Ohio lieutenant gubernatorial elections

Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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 parenthses.

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	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
1916[1]	Earl D. Bloom : 571,095	John H. Arnold : 540,766	George Bundy : 37,729 Charles F. Bacon : 6,865
1912[2]	Hugh L. Nichols	Beecher W. Waltmire	L. J. Tabor (Progressive)
1910[3]	Atlee Pomerene	Francis W. Treadway
1908[4]	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[5]	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[6]	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[7]	Anthony Howells	Carl L. Nippert
1899[8]	A. W. Patrick	John A. Caldwell
1897[9]	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[10]	John B. Peaslee: 331,521	Asa W. Jones : 425,781
1893[11]	William A. Taylor : 347,593	Andrew L. Harris : 423,873
1891[12]	William V. Marquis : 346,892	Andrew L. Harris : 373,953
1889[13]	William V. Marquis: 375,068	Elbert L. Lampson : 375,090
1887[14]	De Witt L. Coolman: 328,189	William C. Lyon : 356,932
1885[15]	John George Warwick: 341,809	Robert P. Kennedy : 360,720
1883[16]	John George Warwick : 356,413	William G. Rose : 350,009
1881[17]	Edgar M. Johnson : 288,266	Rees G. Richards : 314,100
1879[18]	Americus V. Rice : 319,542	Andrew Hickenlooper : 335,140
1877[19]	Jabez W. Fitch : 268,606	Ferdinand Vogeler: 241,437
1875[20]	Samuel Fenton Cary : 287,986	Thomas Lowry Young : 297,931
1873[21]	Barnabas Burns: 213,593	Alphonso Hart : 214,228
1871[22]	Samuel F. Hunt : 217,982	Jacob Mueller : 236,892
1869[23]	Thomas J. Godfrey : 228,269	John C. Lee : 236,297
1867[24]	Daniel S Uhl : 240,845	John C. Lee : 243,486
1865[25]	William Lang: 193,510	Andrew McBurney : 224,943
1863[26]	George E. Pugh : 187,737	Charles Anderson : 285,474
1861[27]	John G. Marshall : 151,978	Benjamin Stanton : 206,995
1859[28]	William H. Safford: 170,587	Robert C. Kirk : 185,334
1857[29]	William H. Lytle: 158,826	Martin Welker : 160,751
1855[30]	James Myers: 134,385	Thomas H. Ford : 169,408
1853[31]	James Myers : 147,905	Goodsell Buckingham (Freesoil) : 1,325	Isaac J. Allen (Whig) : 127,282
1851[32]	William Medill : 146,053	Nicholas Spindler (Freesoil) : 15,839	Ephraim R. Eckley (Whig) : 119,984

Notes

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ Powell 1913 : 453-454
3. ^ Powell 1913 : 423
4. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 392 of pdf file
5. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 15 of pdf file
6. ^ Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio election statistics:. http://books.google.com/books?id=bfUGAAAAMAAJ.  page 1663 of pdf file
7. ^ Powell 1913 : 379-380
8. ^ Powell 1913 : 371-372
9. ^ Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 .... 2. State of Ohio. p. 121. http://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ.  page 388 of pdf file
10. ^ Smith 1898 : 665
11. ^ Smith 1898 : 644
12. ^ Smith 1898 : 604
13. ^ Smith 1898 : 579
14. ^ Smith 1898 : 541
15. ^ Smith 1898 : 511
16. ^ Smith 1898 : 473
17. ^ Smith 1898 : 449
18. ^ Smith 1898 : 406
19. ^ Smith 1898 : 379
20. ^ Smith 1898 : 342
21. ^ Smith 1898 : 319
22. ^ Smith 1898 : 286
23. ^ Smith 1898 : 268
24. ^ Smith 1898 : 238
25. ^ Smith 1898 : 209
26. ^ Smith 1898 : 161
27. ^ Smith 1898 : 140
28. ^ Smith 1898 : 95
29. ^ Smith 1898 : 74
30. ^ Smith 1898 : 40
31. ^ Bell 1876 : 120-121
32. ^ Bell 1876 : 114-115

References

• Smith, Joseph P, ed (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. p. 32. 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. 
• Powell, Thomas Edward, ed (1913). The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history. 1. The Ohio Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=Y14PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA453.