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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

Year Nominee First Runner-Up Other Candidates
2022 Nan Whaley and Cheryl Stephens : 331,014
2018 Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton : 423,264
2014 Ed FitzGerald and Sharen Neuhardt : 366,056 Larry Ealy and Ken Gray: 74,197
2010 Ted Strickland and Yvette McGee Brown : 630,785
2006 Ted Strickland and Lee Fisher: 634,105 Bryan Flannery and Frank Stams: 166,251 Bob Fitrakis (G) and Anita Rios (G): 38,796
2002 Timothy Hagan and Charleta B. Tavares: 467,572    
1998 Lee Fisher and Michael B. Coleman: 663,832    
1994 Robert L. Burch Jr. and Peter Lawson Jones: 408,161 Peter Michael Schuller and Paul Kent Myers: 286,276  
1990 Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr. and Eugene Branstool: 683,932 Michael Hugh Lord and Judy Wynn Parker: 131,564 Daniel A. Ciofani and Robert M. Galvin: 145
Henry King and Sandra King (WI): 46
1986 Richard F. Celeste and Paul R. Leonard: 684,206 Guy Templeton Black and Barbara Arnold Massey (WI): 880  
1982 Richard F. Celeste and Myrl H. Shoemaker: 436,887 William J. Brown and Charles A. Vanik: 383,007 Gerald N. "Jerry" Springer and Kenneth M. Keefe: 210,524
1978 Richard F. Celeste and Michael J. Dorrian: 491,524 Dale R. Reusch and Robert J. Sttrittmatter: 88,134  
1974 John J. Gilligan: 713,488 James D. Nolan: 297,244 Donald E. Dillon (WI): 88
Dale E. Reusch (WI): 33
1970 John J. Gilligan: 547,675 Robert E. Sweeney: 216,195 Mark McElroy: 153,702
1962 Henry Frazier Reams Jr.: 326,419 Harry H. McIlwain: 231,406  
1966 Michael V. DiSalle: 331,463 Mark McElroy: 299,207 Alexander G. Metrakos: 27,740
1958 Michael V. DiSalle: 242,830 Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr.: 140,453 Albert S. Porter: 108,498
Robert N. Gorman: 57,694
M. E. Sensenbrenner: 52,350
Clingan Jackson: 35,175
Vivienne L. Suarez: 6,928
1956 Michael V. DiSalle: 279,831 John E. Sweeney: 106,071 Robert W. Reider: 41,224
Frank X. Kryzan: 37,290
Oscar L. Fleckner: 23,081
1954 Frank J. Lausche: 338,799    
1952 Frank J. Lausche: 511,153    
1952 Frank J. Lausche: 366,397 Clarence H. Knisley: 63,165 Joseph Torok Jr.: 16,651
1948 Frank J. Lausche: 332,596 Ray T. Miller: 138,998 Robert S. Cox: 17,344
Joseph Torok Jr.: 6,337
1946 Frank J. Lausche: 291,635 Joseph Torok Jr.: 35,269  
1944 Frank J. Lausche: 179,961 Martin L. Sweeney: 64,227 James W. Huffman: 38,124
Henry Frazier Reams Sr.: 26,074
Frank A. Dye: 10,862
Walter Baertschi: 8,402
1942 John McSweeney: 119,698 Joseph T. Ferguson: 101,508 Clarence J. Knisley: 44,178
Walter F. Heer: 41,633
Frank A. Dye: 11,630
1940 Martin L. Davey: 304,509 George White: 123,729 William 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

Year Nominee First Runner-Up Other Candidates
2022 Mike DeWine: 519,594 (48.1%) Jim Renacci: 302,494 (28%)
2018 Mike DeWine: 494,766 (59.8%) Mary Taylor: 332,273 (40.2%)
2014 John Kasich: 559,671 (Unopposed)
2010 John Kasich: 746,719 (Unopposed)
2006 Ken Blackwell: 460,349 (55.7%) Jim Petro: 365,618 (44.3%)
2002 Bob Taft: 552,491 (Unopposed)
1998 Bob Taft: 691,946 (Unopposed)
1994 George Voinovich: 750,781 (Unopposed)
1990 George Voinovich: 645,224 (Unopposed)
1986 Jim Rhodes: 352,261 (48.2%) Paul E. Gillmor: 281,737 (38.5%) Paul E. Pfeifer: 96,948 (13.3%)
1982 Clarence "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%)
1978 Jim Rhodes: 393,632 (67.7%) Charles F. Kurfess: 187,544 (32.3%)
1974 Jim Rhodes: 385,669 (62.8%) Charles E. Fry: 183,899 (29.9%) Bert Dawson, Jr.: 44,938 (7.3%)
1970 Roger 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%)
1966 Jim Rhodes: 577,827 (88.7%) William L. White: 73,428 (11.3%)
1962 Jim Rhodes: 520,868 (89.7%) William L. White: 59,916 (10.3%)
1958 C. William O'Neill: 346,660 (63.6%) Charles P. Taft II: 198,173 (36.4%)
1956 C. William O'Neill: 425,947 (72.5%) John W. Brown: 161,826 (27.5%)
1954 Jim Rhodes: 400,294 (Unopposed)
1952 Charles P. Taft II: 413,431 (47.5%) Thomas J. Herbert: 343,646 (39.5%) Roscoe R. Walcutt: 113,898 (13.1%)
1950 Don 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%)
1948 Thomas J. Herbert: 575,054 (87.1%) William L. White: 52,763 (8%) Albert E. Payne: 32,421 (4.9%)
1946 Thomas J. Herbert: 296,654 (86.8%) Albert E. Payne: 45,137 (13.2%)
1944 James 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%)
1942 John W. Bricker: 350,730 (Unopposed)
1940 John W. Bricker: 612,610 (Unopposed)

General elections

Year Democratic Republican Libertarian Green Others
2022 Nan Whaley
& Cheryl Stephens:1,545,489
Mike DeWine
& Jon Husted:2,580,424
None None None
2018 Richard Cordray
& Betty Sutton:2,070,046
Mike DeWine
& Jon Husted:2,235,825
Travis Irvine
& Todd Grayson: 79,985
Constance Gadell-Newton
& Brett R. Joseph: 49,475
2014 Ed FitzGerald &
Sharen Neuhardt: 1,009,359
John Kasich &
Mary Taylor
: 1,944,848
None Anita Rios &
Bob Fitrakis: 101,706
2010 Ted 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
2006 Ted 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
 
2002 Timothy 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
1998 Lee 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
1994 Robert 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
1990 Anthony 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
1986 Richard 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
1982 Richard 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
1978 Richard 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
1974 John J. Gilligan: 1,482,191 James A. Rhodes: 1,493,679     Nancy Brown Lazar: 95,625
Jack A. Snyder (WI): 359
Joseph Pirincin (WI): 113
Byron Anderson (WI): 43
1970 John J. Gilligan: 1,725,560 Roger 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
1966 Henry Frazier Reams Jr.: 1,092,054 James A. Rhodes: 1,795,277      
1962 Michael V. DiSalle: 1,280,521 James A. Rhodes: 1,836,432      
1958 Michael V. DiSalle: 1,869,260 C. William O'Neill: 1,414,874      
1956 Michael V. DiSalle: 1,577,103 C. William O'Neill: 1,984,988      
1954 Frank J. Lausche: 1,405,262 James A. Rhodes: 1,192,528      
1952 Frank J. Lausche: 2,015,110 Charles P. Taft II: 1,590,058      
1950 Frank J. Lausche: 1,522,249 Don H. Ebright: 1,370,570      
1948 Frank J. Lausche: 1,619,775 Thomas J. Herbert: 1,398,514      
1946 Frank J. Lausche: 1,125,997 Thomas J. Herbert: 1,166,550     Arla A. Albaugh (SL): 11,203
1944 Frank J. Lausche: 1,603,808 James G. Stewart: 1,491,450      
1942 John McSweeney: 709,599 John W. Bricker: 1,086,937      
1940 Martin L. Davey: 1,460,396 John W. Bricker: 1,824,863      
1938 Charles W. Sawyer : 1,147,323 John W. Bricker : 1,265,548      
1936 Martin L. Davey : 1,539,461 John W. Bricker : 1,412,773      
1934 Martin L. Davey : 1,118,257 Clarence J. Brown Sr. : 1,052,851      
1932 George White : 1,356,518 David S. Ingalls : 1,151,933      
1930 George White : 1,033,168 Myers Y. Cooper : 923,538      
1928 Martin L. Davey : 1,106,739 Myers Y. Cooper : 1,355,517      
1926 A. Victor Donahey : 702,733 Myers Y. Cooper : 685,957      
1924 A. Victor Donahey : 1,064,981 Harry L. Davis : 888,139      
1922 A. Victor Donahey : 821,948 Carmi Thompson : 803,300      
1920 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 James M. Cox : 486,403 Frank B. Willis : 474,459      
1916 James M. Cox : 568,218 Frank B. Willis : 561,602     Tom Clifford : 36,908
John H. Dickason : 7,347
1914 James M. Cox : 493,804 Frank B. Willis : 523,074     James R. Garfield (Progressive) : 60,904
Scott Wilkins (Socialist) : 51,441
1912 James M. Cox : 439,323 Robert B. Brown : 272,500      
1910 Judson Harmon : 552,569 Warren G. Harding : 376,700      
1908 Judson Harmon : 477,077 Andrew 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 John M. Pattison : 473,264 Myron T. Herrick : 430,617     Isaac Cowen (Soc) : 17,795
Aaron S. Watkins (Pro) : 13,061
John E. Steiger (Soc Lab) : 1,808
1903 Tom L. Johnson : 361,748 Myron T. Herrick : 475,560     Nelson D. Creamer (Pro) : 13,502
Isaac Cowen (Soc) : 13,495
John D. Goerke (Soc Lab) :2,071
1901 James Kilbourne : 368,525 George 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 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 Horace L. Chapman : 401,750 Asa 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 James E. Campbell : 334,519 Asa S. Bushnell : 427,141     Jacob S. Coxey (Pop) : 52,675
Seth H. Ellis (Pro) : 21,264
William Watkins (Soc. Labor) : 1,867
1893 Lawrence T. Neal : 352,347 William McKinley : 433,342     Gideon P. Macklin (Pro) : 22,406
Edward J. Brackin (Pop) : 15,563
1891 James E. Campbell : 365,228 William McKinley : 386,739     John Seitz (Peoples) : 23,472
John J. Ashenhurst (Pro) : 20,190
1889 James E. Campbell : 379,423 Joseph B. Foraker : 368,551     John B. Helwig (Pro) : 26,504
John H. Rhodes (Union-Labor) : 1,048
1887 Thomas E. Powell : 333,205 Joseph B. Foraker : 356,534     Morris Sharp (Pro) : 29,700
John Seitz (Union-Labor) : 24,711
1885 George Hoadly : 341,830 Joseph B. Foraker : 359,281     Adna B. Leonard (Pro) : 28,081
John W. Northrop (Greenback) : 2,001
1883 George Hoadly 359,693 Joseph B. Foraker : 347,164     Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) : 8,362
Charles Jenkins (Greenback) : 2,937
1881 John W. Bookwalter : 288,426 Charles Foster : 312,735     Abraham R. Ludlow (Pro) : 16,597
John Seitz (Greenback) : 6,380
1879 Thomas Ewing, Jr. : 319,132 Charles Foster : 336,261     A. Sanders Piatt (Greenback) : 9,072
Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,145
John Hood (Socialist) : 547
1877 Richard M. Bishop : 271,625 William H. West : 249,105     Stephen Johnson (National) : 16,912
Lewis H. Bond (Workingman) : 12,489
Henry A. Thompson (Pro) : 4,836
1875 William Allen : 292,273 Rutherford B. Hayes : 297,817     Jay Odell (Pro) : 2,593
1873 William Allen : 214,654 Edward Follansbee Noyes : 213,837     Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 10,278
Isaac C. Collins (Lib. Rep.) : 10,109
1871 George Wythe McCook : 218,105 Edward Follansbee Noyes : 238,273     Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,084
1869 George H. Pendleton : 227,580 Rutherford B. Hayes : 235,081     Samuel Scott (Pro) : 679
1867 Allen G. Thurman : 240,622 Rutherford B. Hayes : 243,605      
1865 George W. Morgan : 193,797 Jacob Dolson Cox : 223,642     Alexander Long (Dem) : 360
1863 Clement Vallandigham : 187,492 John Brough : 288,374      
1861 Hugh J. Jewett : 151,794 David Tod : 206,997      
1859 Rufus P. Ranney : 171,226 William Dennison, Jr. : 184,557      
1857 Henry B. Payne : 159,065 Salmon P. Chase : 160,568     Philadelph Van Trump (American) : 10,272
1855 William Medill : 131,019 Salmon P. Chase : 146,770     Allen Trimble (American) : 24,276
1853 William Medill : 147,663 Samuel Lewis
(Free Soil) : 50,346
    Nelson Barrere (Whig) : 85,857
1851 Reuben Wood : 145,654 Samuel Lewis
(Free Soil) : 16,910
    Samuel F. Vinton (Whig) : 119,548
1850 Reuben Wood : 133,093 Edward Smith
(Abolition) : 13747
    William Johnston (Whig) : 121,105
1848 John B. Weller : 148,445       Seabury Ford (Whig) : 148,756
others : 742
1846 David Tod : 117,954 Samuel Lewis
(Abolition) : 7,574
    William Bebb (Whig) : 119,215
1844 David Tod : 145,022 Leicester King
(Abolition) : 8,898
    Mordecai Bartley (Whig) : 146,333
1842 Wilson Shannon : 119,774 Leicester King
(Abolition) : 5,134
    Thomas Corwin (Whig) : 117,902
1840 Wilson Shannon : 129,312       Thomas Corwin (Whig) : 145,442
1838 Wilson Shannon : 107,884       Joseph Vance (Whig) : 102,146
1836 Eli Baldwin : 86,158       Joseph Vance (Whig) : 92,204
1834 Robert Lucas : 70,338       James Findlay (Whig) : 67,414
1832 Robert Lucas : 71,251       Darius Lyman (Anti-Masonic) : 63,185
1830 Robert Lucas : 49,543       Duncan McArthur (National Republican) : 51,231
1828 Allen Trimble : 53,971       John Wilson Campbell : 51,951
others : 122
1826 Allen Trimble : 71,475       John Bigger : 4,114
Alexander Campbell : 4,765
Benjamin Tappan : 4,192
1824 Jeremiah Morrow : 39,526       Allen Trimble (Dem) : 37,108
1822 Jeremiah Morrow : 26,059       Allen Trimble (Fed) : 22,899
William W. Irvin (Dem) : 11,050
1820 Ethan Allen Brown : 34,836       Jeremiah Morrow (Dem) : 9,426
William Henry Harrison : 4,348
others : 250
1818 Ethan Allen Brown : 30,194       James Dunlap (DR) : 8,075
1816 Thomas Worthington 22,931       James Dunlap (DR) : 6,295
Ethan Allen Brown (Fed) : 1,607
1814 Thomas Worthington 15,879       Othniel Looker (DR) : 6,171
1812 Thomas Scott : 7,903       Return J. Meigs, Jr. (Fed) : 11,859
1810 Return J. Meigs, Jr. : 9,924       Thomas Worthington (DR) : 7,731
1808 Samuel Huntington : 7,293       Thomas Worthington (DR) : 5,601
Thomas Kirker (DR) : 3,397
1807 Nathaniel Massie (D-R) : 4,757       Return J. Meigs, Jr. (Fed) : 6050
1806 Edward Tiffin : 4,788      
1803 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. ^ 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. Vol. 1. Ohio Secretary of State. p. 20.
  8. ^ Ohio Secretary of State (1905). 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.

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