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

Year	Nominee	First Runner-Up	Other Candidates
2018	Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton : 423,264
2014	Ed FitzGerald and Sharen Neuhardt : 366,056	Larry Ealy and Ken Gray: 74,197 [1]
2010	Ted Strickland and Yvette McGee Brown : 630,785[2]
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
1966	Henry Frazier Reams Jr.: 326,419	Harry H. McIlwain: 231,406
1962	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
1950	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
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
2018	Richard Cordray & Betty Sutton:2,070,046	Mike DeWine & Jon Husted:2,235,825	Travis Irvine & Todd Grayson: 79,985	Constance Gadell-Newtonk & Brett R. Joseph: 49,475
2014[3]	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[4]	Charles W. Sawyer : 1,147,323	John W. Bricker : 1,265,548
1936[4]	Martin L. Davey : 1,539,461	John W. Bricker : 1,412,773
1934[4]	Martin L. Davey : 1,118,257	Clarence J. Brown Sr. : 1,052,851
1932[4]	George White : 1,356,518	David S. Ingalls : 1,151,933
1930[4]	George White : 1,033,168	Myers Y. Cooper : 923,538
1928[4]	Martin L. Davey : 1,106,739	Myers Y. Cooper : 1,355,517
1926[4]	A. Victor Donahey : 702,733	Myers Y. Cooper : 685,957
1924[4]	A. Victor Donahey : 1,064,981	Harry L. Davis : 888,139
1922[4]	A. Victor Donahey : 821,948	Carmi 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 : 486,403	Frank B. Willis : 474,459
1916[6]	James M. Cox : 568,218	Frank B. Willis : 561,602			Tom Clifford : 36,908 John H. Dickason : 7,347
1914[7]	James M. Cox : 493,804	Frank B. Willis : 523,074			James R. Garfield (Progressive) : 60,904 Scott Wilkins (Socialist) : 51,441
1912[4]	James M. Cox : 439,323	Robert B. Brown : 272,500
1910[4]	Judson Harmon : 552,569	Warren G. Harding : 376,700
1908[8]	Judson Harmon : 552,569	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[8]	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[8]	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[8]	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[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 : 401,750	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[9]	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[10]	Lawrence T. Neal : 352,347	William McKinley : 433,342			Gideon P. Macklin (Pro) : 22,406 Edward J. Brackin (Pop) : 15,563
1891[11]	James E. Campbell : 365,228	William McKinley : 386,739			John Seitz (Peoples) : 23,472 John J. Ashenhurst (Pro) : 20,190
1889[12]	James E. Campbell : 379,423	Joseph B. Foraker : 368,551			John B. Helwig (Pro) : 26,504 John H. Rhodes (Union-Labor) : 1,048
1887[13]	Thomas E. Powell : 333,205	Joseph B. Foraker : 356,534			Morris Sharp (Pro) : 29,700 John Seitz (Union-Labor) : 24,711
1885[14]	George Hoadly : 341,830	Joseph B. Foraker : 359,281			Adna B. Leonard (Pro) : 28,081 John W. Northrop (Greenback) : 2,001
1883[15]	George Hoadly 359,693	Joseph B. Foraker : 347,164			Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) : 8,362 Charles Jenkins (Greenback) : 2,937
1881[16]	John W. Bookwalter : 288,426	Charles Foster : 312,735			Abraham R. Ludlow (Pro) : 16,597 John Seitz (Greenback) : 6,380
1879[17]	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[18]	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[19][20]	William Allen : 292,273	Rutherford B. Hayes : 297,817			Jay Odell (Pro) : 2,593
1873[20][21]	William Allen : 214,654	Edward Follansbee Noyes : 213,837			Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 10,278 Isaac C. Collins (Lib. Rep.) : 10,109
1871[20][22]	George Wythe McCook : 218,105	Edward Follansbee Noyes : 238,273			Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,084
1869[20][23]	George H. Pendleton : 227,580	Rutherford B. Hayes : 235,081			Samuel Scott (Pro) : 679
1867[20][24]	Allen G. Thurman : 240,622	Rutherford B. Hayes : 243,605
1865[20][25]	George W. Morgan : 193,797	Jacob Dolson Cox : 223,642			Alexander Long (Dem) : 360
1863[20][26]	Clement Vallandigham : 187,492	John Brough : 288,374
1861[20][27]	Hugh J. Jewett : 151,794	David Tod : 206,997
1859[20][28]	Rufus P. Ranney : 171,226	William Dennison, Jr. : 184,557
1857[20][29]	Henry B. Payne : 159,065	Salmon P. Chase : 160,568			Philadelph Van Trump (American) : 10,272
1855[20][30]	William Medill : 131,019	Salmon P. Chase : 146,770			Allen Trimble (American) : 24,276
1853[20][31]	William Medill : 147,663	Samuel Lewis (Free Soil) : 50,346			Nelson Barrere (Whig) : 85,857
1851[32][33]	Reuben Wood : 145,654	Samuel Lewis (Free Soil) : 16,910			Samuel F. Vinton (Whig) : 119,548
1850[34]	Reuben Wood : 133,093	Edward 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 : 117,954	Samuel Lewis (Abolition) : 7,574			William Bebb (Whig) : 119,215
1844[34]	David Tod : 145,022	Leicester King (Abolition) : 8,898			Mordecai Bartley (Whig) : 146,333
1842[34]	Wilson Shannon : 129,011	Leicester 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. 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. 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.

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.