1982 Ohio gubernatorial election

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1982 Ohio gubernatorial election
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Nominee Dick Celeste Bud Brown
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Myrl Shoemaker Jim Betts
Popular vote1,981,8821,303,962
Percentage59.0%38.9%
1982 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Celeste:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Brown:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Jim Rhodes
Republican

Elected Governor

Dick Celeste
Democratic

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]

Contents

As of 2024, 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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

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Democratic primary results by county
  Celeste
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Brown
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   80–90%
  Springer
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dick Celeste 436,887 42.40
Democratic William J. Brown 383,00737.17
Democratic Jerry Springer 210,52420.43
Total votes1,030,418 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bud Brown 347,176 51.54
Republican Seth Taft 153,80622.84
Republican Tom Van Meter 136,76120.30
Republican Bob Teater35,8215.32
Total votes673,564 100.00

General election

Gubernatorial election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dick Celeste 1,981,882 59.04
Republican Clarence "Bud" Brown, Jr 1,303,96238.85
Libertarian Phyllis Goetz39,1141.17
Independent (United States)Erwin Reupert17,4840.52
Independent (United States)Kurt O. Landefiled14,2790.43
Total votes3,356,721 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

References

  1. ↑ "1982 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Ohio". US Election Atlas.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - OH Governor - D Primary Race - Jun 08, 1982".
  3. ↑ "Robert V. Teater Biography". Ohio Agricultural Council. January 16, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2022. He returned to government in 1975 serving as the Director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources until January 1983.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - OH Governor - R Primary Race - Jun 08, 1982".
  5. ↑ "Our Campaigns - OH Governor Race - Nov 02, 1982".


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