Election Name: | 1982 Ohio gubernatorial election |
Country: | Ohio |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1978 Ohio gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1978 |
Next Election: | 1986 Ohio gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1986 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1982 |
Image1: | File:Sam Brown Action (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Dick Celeste |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,981,882 |
Percentage1: | 59.0% |
Nominee2: | Bud Brown |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,303,962 |
Percentage2: | 38.9% |
Map Size: | 210px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Jim Rhodes |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Dick Celeste |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1982 Ohio gubernatorial election was held in Ohio on November 2, 1982. Dick Celeste of the Democratic Party was elected with 59% of the vote.[1]
As of 2020, this is the last time Butler County and Holmes County voted for the Democratic candidate. Hamilton County would not vote Democratic in a gubernatorial contest again until 2018.