List of Ohio lieutenant gubernatorial elections explained

The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect a lieutenant governor for a four-year term. Starting in 1978, the lieutenant governor is elected in tandem with the governor—votes earned on a governor-lieutenant governor ticket are indicated in parentheses.

Democratic primaries

Year	Nominee	First runner-up	Other candidates
2002	Charleta B. Tavares 467,572
1998	Michael B. Coleman 663,832
1994	Peter Lawson Jones 408,161	Paul Kent Myers 286,276
1990	Eugene Branstool 683,932	Judy Wynn Parker 131,564	Robert M. Galvin 145 Sandra King (WI): 46
1986	Paul R. Leonard 684,206	Barbara Arnold Massey (WI): 880
1982	Myrl H. Shoemaker 436,887	Charles A. Vanik 383,007	Kenneth M. Keefe 210,524
1978	Michael J. Dorrian 491,524	Robert J. Strittmatter 88,134
1974	Richard F. Celeste 298,952	Anthony O. Calabrese 176,756	William M. O'Neill 125,012 J. W. Brown: 121,112 A. William Sweeney: 71,172 James R. Williams: 53,422 Lucille Huston: 48,034 Henry W. Eckhart: 30,614 Don L. Hanni: 24,033
1970	Anthony O. Calabrese 232,602	A. William Sweeney 185,086	Ray T. Miller Jr. 93,062 James D. Nolan: 91,918 John J. Gill: 84,513 Robert E. Hagan: 70,320 Perry Mason: 53,350
1966	William L. Coleman 263,508	Paul J. Lynch 227,692
1962	John J. Gallagher 174,030	James A. Lantz 117,010	James L. Powers 92,701 John T. Flanigan: 89,790 Harold L. Milligan: 70,436
1958	John W. Donahey 175,907	John J. Gallagher 154,032	John W. Peck 76,898 Franklin E. Smith: 57,817 Charles H. Hubbell: 46,957 Albert T. Ball: 25,590 Roy E. Hopple: 18,236
1956	John Taylor 225,844	R. Edward Tepe 99,002	Roy H. Burry 67,176
1954	George D. Nye 169,779	Herbert S. Duffy 105,126	John Taylor 44,555
1952	George D. Nye 414,672
1950	George D. Nye 272,912	John F. Cantwell 101,399
1948	George D. Nye 322,237
1946	George D. Nye 225,950
1944	George D. Nye 124,747	Reed M. Winegardner 77,588;	N. A. Wilcox 48,792
1942	George D. Nye 157,718	Reed M. Winegardner 96,907
1940	Robert S. Cox 86,044	Reed M. Winegardner 54,063	Charles H. Hubbell 49,643 John Taylor: 47,656 John W. Pattison: 41,347 William H. Whetro: 39,423 Mark E. Moore: 38,215 Ed P. Buckmeyer: 27,554 James F. Coady: 20,222 Price Janson: 16,575 Harry J. Halper: 14,043

General election

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
2010	Yvette McGee Brown : 1,812,047	Mary Taylor : 1,889,180	Ann Leach : 92,116 M. Anita Rios : 58,475
2006	Lee Fisher : 2,307,420	Tom Raga : 1,406,729	Anita Rios (G) : 38,769
2002	Charleta B. Tavares 1,236,924	Jennette B. Bradley 1,865,007
1998	Michael B. Coleman 1,498,956	Maureen O'Connor 1,678,721	Lawrence Anderson: 111,468 John A. Eastman: 65,068
1994	Peter Lawson Jones 835,849	Nancy P. Hollister 2,401,572	Norm Myers: 108,745 Luther E. Willis (WI): 48 Kibwe Diarra (WI): 24
1990	Eugene Branstool 1,539,416	R. Michael DeWine 1,938,103	Margaret Husk: 82 Henry King: 49
1986	Paul R. Leonard 1,858,372	Robert A. Taft II 1,207,264	Katie S. Smith (WI): 803 Lottie May Sulzer (WI): 92 Mark J. Rahn (WI): 80
1982	Myrl H. Shoemaker 1,981,882	James E. Betts 1,303,962	Lee Paolini (L): 39,114 John N. Salierno: 17,484 Rachel H. Knapik: 14,279 Jesse Menefee (WI): 7
1978	Michael J. Dorrian 1,354,631	George V. Voinovich 1,402,167	John M. Gaige: 35,164 Conrad Gutermuth: 29,413 Bruce Wood: 21,951 Johnnie Menefee Jr. (WI): 25
1974	Richard F. Celeste 1,513,619	John W. Brown 1,296,322	Herman Kirsch: 110,776 Bernard Henderson (WI): 39
1970	Anthony O. Calabrese 1,399,651	John W. Brown 1,554,837	Herman Kirsch (WI): 92
1966	William L. Coleman 1,085,033	John W. Brown 1,647,677
1962	John J. Gallagher 1,303,047	John W. Brown 1,629,158
1958	John W. Donahey 1,692,249	Paul M. Herbert 1,401,694
1956	John Taylor 1,446,882	Paul M. Herbert 1,899,219
1954	George D. Nye 1,209,853	John William Brown : 1,240,555
1952	George D. Nye 1,647,185	John William Brown 1,688,938
1950	George D. Nye 1,355,570	J. Eugene Roberts 1,325,977
1948	George D. Nye 1,474,969	Paul M. Herbert 1,354,579
1946	George D. Nye 972,622	Paul M. Herbert 1,208,400	Peter M. Kapitz (SL): 10,492
1944	George D. Nye 1,519,250	M. Herbert Hoover 1,430,246
1942	George D. Nye 647,539	Paul M. Herbert 1,018,504
1940	Robert S. Cox 1,398,012	Paul M. Herbert 1,631,469
1922^[1]	Earl D. Bloom : 766,397	William Chatfield, Jr. : 753,696
1920^[2]	Howell Wright : 772,377	Clarence J. Brown : 1,117,550	O.G. VanSchoyck : 43,119 W.O. Blase : 1,465
1916^[3]	Earl D. Bloom : 571,095	John H. Arnold : 540,766	George Bundy : 37,729 Charles F. Bacon : 6,865
1912^[4]	Hugh L. Nichols		L. J. Tabor (Progressive)
1910^[5]	Atlee Pomerene
1908^[6]	David L. Rockwell : 528,698	Francis W. Treadway : 548,442	Julius Zorn (Soc) : 30,763 George H. Creamer (Pro) : 9,913 James A. McKitrick (Ind) : 435 Charles W. Baughman (Peo) : 151 John E. Steiger (Soc Lab) : 839
1905^[7]	Lewis B. Houck : 427,162	Andrew L. Harris : 456,341	Walter C. Gunthrup (Soc) : 18,103 Willis E. Foltz (Pro) : 13,707 John R. Fraser (Soc Lab) : 1,840
1903^[8]	Frank B. Niles : 357,573	Warren G. Harding : 474,311	Michael J. Hynes (Soc) 14,054 Joseph M. Scott (Pro) : 13,491 David F. Cronin (Soc Lab) : 2,176
1901^[9]		Carl L. Nippert
1899^[10]		John A. Caldwell
1897^[11]	Melville D. Shaw : 400,946	Asa W. Jones : 427,966	John Danner : 7,591 Horace Whitcomb : 5,942 Albert E. Merrill : 1,538 Daniel W. Wallace : 4,235 Jason M. Tilley : Thomas M. Hillman : 3,124
1895^[12]	John B. Peaslee: 331,521	Asa W. Jones : 425,781
1893^[13]	William A. Taylor : 347,593	Andrew L. Harris : 423,873
1891^[14]	William V. Marquis : 346,892	Andrew L. Harris : 373,953
1889^[15]	William V. Marquis 375,068	Elbert L. Lampson : 375,090
1887^[16]	De Witt L. Coolman: 328,189	William C. Lyon : 356,932
1885^[17]	John George Warwick 341,809	Robert P. Kennedy : 360,720
1883^[18]	John George Warwick : 356,413	William G. Rose : 350,009
1881^[19]	Edgar M. Johnson : 288,266	Rees G. Richards : 314,100
1879^[20]	Americus V. Rice : 319,542	Andrew Hickenlooper : 335,140
1877^[21]	Jabez W. Fitch : 268,606	Ferdinand Vogeler: 241,437
1875^[22]	Samuel Fenton Cary : 287,986	Thomas Lowry Young : 297,931
1873^[23]	Barnabas Burns 213,593	Alphonso Hart : 214,228
1871^[24]	Samuel Furman Hunt : 217,982	Jacob Mueller : 236,892
1869^[25]	Thomas J. Godfrey : 228,269	John C. Lee : 236,297
1867^[26]	Daniel S Uhl : 240,845	John C. Lee : 243,486
1865^[27]	William Lang: 193,510	Andrew McBurney : 224,943
1863^[28]	George E. Pugh : 187,737	Charles Anderson : 285,474
1861^[29]	John G. Marshall : 151,978	Benjamin Stanton : 206,995
1859^[30]	William H. Safford: 170,587	Robert C. Kirk : 185,334
1857^[31]	William H. Lytle 158,826	Martin Welker : 160,751
1855^[32]	James Myers 134,385	Thomas H. Ford : 169,408
1853^[33]	James Myers : 147,905	Goodsell Buckingham (Freesoil) : 1,325	Isaac J. Allen (Whig) : 127,282
1851^[34]	William Medill : 146,053	Nicholas Spindler (Freesoil) : 15,839	Ephraim R. Eckley (Whig) : 119,984

References

• Book: smith98. History of the Republican Party in Ohio . Joseph P . Smith . 1898 . I . 32 . the Lewis Publishing Company . Chicago .
• Book: Bell, William Jr. . Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875... . . 1876 . bell1876. William Bell Jr. (politician).
• Book: democrat. The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history . 1 . Thomas Edward . Powell . Thomas E. Powell. The Ohio Publishing Company . 1913 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Brown, Thad H . Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922 . Thad H. Brown . 1923 . 15 .
2. Book: Ohio General Assembly . Journal of the House of Representatives of the 84th General Assembly of the State of Ohio . Ohio General Assembly . CIX . F J Heer Printing . Columbus . 1921 . 21 .
3. Book: Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio . 1917 . 26 .
4. [#democrat|Powell 1913]
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6. Book: Ohio Secretary of State . Ohio election statistics . 1905 . Ohio Secretary of State . page 392 of pdf file
7. Book: Ohio Secretary of State . Ohio election statistics . 1905 . Ohio Secretary of State . page 15 of pdf file
8. Book: Ohio Secretary of State . Ohio election statistics . 1905 . Ohio Secretary of State . page 1663 of pdf file
9. [#democrat|Powell 1913]
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11. Book: Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... . William Alexander . Taylor . Aubrey Clarence . Taylor . 2 . 121. 1899 . State of Ohio . page 388 of pdf file
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