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Primaries
Democratic Party
Year Nominee First Runner-Up Other Candidates 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): 461986 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): 331970 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: 6,9281956 Michael V. DiSalle: 279,831 John E. Sweeney: 106,071 Robert W. Reider: 41,224
Frank X. Kryzan: 37,290
Oscar L. Fleckner: 23,0811954 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.: 6,3371946 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: 8,4021942 John McSweeney: 119,698 Joseph T. Ferguson: 101,508 Clarence J. Knisley: 44,178
Walter F. Heer: 41,633
Frank A. Dye: 11,6301940 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: 7,359General elections
Year Democratic Republican Libertarian Green Others 2010 Ted Strickland
& Yvette McGee Brown:1,812,047John Kasich
& Mary Taylor:1,889,180Ken Matesz
& Ann Leech: 92,116Dennis Spisak
& M. Anita Rios: 58,475David Sargent (Write-in) : 635 2006 Ted Strickland
& Lee Fisher: 2,307,420J. Kenneth Blackwell
& Thomas A. Raga: 1,406,792William S. Peirce
& Mark Noble: 67,596Bob Fitrakis
& Anita Rios: 38,9872002 Timothy Hagan
& Charleta Tavares: 1,236,924Robert A. Taft II
& Jennette Bradley: 1,865,007John Eastman: 126,686
James Whitman: 291
Eva Braiman (SWP): 841998 Lee Fisher
& Michael B. Coleman: 1,498,956Robert A. Taft II
& Maureen O'Connor: 1,678,721John R. Mitchel
& Lawrence Anderson: 111,468
Zanna Feitler
& John A. Eastman: 65,0681994 Robert L. Burch Jr.
& Peter Lawson Jones: 835,849George V. Voinovich
& Nancy P. Hollister: 2,401,572Billy R. Inmon
& Norm Myers: 108,745
Keith W. Hatton
& Luther E. Willis (WI): 48
Michael Italie
& Kibwe Diarra (WI): 241990 Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.
& Eugene Branstool: 1,539,416George V. Voinovich
& R. Michael DeWine: 1,938,103David Marshall
& Margaret Husk: 82
James E. Attia
& Henry King: 491986 Richard F. Celeste
& Paul R. Leonard: 1,858,372James A. Rhodes
& Robert A. Taft II: 1,207,264Thomas V. Brown
& Katie S. Smith (WI): 803
Guy Templeton Black
& Lottie May Sulzer (WI)L 92
Roberta L. Scherr
& Mark J. Rahn (WI): 801982 Richard F. Celeste
& Myrl H. Shoemaker: 1,981,882Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.
& James E. Betts: 1,303,962Phyllis Goetz
& Lee Paolini: 39,114Erwin J. Reupert
& John N. Salierno: 17,484
Kurt O. Landefeld
& Rachel H. Knapik: 14,279
Robert Menefee
& Jesse Menefee (WI): 71978 Richard F. Celeste
& Michael J. Dorrian: 1,354,631James A. Rhodes
& George V. Voinovich: 1,402,167Patricia 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): 251974 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): 431970 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): 1001966 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[1] Charles W. Sawyer : 1,147,323 John W. Bricker : 1,265,548 1936[1] Martin L. Davey : 1,539,461 John W. Bricker : 1,412,773 1934[1] Martin L. Davey : 1,118,257 Clarence J. Brown Sr. : 1,052,851 1932[1] George White : 1,356,518 David S. Ingalls : 1,151,933 1930[1] George White : 1,033,168 Myers Y. Cooper : 923,538 1928[1] Martin L. Davey : 1,106,739 Myers Y. Cooper : 1,355,517 1926[1] A. Victor Donahey : 702,733 Myers Y. Cooper : 685,957 1924[1] A. Victor Donahey : 1,064,981 Harry L. Davis : 888,139 1922[1] A. Victor Donahey : 821,948 Carmi Thompson : 803,300 1920[1] A. Victor Donahey : 918,962 Harry L. Davis : 1,039,835 1918[1] James M. Cox : 486,403 Frank B. Willis : 474,459 1916[2] James M. Cox : 568,218 Frank B. Willis : 561,602 Tom Clifford : 36,908
John H. Dickason : 7,3471914[3] James M. Cox : 493,804 Frank B. Willis : 523,074 James R. Garfield (Prog) : 60,904
Scott Wilkins (Socialist) : 51,4411912[1] James M. Cox : 439,323 Robert B. Brown : 272,500 1910[1] Judson Harmon : 552,569 Warren G. Harding : 376,700 1908[4] 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) : 7971905[4] 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) : 1,8081903[4] 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) :2,0711901[4] 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) : 7,3591899[4] 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
Samuel M. Jones : 106,7211897[4] 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) :3,1051895[5] 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) : 1,8671893[6] Lawrence T. Neal : 352,347 William McKinley : 433,342 Gideon P. Macklin (Pro) : 22,406
Edward J. Brackin (Pop) : 15,5631891[7] James E. Campbell : 365,228 William McKinley : 386,739 John Seitz (Peoples) : 23,472
John J. Ashenhurst (Pro) : 20,1901889[8] James E. Campbell : 379,423 Joseph B. Foraker : 368,551 John B. Helwig (Pro) : 26,504
John H. Rhodes (Union-Labor) : 1,0481887[9] Thomas E. Powell : 333,205 Joseph B. Foraker : 356,534 Morris Sharp (Pro) : 29,700
John Seitz (Union-Labor) : 24,7111885[10] George Hoadly : 341,830 Joseph B. Foraker : 359,281 Adna B. Leonard (Pro) : 28,081
John W. Northrop (Greenback) : 2,0011883[11] George Hoadly 359,693 Joseph B. Foraker : 347,164 Ferdinand Schumacher (Pro) : 8,362
Charles Jenkins (Greenback) : 2,9371881[12] John W. Bookwalter : 288,426 Charles Foster : 312,735 Abraham R. Ludlow (Pro) : 16,597
John Seitz (Greenback) : 6,3801879[13] Thomas Ewing, Jr. : 319,132 Charles Foster : 336,261 A. Sanders Piatt (Greenback) : 9,072
Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,145
John Hood (Socialist) : 5471877[14] 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) : 4,8361875[15][16] William Allen : 292,273 Rutherford B. Hayes : 297,817 Jay Odell (Pro) : 2,593 1873[17][16] William Allen : 214,654 Edward Follansbee Noyes : 213,837 Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 10,278
Isaac C. Collins (Lib. Rep.) : 10,1091871[18][16] George Wythe McCook : 218,105 Edward Follansbee Noyes : 283,273 Gideon T. Stewart (Pro) : 4,084 1869[19][16] George H. Pendleton : 227,580 Rutherford B. Hayes : 235,081 Samuel Scott (Pro) : 679 1867[20][16] Allen G. Thurman : 240,622 Rutherford B. Hayes : 243,605 1865[21][16] George W. Morgan : 193,797 Jacob Dolson Cox : 223,642 Alexander Long (Dem) : 360 1863[22][16] Clement Vallandigham : 187,492 John Brough : 288,374 1861[23][16] Hugh J. Jewett : 151,794 David Tod : 206,997 1859[24][16] Rufus P. Ranney : 171,226 William Dennison, Jr. : 184,557 1857[25][16] Henry B. Payne : 159,065 Salmon P. Chase : 160,568 Philadelph Van Trump (American) : 10,272 1855[26][16] William Medill : 131,019 Salmon P. Chase : 146,770 Allen Trimble (American) : 24,276 1853[27][16] William Medill : 147,663 Samuel Lewis
(Freesoil) : 50,346Nelson Barrere (Whig) : 85,857 1851[28][29] Reuben Wood : 145,654 Samuel Lewis
(Freesoil) : 16,910Samuel F. Vinton (Whig) : 119,548 1850[30] Reuben Wood : 133,093 Edward Smith
(Abolition) : 13747William Johnston (Whig) : 121,105 1848[30] John B. Weller : 148,445 Seabury Ford (Whig) : 148,756
others : 7421846[30] David Tod : 117,954 Samuel Lewis
(Abolition) : 7,574William Bebb (Whig) : 119,215 1844[30] David Tod : 145,022 Liecester King
(Abolition) : 8,898Mordecai Bartley (Whig) : 146,333 1842[30] Wilson Shannon : 129,011 Leicester King
(Abolition) : 5,312Thomas Corwin (Whig) : 125,118 1840[30] Wilson Shannon : 129,312 Thomas Corwin (Whig) : 145,442 1838[30] Wilson Shannon : 107,884 Joseph Vance (Whig) : 102,146 1836[30] Eli Baldwin : 86,158 Joseph Vance (Whig) : 92,204 1834[30] Robert Lucas : 70,338 James Findlay (Whig) : 67,414 1832[30] Robert Lucas : 71,251 Darius Lyman (Whig) : 63,185 1830[30] Robert Lucas : 49,543 Duncan McArthur (National Republican) : 51,231 1828[30] Allen Trimble : 53,971 John Wilson Campbell : 51,951
others : 1221826[30] Allen Trimble : 71,475 John Bigger : 4,114
Alexander Campbell : 4,765
Benjamin Tappan : 4,1921824[30] Jeremiah Morrow : 39,526 Allen Trimble (Dem) : 37,108 1822[30] Jeremiah Morrow : 26,059 Allen Trimble (Fed) : 22,899
William W. Irvin (Dem) : 11,0501820[30] Ethan Allen Brown : 34,836 Jeremiah Morrow (Dem) : 9,426
William Henry Harrison : 4,348
others : 2501818[30] Ethan Allen Brown : 30,194 James Dunlap (DR) : 8,075 1816[30] Thomas Worthington 22,931 James Dunlap (DR) : 6,295
Ethan Allen Brown (Fed) : 1,6071814[30] Thomas Worthington 15,879 Othniel Looker (DR) : 6,171 1812[30] Thomas Scott : 7,903 Return J. Meigs, Jr. (Fed) : 11,859 1810[30] Return J. Meigs, Jr. : 9,924 Thomas Worthington (DR) : 7,731 1808[30] Samuel H. Huntington : 7,293 Thomas Worthington (DR) : 5,601
Thomas Kirker (DR) : 3,3971807[30] Nathaniel Massie (D-R) : 4,757 Return J. Meigs, Jr. (Fed) : 6050[31] 1806[32] Edward Tiffin : 4,788 1803[30] Edward Tiffin : 4,564 Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Cleveland.com
- ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio. 1917. p. 26. http://books.google.com/books?id=odJMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA26.
- ^ 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=zBkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20.
- ^ a b c d e f Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ. pages 377-378 of pdf file
- ^ Smith 1898 : 665
- ^ Smith 1898 : 644
- ^ Smith 1898 : 604
- ^ Smith 1898 : 578
- ^ Smith 1898 : 541
- ^ Smith 1898 : 511
- ^ Smith 1898 : 473
- ^ Smith 1898 : 449
- ^ Smith 1898 : 406
- ^ Smith 1898 : 379
- ^ Smith 1898 : 342
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bell 1876 : 305-306
- ^ Smith 1898 : 319
- ^ Smith 1898 : 286
- ^ Smith 1898 : 268
- ^ Smith 1898 : 238
- ^ Smith 1898 : 209
- ^ Smith 1898 : 161
- ^ Smith 1898 : 140
- ^ Smith 1898 : 95
- ^ Smith 1898 : 74
- ^ Smith 1898 : 40
- ^ Smith 1898 : 27
- ^ Smith 1898 : 26
- ^ Bell 1876 : 114
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Bell 1876 : 303-304
- ^ in 1807 Meigs was declared ineligible due to residency, Massie refused to serve, Thomas Kirker continued as acting Governor 1807-1808
- ^ Bell 1876 : 16
References
- Smith, Joseph P, ed (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. 1. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA665.
- 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=GbhXD5zfqQcC&pg=PA303.
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