim Rhodes: 520,868 (89.7%)William L. White: 59,916 (10.3%)
1958C. William O'Neill: 346,660 (63.6%)Charles P. Taft II: 198,173 (36.4%)
1956C. William O'Neill: 425,947 (72.5%)John W. Brown: 161,826 (27.5%)
1954Jim Rhodes: 400,294 (Unopposed)
1952Charles P. Taft II: 413,431 (47.5%)Thomas J. Herbert: 343,646 (39.5%)Roscoe R. Walcutt: 113,898 (13.1%)
1950Don H. Ebright: 338,390 (62.7%)Jim Rhodes: 157,346 (29.1%)Edward J. Hummel: 25,447 (4.7%)
George V. Woodling: 18,947 (3.5%)
1948Thomas J. Herbert: 575,054 (87.1%)William L. White: 52,763 (8%)Albert E. Payne: 32,421 (4.9%)
1946Thomas J. Herbert: 296,654 (86.8%)Albert E. Payne: 45,137 (13.2%)
1944James Garfield Stewart: 162,802 (34.2%)Thomas J. Herbert: 160,598 (33.8%)Paul M. Herbert: 137,359 (28.9%)
Albert E. Payne: 14,927 (3.1%)
1942John W. Bricker: 350,730 (Unopposed)
1940John W. Bricker: 612,610 (Unopposed)

General elections

YearDemocraticRepublicanLibertarianGreenOthers
2014[3] Ed FitzGerald &
Sharen Neuhardt: 1,009,359		 John Kasich &
Mary Taylor: 1,944,848		 None Anita Rios &
Bob Fitrakis: 101,706
2010Ted Strickland
& Yvette McGee Brown:1,812,047		John Kasich
& Mary Taylor:1,889,180		Ken Matesz
& Ann Leech: 92,116		Dennis Spisak
& M. Anita Rios: 58,475		David Sargent (Write-in) : 635
2006Ted Strickland
& Lee Fisher: 2,307,420		J. Kenneth Blackwell
& Thomas A. Raga: 1,406,792		William S. Peirce
& Mark Noble: 67,596		Bob Fitrakis
& Anita Rios: 38,987		 
2002Timothy Hagan
& Charleta Tavares: 1,236,924		Robert A. Taft II
& Jennette Bradley: 1,865,007		  John Eastman: 126,686
James Whitman: 291
Eva Braiman (SWP): 84
1998Lee Fisher
& Michael B. Coleman: 1,498,956		Robert A. Taft II
& Maureen O'Connor: 1,678,721		  John R. Mitchel
& Lawrence Anderson: 111,468
Zanna Feitler
& John A. Eastman: 65,068
1994Robert L. Burch Jr.
& Peter Lawson Jones: 835,849		George V. Voinovich
& Nancy P. Hollister: 2,401,572		  Billy R. Inmon
& Norm Myers: 108,745
Keith W. Hatton
& Luther E. Willis (WI): 48
Michael Italie
& Kibwe Diarra (WI): 24
1990Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.
& Eugene Branstool: 1,539,416		George V. Voinovich
& R. Michael DeWine: 1,938,103		  David Marshall
& Margaret Husk: 82
James E. Attia
& Henry King: 49
1986Richard F. Celeste
& Paul R. Leonard: 1,858,372		James A. Rhodes
& Robert A. Taft II: 1,207,264		  Thomas V. Brown
& Katie S. Smith (WI): 803
Guy Templeton Black
& Lottie May Sulzer (WI)L 92
Roberta L. Scherr
& Mark J. Rahn (WI): 80
1982Richard F. Celeste
& Myrl H. Shoemaker: 1,981,882		Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.
& James E. Betts: 1,303,962		Phyllis Goetz
& Lee Paolini: 39,114		 Erwin J. Reupert
& John N. Salierno: 17,484
Kurt O. Landefeld
& Rachel H. Knapik: 14,279
Robert Menefee
& Jesse Menefee (WI): 7
1978Richard F. Celeste
& Michael J. Dorrian: 1,354,631		James A. Rhodes
& George V. Voinovich: 1,402,167		  Patricia H. Wright
& John M. Gaige: 35,164
John O'Neil
& Conrad Gutermuth: 29,413
Allan Friedman
& Bruce Wood: 21,951
Robert Menefee
& Johnnie Menefee Jr. (WI): 25
1974John J. Gilligan: 1,482,191James A. Rhodes: 1,493,679  Nancy Brown Lazar: 95,625
Jack A. Snyder (WI): 359
Joseph Pirincin (WI): 113
Byron Anderson (WI): 43
1970John J. Gilligan: 1,725,560Roger Cloud: 1,382,659  Edwin G. Lawton (AI): 61,300
Joseph Pirincin (SL): 14,087
John A. Crites (WI): 321
Marcia Sweetenham (WI): 106
Donald R. Lesiak (WI): 100
1966Henry Frazier Reams Jr.: 1,092,054James A. Rhodes: 1,795,277   
1962Michael V. DiSalle: 1,280,521James A. Rhodes: 1,836,432   
1958Michael V. DiSalle: 1,869,260C. William O'Neill: 1,414,874   
1956Michael V. DiSalle: 1,577,103C. William O'Neill: 1,984,988   
1954Frank J. Lausche: 1,405,262James A. Rhodes: 1,192,528   
1952Frank J. Lausche: 2,015,110Charles P. Taft II: 1,590,058   
1950Frank J. Lausche: 1,522,249Don H. Ebright: 1,370,570   
1948Frank J. Lausche: 1,619,775Thomas J. Herbert: 1,398,514   
1946Frank J. Lausche: 1,125,997Thomas J. Herbert: 1,166,550  Arla A. Albaugh (SL): 11,203
1944Frank J. Lausche: 1,603,808James G. Stewart: 1,491,450   
1942John McSweeney: 709,599John W. Bricker: 1,086,937   
1940Martin L. Davey: 1,460,396John W. Bricker: 1,824,863   
1938[4]Charles W. Sawyer : 1,147,323John W. Bricker : 1,265,548   
1936[4]Martin L. Davey : 1,539,461John W. Bricker : 1,412,773   
1934[4]Martin L. Davey : 1,118,257Clarence J. Brown Sr. : 1,052,851   
1932[4]George White : 1,356,518David S. Ingalls : 1,151,933   
1930[4]George White : 1,033,168Myers Y. Cooper : 923,538   
1928[4]Martin L. Davey : 1,106,739Myers Y. Cooper : 1,355,517   
1926[4]A. Victor Donahey : 702,733Myers Y. Cooper : 685,957   
1924[4]A. Victor Donahey : 1,064,981Harry L. Davis : 888,139   
1922[4]A. Victor Donahey : 821,948Carmi Thompson : 803,300   
1920[4][5] A. Victor Donahey : 918,962 Harry L. Davis : 1,039,835     Frank B. Hamilton (socialist) : 42,889
Earl H. Foote (s.t.) : 1,497
1918[4]James M. Cox : 486,403Frank B. Willis : 474,459   
1916[6]James M. Cox : 568,218Frank B. Willis : 561,602  Tom Clifford : 36,908
John H. Dickason : 7,347
1914[7]James M. Cox : 493,804Frank B. Willis : 523,074  James R. Garfield (Progressive) : 60,904
Scott Wilkins (Socialist) : 51,441
1912[4]James M. Cox : 439,323Robert B. Brown : 272,500   
1910[4]Judson Harmon : 552,569Warren G. Harding : 376,700   
1908[8]Judson Harmon : 552,569Andrew L. Harris : 533,197  Robert Bandlow (Soc): 28,573
John B. Martin (Pro): 7,665
Andrew F. Otte (Independence) : 392
John Kircher (Soc Lab) : 797
1905[8]John M. Pattison : 473,264Myron T. Herrick : 430,617  Isaac Cowen (Soc) : 17,795
Aaron S. Watkins (Pro) : 13,061
John E. Steiger (Soc Lab) : 1,808
1903[8]Tom L. Johnson : 361,748Myron T. Herrick : 475,560  Nelson D. Creamer (Pro) : 13,502
Isaac Cowen (Soc) : 13,495
John D. Goerke (Soc Lab) :2,071
1901[8]James Kilbourne : 368,525George K. Nash : 436,092  E. Jay Pinney (Pro) : 9,878
John Richardson (Union Reform) : 2,718
John H T Juergens (Soc Lab) : 2,994
Harry C. Thompson (Socialist) : 7,359
1899[8] John R. McLean : 368,176 George K. Nash : 417,199    
  • Seth H. Ellis : (Union Reform) : 7,799
  • George M. Hammell (Pro) : 5,825
  • Robert Bandlow (Soc Lab) : 2,439
  • Golden Rule Jones (I): 106,721
1897[8]Horace L. Chapman : 401,750Asa S. Bushnell : 429,915  John C. Holliday (Pro) :7,555
Jacob S. Coxey (Peoples) : 6,276
Julius Dexter (Nat Dem) : 1,662
William Watkins (Soc Lab) : 4,246
Samuel J. Lewis (Negro Protect) : 477
John Richardson (Liberty) :3,105
1895[9]James E. Campbell : 334,519Asa S. Bushnell : 427,141  Jacob S. Coxey (Pop) : 52,675
Seth H. Ellis (Pro) : 21,264
William Watkins (Soc. Labor) : 1,867
1893[10]Lawrence T. Neal : 352,347William McKinley : 433,342  Gideon P. Macklin (Pro) : 22,406
Edward J. Brackin (Pop) : 15,563
1891[11]James E. Campbell : 365,228William McKinley : 386,739  John Seitz (Peoples) : 23,472
John J. Ashenhurst (Pro) : 20,190
1889[12]James E. Campbell : 379,423Joseph B. Foraker : 368,551  John B. Helwig (Pro) : 26,504
John H. Rhodes (Union-Labor) : 1,048
1887[13]Thomas E. Powell : 333,205Joseph B. Foraker : 356,534  Morris Sharp (Pro) : 29,700
John Seitz (Union-Labor) : 24,711
1885[14]George Hoadly : 341,830Joseph B. Foraker : 359,281  Adna B. Leonard (Pro) : 28,081
John W. Northrop (Greenback) : 2,001
1883[15]George Hoadly 359,693Joseph B. Foraker : 347,164  Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) : 8,362
Charles Jenkins (Greenback) : 2,937
1881[16]John W. Bookwalter : 288,426Charles Foster : 312,735  Abraham R. Ludlow (Pro) : 16,597
John Seitz (Greenback) : 6,380
1879[17]Thomas Ewing, Jr. : 319,132Charles Foster : 336,261  A. Sanders Piatt (Greenback) : 9,072
Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,145
John Hood (Socialist) : 547
1877[18]Richard M. Bishop : 271,625William H. West : 249,105  Stephen Johnson (National) : 16,912
Lewis H. Bond (Workingman) : 12,489
Henry A. Thompson (Pro) : 4,836
1875[19][20]William Allen : 292,273Rutherford B. Hayes : 297,817  Jay Odell (Pro) : 2,593
1873[20][21]William Allen : 214,654Edward Follansbee Noyes : 213,837  Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 10,278
Isaac C. Collins (Lib. Rep.) : 10,109
1871[20][22]George Wythe McCook : 218,105Edward Follansbee Noyes : 238,273  Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,084
1869[20][23]George H. Pendleton : 227,580Rutherford B. Hayes : 235,081  Samuel Scott (Pro) : 679
1867[20][24]Allen G. Thurman : 240,622Rutherford B. Hayes : 243,605   
1865[20][25]George W. Morgan : 193,797Jacob Dolson Cox : 223,642  Alexander Long (Dem) : 360
1863[20][26]Clement Vallandigham : 187,492John Brough : 288,374   
1861[20][27]Hugh J. Jewett : 151,794David Tod : 206,997   
1859[20][28]Rufus P. Ranney : 171,226William Dennison, Jr. : 184,557   
1857[20][29]Henry B. Payne : 159,065Salmon P. Chase : 160,568  Philadelph Van Trump (American) : 10,272
1855[20][30]William Medill : 131,019Salmon P. Chase : 146,770  Allen Trimble (American) : 24,276
1853[20][31]William Medill : 147,663Samuel Lewis
(Free Soil) : 50,346		  Nelson Barrere (Whig) : 85,857
1851[32][33]Reuben Wood : 145,654Samuel Lewis
(Free Soil) : 16,910		  Samuel F. Vinton (Whig) : 119,548
1850[34]Reuben Wood : 133,093Edward Smith
(Abolition) : 13747		  William Johnston (Whig) : 121,105
1848[34]John B. Weller : 148,445   Seabury Ford (Whig) : 148,756
others : 742
1846[34]David Tod : 117,954Samuel Lewis
(Abolition) : 7,574		  William Bebb (Whig) : 119,215
1844[34]David Tod : 145,022Leicester King
(Abolition) : 8,898		  Mordecai Bartley (Whig) : 146,333
1842[34]Wilson Shannon : 129,011Leicester King
(Abolition) : 5,312		  Thomas Corwin (Whig) : 125,118
1840[34]Wilson Shannon : 129,312   Thomas Corwin (Whig) : 145,442
1838[34]Wilson Shannon : 107,884   Joseph Vance (Whig) : 102,146
1836[34]Eli Baldwin : 86,158   Joseph Vance (Whig) : 92,204
1834[34]Robert Lucas : 70,338   James Findlay (Whig) : 67,414
1832[34]Robert Lucas : 71,251   Darius Lyman (Anti-Masonic) : 63,185
1830[34]Robert Lucas : 49,543   Duncan McArthur (National Republican) : 51,231
1828[34]Allen Trimble : 53,971   John Wilson Campbell : 51,951
others : 122
1826[34]Allen Trimble : 71,475   John Bigger : 4,114
Alexander Campbell : 4,765
Benjamin Tappan : 4,192
1824[34]Jeremiah Morrow : 39,526   Allen Trimble (Dem) : 37,108
1822[34]Jeremiah Morrow : 26,059   Allen Trimble (Fed) : 22,899
William W. Irvin (Dem) : 11,050
1820[34]Ethan Allen Brown : 34,836   Jeremiah Morrow (Dem) : 9,426
William Henry Harrison : 4,348
others : 250
1818[34]Ethan Allen Brown : 30,194   James Dunlap (DR) : 8,075
1816[34]Thomas Worthington 22,931   James Dunlap (DR) : 6,295
Ethan Allen Brown (Fed) : 1,607
1814[34]Thomas Worthington 15,879   Othniel Looker (DR) : 6,171
1812[34]Thomas Scott : 7,903   Return J. Meigs, Jr. (Fed) : 11,859
1810[34]Return J. Meigs, Jr. : 9,924   Thomas Worthington (DR) : 7,731
1808[34]Samuel H. Huntington : 7,293   Thomas Worthington (DR) : 5,601
Thomas Kirker (DR) : 3,397
1807[34]Nathaniel Massie (D-R) : 4,757   Return J. Meigs, Jr. (Fed) : 6050[35]
1806[36]Edward Tiffin : 4,788   
1803[34]Edward Tiffin : 4,564    

Notes

  1. ↑ Secretary of State results for 2014 Democratic primary
  2. ↑ Secretary of State results for 2010 democratic primary
  3. ↑ "2014 statewide results". Ohio Secretary of State.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Cleveland.com
  5. ↑ Smith 1922, p. 17-18.
  6. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio. 1917. p. 26.
  7. ↑ Hildebrant, Charles Q. (1916). Ohio general statistics for the period commencing November 16, 1914 and ending June 30, 1915. 1. Ohio Secretary of State. p. 20.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. pages 377-378 of pdf file
  9. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 665.
  10. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 644.
  11. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 604.
  12. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 578.
  13. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 541.
  14. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 511.
  15. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 473.
  16. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 449.
  17. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 406.
  18. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 379.
  19. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 342.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Bell, p. 305-306.
  21. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 319.
  22. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 286.
  23. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 268.
  24. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 238.
  25. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 209.
  26. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 161.
  27. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 140.
  28. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 95.
  29. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 74.
  30. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 40.
  31. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 27.
  32. ↑ Smith 1898, p. 26.
  33. ↑ Bell, p. 114.
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Bell, p. 303-304.
  35. ↑ in 1807 Meigs was declared ineligible due to residency, Massie refused to serve, Thomas Kirker continued as acting Governor 1807-1808
  36. ↑ Bell, p. 16.

References

  • Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. 1. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
  • Bell, William, Jr. (1876). Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875... Ohio Secretary of State.
  • Smith, Harvey C (1922). Ohio general statistics for the year July 1, 1920 to June 30, 1921. 7. Ohio Secretary of State.
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