| Election Name: | 2018 Cuyahoga County executive election |
| Country: | Cuyahoga |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Cuyahoga County executive election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Cuyahoga County executive election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Image1: | The Beacon Ribbon Cutting (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Armond Budish |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 318,612 |
| Percentage1: | 67.5% |
| Candidate2: | Peter J. Corrigan |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 153,630 |
| Percentage2: | 32.5% |
| Map Size: | 260px |
| Executive | |
| Before Election: | Armond Budish |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Armond Budish |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 54.5%[1] 14.9 pp |
The 2018 Cuyahoga County executive election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Armond Budish won reelection to a second term with 67.47% of the vote, making him the first since the establishment of the office to be reelected.[2]
Incumbent Armond Budish ran unopposed not only in the Democratic primary, but in the Republican primary too, as no other candidates filed petitions to challenge him.[3]
No Republican filed petitions with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to get on the primary ballot.[3] Peter J. Corrigan ran a successful write-in campaign to become the party's nominee in the general election.[4]
| Results by municipality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | Budish | Corrigan | Total votes | ||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Bay Village | 4,317 | 50.50% | 3,884 | 45.44% | 8,548 |
| Beachwood | 5,132 | 76.99% | 1,309 | 19.64% | 6,666 |
| Bedford | 3,714 | 74.13% | 1,139 | 22.73% | 5,010 |
| Bedford Heights | 4,007 | 88.30% | 395 | 8.70% | 4,538 |
| Bentleyville | 208 | 40.00% | 298 | 57.31% | 520 |
| Berea | 4,355 | 58.46% | 2,816 | 37.80% | 7,450 |
| Bratenahl | 545 | 61.72% | 304 | 34.43% | 883 |
| Brecksville | 3,176 | 42.75% | 3,980 | 53.57% | 7,430 |
| Broadview Heights | 3,885 | 42.92% | 4,733 | 52.29% | 9,051 |
| Brook Park | 3,427 | 51.91% | 2,852 | 43.20% | 6,602 |
| Brooklyn | 2,179 | 54.18% | 1,593 | 39.61% | 4,022 |
| Brooklyn Heights | 342 | 46.15% | 361 | 48.72% | 741 |
| Chagrin Falls | 1,138 | 50.42% | 1,033 | 45.76% | 2,257 |
| Chagrin Falls Township | 28 | 37.33% | 45 | 60.00% | 75 |
| Cleveland | 86,003 | 78.66% | 18,831 | 17.22% | 109,330 |
| Cleveland Heights | 17,772 | 83.63% | 2,870 | 13.54% | 21,192 |
| Cuyahoga Heights | 88 | 35.77% | 140 | 56.91% | 246 |
| East Cleveland | 4,303 | 91.07% | 231 | 4.89% | 4,725 |
| Euclid | 14,174 | 76.97% | 3,550 | 19.28% | 18,415 |
| Fairview Park | 4,425 | 53.60% | 3,446 | 41.74% | 8,256 |
| Garfield Heights | 6,945 | 73.88% | 2,151 | 22.88% | 9,400 |
| Gates Mills | 605 | 43.37% | 757 | 54.27% | 1,395 |
| Glenwillow | 252 | 70.55% | 86 | 25.07% | 343 |
| Highland Heights | 2,089 | 46.45% | 2,256 | 50.17% | 4,497 |
| Highland Hills | 281 | 93.05% | 13 | 4.30% | 302 |
| Hunting Valley | 146 | 41.01% | 200 | 56.18% | 356 |
| Independence | 1,510 | 37.68% | 2,261 | 56.42% | 4,007 |
| Lakewood | 15,526 | 69.37% | 5,940 | 26.54% | 22,380 |
| Linndale | 21 | 72.41% | 7 | 24.14% | 29 |
| Lyndhurst | 4,521 | 62.97% | 2,440 | 33.98% | 7,180 |
| Maple Heights | 7,102 | 85.00% | 1,034 | 12.38% | 8,355 |
| Mayfield Heights | 4,517 | 60.75% | 2,584 | 34.75% | 7,436 |
| Mayfield Village | 832 | 48.88% | 815 | 47.88% | 1,702 |
| Middleburg Heights | 3,109 | 46.89% | 3,241 | 48.88% | 6,630 |
| Moreland Hills | 1,242 | 59.83% | 774 | 37.28% | 2,076 |
| Newburgh Heights | 301 | 59.14% | 193 | 37.92% | 509 |
| North Olmsted | 7,079 | 50.91% | 6,108 | 43.93% | 13,905 |
| North Randall | 334 | 86.98% | 37 | 9.64% | 384 |
| North Royalton | 5,270 | 39.78% | 7,270 | 54.87% | 13,249 |
| Oakwood | 1,444 | 82.42% | 262 | 14.96% | 1,752 |
| Olmsted Falls | 1,927 | 49.17% | 1,820 | 46.44% | 3,919 |
| Olmsted Township | 2,723 | 47.55% | 2,736 | 47.77% | 5,727 |
| Orange | 1,435 | 75.57% | 414 | 21.80% | 1,899 |
| Parma | 14,121 | 49.33% | 12,859 | 44.92% | 28,624 |
| Parma Heights | 3,801 | 53.16% | 2,996 | 41.90% | 7,150 |
| Pepper Pike | 2,358 | 64.18% | 1,196 | 32.55% | 3,674 |
| Richmond Heights | 3,715 | 76.60% | 998 | 20.58% | 4,850 |
| Rocky River | 5,630 | 50.39% | 5,126 | 45.88% | 11,173 |
| Seven Hills | 2,646 | 43.79% | 3,068 | 50.78% | 6,042 |
| Shaker Heights | 12,483 | 82.16% | 2,251 | 14.82% | 15,193 |
| Solon | 7,090 | 59.41% | 4,370 | 36.61% | 11,935 |
| South Euclid | 7,836 | 78.74% | 1,810 | 18.19% | 9,952 |
| Strongsville | 8,979 | 42.73% | 10,938 | 52.05% | 21,014 |
| University Heights | 3,864 | 71.08% | 1,412 | 25.97% | 5,436 |
| Valley View | 424 | 39.52% | 606 | 56.48% | 1,073 |
| Walton Hills | 527 | 43.41% | 644 | 53.05% | 1,214 |
| Warrensville Heights | 5,041 | 93.70% | 180 | 3.35% | 5,380 |
| Westlake | 7,470 | 46.89% | 7,939 | 49.84% | 15,930 |
| Woodmere | 258 | 87.76% | 28 | 9.52% | 294 |