2010 Ohio gubernatorial election

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2010 Ohio gubernatorial election
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Nominee John Kasich Ted Strickland
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Mary Taylor Yvette Brown
Popular vote1,889,1861,812,059
Percentage49.04%47.04%
2010 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2010 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by congressional District.svg
Kasich:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Strickland:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

Ted Strickland
Democratic

Elected Governor

John Kasich
Republican

The 2010 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ted Strickland ran for re-election to a second term as governor and was opposed by former U.S. Representative John Kasich; both Strickland and Kasich won their respective primaries uncontested. The race between the two major candidates was prolonged and brutal, with both candidates employing various campaign surrogates to bolster their campaigns. Ultimately, Kasich defeated Strickland by a 2% margin.

Contents

Strickland's defeat was widely attributed to the decline of Ohio's economy, as well as the loss of 400,000 jobs since the beginning of his term. The policies of the then-president Barack Obama proved to be a hot topic among voters, with Strickland voicing his support for the healthcare overhauls initiated by Obama's administration, contrary to Kasich, who opposed the policies. [1] As of 2025, this is the last time an incumbent governor of Ohio lost re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ted Strickland (incumbent) 630,785 100.00%
Total votes630,785 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Kasich 746,719 100.00%
Total votes746,719 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Results

Libertarian Party primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Ken Matesz 4,407 100.00%
Total votes4,407 100.00%

Green primary

Candidates

Results

Green Party primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Dennis Spisak 924 100.00%
Total votes924 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report [6] TossupOctober 14, 2010
Rothenberg [7] Tilt R (flip)October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics [8] TossupNovember 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9] Lean R (flip)October 28, 2010
CQ Politics [10] TossupOctober 28, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredTed
Strickland (D)		John
Kasich (R)
Public Policy Polling [11] October 28–30, 201048%49%
Angus Reid Public Opinion [12] October 27–29, 201046%49%
Survey USA [13] October 22–26, 201044%49%
Quinnipiac University [14] October 18–24, 201043%49%
Fox News/POR [15] October 23, 201043%47%
CNN/Time Magazine [16] October 15–19, 201048%46%
University of Cincinnati [17] October 14–18, 201047%49%
Quinnipiac University [18] October 12–17, 201041%51%
University of Cincinnati [19] October 8–13, 201043%51%
Rasmussen Reports [20] October 11, 201045%48%
Fox News/POR [21] October 9, 201042%47%
Angus Reid Public Opinion [22] October 5–8, 201046%48%
Quinnipiac University [23] September 29 – October 3, 201041%50%
Fox News/POR [24] October 2, 201043%49%
Rasmussen Reports [25] September 27, 201042%50%
CBS/NY Times [26] September 23–27, 201042%43%
Reuters/Ipsos [27] September 23–25, 201046%47%
Ohio Newspapers Poll/UC [28] September 24, 201045%49%
SurveyUSA [29] September 14, 201040%52%
CNN/Time Magazine [30] September 10–14, 201044%51%
Quinnipiac [31] September 9–14, 201037%54%
Rasmussen Reports [32] September 13, 201043%50%
Fox News/Pulse Research [33] September 11, 201043%48%
The Columbus Dispatch [34] August 25 – September 3, 201037%49%
Rasmussen Reports [35] August 30, 201039%47%
Public Policy Polling [36] August 27–29, 201040%50%
Rasmussen Reports [37] August 16, 201040%48%
Reuters/Ipsos [38] August 6–8, 201039%48%
Rasmussen Reports [39] August 2, 201042%45%
Rasmussen Reports [40] July 19, 201043%48%
Rasmussen Reports [41] June 29, 201040%47%
Public Policy Polling [42] June 26–27, 201041%43%
Quinnipiac [43] June 22–27, 201043%38%
Rasmussen Reports [44] June 3, 201042%47%
UC/The Ohio Poll [45] May 11–20, 201049%44%
Rasmussen Reports [46] May 5, 201045%46%
Quinnipiac [47] April 21–26, 201044%38%
Research 2000 [48] April 5–7, 201045%40%
Rasmussen Reports [49] March 30, 201045%46%
Quinnipiac [50] March 23–29, 201043%38%
Public Policy Polling [51] March 20–21, 201037%42%
Rasmussen Reports [52] March 4, 201038%49%
Quinnipiac [53] February 16–21, 201044%39%
Rasmussen Reports [54] February 5–6, 201041%47%
The Ohio Newspaper [55] January 13–19, 201045%51%
Ohio Right to Life [56] January 8–12, 201033%43%
Rasmussen Reports [57] January 12, 201040%47%
Rasmussen Reports [58] December 7, 200939%48%
Quinnipiac [59] November 5–9, 200940%40%
The Ohio Newspaper [60] October 14–20, 200948%47%
Rasmussen Reports [61] September 23, 200945%46%
Quinnipiac [62] September 10–13, 200946%36%
Research 2000 [63] July 8, 200944%39%
Quinnipiac [64] June 26 – July 1, 200943%38%
Public Policy Polling [65] June 17–19, 200944%42%
Quinnipiac [66] April 28 – May 4, 200951%32%
Quinnipiac [67] March 10–15, 200951%31%
Quinnipiac [68] January 29 – February 2, 200956%26%
Public Policy Polling [69] January 17–18, 200945%39%

Results

When the polls closed on election night, the race was very close, with Strickland and Kasich neck and neck. As the night wore on, Kasich's lead began to pick up strength, however once Cuyahoga County came in, Kasich's lead began to erode. In the end Kasich still won, but it was one of the closest gubernatorial elections in Ohio history. Strickland conceded at around 2 A.M. EST.

2010 Ohio gubernatorial election [70]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Kasich 1,889,186 49.04% +12.39%
Democratic Ted Strickland (incumbent)1,812,05947.04%−13.50%
Libertarian Ken Matesz92,1162.39%+0.61%
Green Dennis Spisak58,4751.52%+0.50%
Write-in 6330.02%N/A
Majority77,1272.00%−21.89%
Total votes3,852,469 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

By county

CountyJohn Kasich
Republican		Ted Strickland
Democratic		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Adams 4,83757.96%3,19138.23%3183.81%1,64619.73%8,346
Allen 18,98257.57%12,75538.69%1,2333.74%6,22718.88%32,970
Ashland 10,58660.89%5,89733.92%9025.19%4,68926.97%17,385
Ashtabula 12,58242.30%15,12850.85%2,0386.85%-2,546-8.55%29,748
Athens 4,52526.42%12,07370.48%5313.10%-7,548-44.06%17,129
Auglaize 10,87365.79%4,78828.97%8665.24%6,08536.82%16,527
Belmont 10,41143.96%12,46752.64%8053.40%-2,056-8.68%23,683
Brown 7,80358.60%4,89436.76%6184.64%2,90921.84%13,315
Butler 74,94262.69%40,15333.59%4,4443.72%34,78929.10%119,539
Carroll 5,00250.19%4,27242.87%6926.94%7307.32%9,966
Champaign 7,68856.89%5,13738.01%6895.10%2,55118.88%13,514
Clark 22,13548.14%21,66047.11%2,1814.75%4751.03%45,976
Clermont 42,76367.80%17,49027.73%2,8174.47%25,27340.07%63,070
Clinton 7,62162.86%3,83631.64%6665.50%3,78531.22%12,123
Columbiana 16,02148.39%15,55346.98%1,5354.63%4681.41%33,109
Coshocton 6,23451.22%5,17942.56%7576.22%1,0558.66%12,170
Crawford 7,90156.10%5,33437.87%8506.03%2,56718.23%14,085
Cuyahoga 148,61135.83%251,25160.57%14,9233.60%-102,640-24.74%414,785
Darke 11,97563.15%5,95731.42%1,0305.43%6,01831.73%18,962
Defiance 6,67751.69%5,56143.05%6805.26%1,1168.64%12,918
Delaware 45,28565.83%21,98831.96%1,5192.21%23,29733.87%68,792
Erie 13,09645.88%14,17149.64%1,2804.48%-1,075-3.76%28,547
Fairfield 29,74459.06%18,79537.32%1,8223.62%10,94921.74%50,361
Fayette 4,61459.77%2,82736.62%2783.61%1,78723.15%7,719
Franklin 169,48744.12%203,86253.07%10,7732.81%-34,375-8.95%384,122
Fulton 7,79853.41%6,13142.00%6704.59%1,66711.41%14,599
Gallia 4,80950.13%4,55347.46%2312.41%2562.67%9,593
Geauga 22,31260.30%13,14835.54%1,5404.16%9,16424.76%37,000
Greene 34,56459.16%21,56136.90%2,3033.94%13,00322.26%58,428
Guernsey 5,90048.56%5,59446.04%6565.40%3062.52%12,150
Hamilton 143,22250.42%132,08746.50%8,7453.08%11,1353.92%284,054
Hancock 15,06361.30%8,45034.39%1,0614.31%6,61326.91%24,574
Hardin 4,90454.62%3,50239.00%5736.38%1,40215.62%8,979
Harrison 2,54844.92%2,84050.07%2845.01%-292-5.15%5,672
Henry 5,52955.61%3,92239.45%4914.94%1,60716.16%9,942
Highland 7,45560.65%4,21534.29%6215.06%3,24026.36%12,291
Hocking 4,18446.27%4,44149.11%4184.62%-257-2.84%9,043
Holmes 5,96768.98%2,21225.57%4715.45%3,75543.41%8,650
Huron 9,05154.62%6,54739.51%9745.87%2,50415.11%16,572
Jackson 4,59245.34%5,22751.60%3103.06%-635-6.26%10,129
Jefferson 10,95744.30%12,81951.83%9573.87%-1,862-7.53%24,733
Knox 12,37160.42%7,04434.40%1,0605.18%5,32726.02%20,475
Lake 41,46752.35%34,15743.12%3,5814.53%7,3109.23%79,205
Lawrence 8,37447.20%8,95650.48%4102.32%-582-3.28%17,740
Licking 35,07358.98%21,89236.81%2,5054.21%13,18122.17%59,470
Logan 9,29263.96%4,42030.42%8165.62%4,87233.54%14,528
Lorain 43,99444.24%50,71451.00%4,7254.76%-6,720-6.76%99,433
Lucas 52,07035.98%88,21060.95%4,4563.07%-36,140-24.97%144,736
Madison 7,62360.16%4,54535.87%5043.97%3,07824.29%12,672
Mahoning 26,56631.07%56,22865.76%2,7123.17%-29,662-34.69%85,506
Marion 10,53552.47%8,51742.42%1,0255.11%2,01810.05%20,077
Medina 36,40757.77%23,76137.71%2,8484.52%12,64620.06%63,016
Meigs 3,32247.78%3,43049.34%2002.88%-108-1.56%6,952
Mercer 10,85268.00%4,39627.55%7104.45%6,45640.45%15,958
Miami 23,54363.39%11,72931.58%1,8655.03%11,81431.81%37,137
Monroe 2,10239.55%3,06357.63%1502.82%-961-18.08%5,315
Montgomery 89,21848.21%89,37948.30%6,4593.49%-161-0.09%185,056
Morgan 2,37149.25%2,24446.61%1994.14%1272.64%4,814
Morrow 7,07860.25%3,98933.95%6815.80%3,08926.30%11,748
Muskingum 13,50651.78%11,20242.95%1,3745.27%2,3048.83%26,082
Noble 2,35144.86%2,60949.78%2815.36%-258-4.92%5,241
Ottawa 7,35046.26%7,94550.00%5953.74%-595-3.74%15,890
Paulding 3,69553.73%2,79540.64%3875.63%90013.09%6,877
Perry 4,91348.41%4,74146.71%4954.88%1721.70%10,149
Pickaway 9,78957.42%6,63938.94%6213.64%3,15018.48%17,049
Pike 3,54940.44%4,94056.30%2863.26%-1,391-15.86%8,775
Portage 24,34148.78%23,16146.42%2,3954.80%1,1802.36%49,897
Preble 8,81758.91%5,21734.86%9336.23%3,60024.05%14,967
Putnam 8,21062.07%4,44633.62%5704.31%3,76428.45%13,226
Richland 22,69155.00%16,47039.92%2,0965.08%6,22115.08%41,257
Ross 10,24646.48%10,94949.67%8493.85%-703-3.19%22,044
Sandusky 9,32647.39%9,26147.06%1,0915.55%650.33%19,678
Scioto 8,99837.93%14,24460.04%4812.03%-5,246-22.11%23,723
Seneca 8,71649.35%7,79044.11%1,1556.54%9265.24%17,661
Shelby 11,40264.06%5,35530.09%1,0415.85%6,04733.97%17,798
Stark 63,77949.72%58,49245.60%5,9964.68%5,2874.12%128,267
Summit 79,96344.40%93,74052.05%6,4063.55%-13,777-7.65%180,109
Trumbull 24,81133.97%44,93561.52%3,2974.51%-20,124-27.55%73,043
Tuscarawas 14,21448.94%13,18245.39%1,6475.67%1,0323.55%29,043
Union 11,73966.30%5,30429.95%6643.75%6,43536.35%17,707
Van Wert 6,39664.63%3,01430.45%4874.92%3,38234.18%9,897
Vinton 1,76441.06%2,35154.73%1814.21%-587-13.67%4,296
Warren 54,53668.37%22,27127.92%2,9553.71%32,26540.45%79,762
Washington 10,23048.20%10,40849.04%5852.76%-178-0.84%21,223
Wayne 21,24358.12%13,49036.91%1,8184.97%7,75321.21%36,551
Williams 6,61054.23%4,93140.46%6475.31%1,67913.77%12,188
Wood 20,39046.61%21,36948.85%1,9874.54%-979-2.24%43,746
Wyandot 4,10356.87%2,66636.95%4466.18%1,43719.92%7,215
Totals1,889,18649.04%1,812,05947.04%151,2243.92%77,1272.00%3,852,469
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

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