# Ohio gubernatorial elections

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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 | | | | |