2018 Cuyahoga County executive election

2018 Cuyahoga County executive election

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Turnout	54.5% [1] 14.9 pp
Candidate Armond Budish Peter J. Corrigan Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 318,612 153,630 Percentage 67.5% 32.5%
Results by municipality Budish:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Corrigan:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Executive before election Armond Budish Democratic Elected Executive Armond Budish Democratic

The 2018 Cuyahoga County executive election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Armond Budish won reelection to a second term with 67.47% of the vote, making him the first since the establishment of the office to be reelected. ^[2]

Democratic primary

Incumbent Armond Budish ran unopposed not only in the Democratic primary, but in the Republican primary as well, as no other candidates filed petitions to challenge him. ^[3]

Candidates

Nominee

• Armond Budish, incumbent County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio ^[3]

Primary results

Democratic primary results ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Armond Budish (incumbent)	84,785	100.0%
Total votes			84,785	100.0%

Republican primary

No Republican filed a petition with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to get on the primary ballot. ^[3] Peter J. Corrigan ran a successful write-in campaign to become the party's nominee in the general election. ^[5]

Candidates

Nominee

• Peter J. Corrigan, chief operating officer of Prestolite Electric, Republican nominee for Ohio's 10th congressional district in 2010 ^[5]

Withdrew

• Tanner Fischbach, candidate for county executive in 2014 (did not file for the primary ballot) ^{[5] [6]}

Primary results

Republican primary results ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in		4,878	100.0%
Total votes			4,878	100.0%

General election

Results

2018 Cuyahoga County executive election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Armond Budish (incumbent)	318,612	67.47%
	Republican	Peter J. Corrigan	153,630	32.53%
Total votes			492,323	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Results by municipality

Results by municipality [7]
Municipality	Budish		Corrigan		Total votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Bay Village	4,317	50.50%	3,884	45.44%	8,548
Beachwood	5,132	76.99%	1,309	19.64%	6,666
Bedford	3,714	74.13%	1,139	22.73%	5,010
Bedford Heights	4,007	88.30%	395	8.70%	4,538
Bentleyville	208	40.00%	298	57.31%	520
Berea	4,355	58.46%	2,816	37.80%	7,450
Bratenahl	545	61.72%	304	34.43%	883
Brecksville	3,176	42.75%	3,980	53.57%	7,430
Broadview Heights	3,885	42.92%	4,733	52.29%	9,051
Brook Park	3,427	51.91%	2,852	43.20%	6,602
Brooklyn	2,179	54.18%	1,593	39.61%	4,022
Brooklyn Heights	342	46.15%	361	48.72%	741
Chagrin Falls	1,138	50.42%	1,033	45.76%	2,257
Chagrin Falls Township	28	37.33%	45	60.00%	75
Cleveland	86,003	78.66%	18,831	17.22%	109,330
Cleveland Heights	17,772	83.63%	2,870	13.54%	21,192
Cuyahoga Heights	88	35.77%	140	56.91%	246
East Cleveland	4,303	91.07%	231	4.89%	4,725
Euclid	14,174	76.97%	3,550	19.28%	18,415
Fairview Park	4,425	53.60%	3,446	41.74%	8,256
Garfield Heights	6,945	73.88%	2,151	22.88%	9,400
Gates Mills	605	43.37%	757	54.27%	1,395
Glenwillow	252	70.55%	86	25.07%	343
Highland Heights	2,089	46.45%	2,256	50.17%	4,497
Highland Hills	281	93.05%	13	4.30%	302
Hunting Valley	146	41.01%	200	56.18%	356
Independence	1,510	37.68%	2,261	56.42%	4,007
Lakewood	15,526	69.37%	5,940	26.54%	22,380
Linndale	21	72.41%	7	24.14%	29
Lyndhurst	4,521	62.97%	2,440	33.98%	7,180
Maple Heights	7,102	85.00%	1,034	12.38%	8,355
Mayfield Heights	4,517	60.75%	2,584	34.75%	7,436
Mayfield Village	832	48.88%	815	47.88%	1,702
Middleburg Heights	3,109	46.89%	3,241	48.88%	6,630
Moreland Hills	1,242	59.83%	774	37.28%	2,076
Newburgh Heights	301	59.14%	193	37.92%	509
North Olmsted	7,079	50.91%	6,108	43.93%	13,905
North Randall	334	86.98%	37	9.64%	384
North Royalton	5,270	39.78%	7,270	54.87%	13,249
Oakwood	1,444	82.42%	262	14.96%	1,752
Olmsted Falls	1,927	49.17%	1,820	46.44%	3,919
Olmsted Township	2,723	47.55%	2,736	47.77%	5,727
Orange	1,435	75.57%	414	21.80%	1,899
Parma	14,121	49.33%	12,859	44.92%	28,624
Parma Heights	3,801	53.16%	2,996	41.90%	7,150
Pepper Pike	2,358	64.18%	1,196	32.55%	3,674
Richmond Heights	3,715	76.60%	998	20.58%	4,850
Rocky River	5,630	50.39%	5,126	45.88%	11,173
Seven Hills	2,646	43.79%	3,068	50.78%	6,042
Shaker Heights	12,483	82.16%	2,251	14.82%	15,193
Solon	7,090	59.41%	4,370	36.61%	11,935
South Euclid	7,836	78.74%	1,810	18.19%	9,952
Strongsville	8,979	42.73%	10,938	52.05%	21,014
University Heights	3,864	71.08%	1,412	25.97%	5,436
Valley View	424	39.52%	606	56.48%	1,073
Walton Hills	527	43.41%	644	53.05%	1,214
Warrensville Heights	5,041	93.70%	180	3.35%	5,380
Westlake	7,470	46.89%	7,939	49.84%	15,930
Woodmere	258	87.76%	28	9.52%	294

References

1. "November 06, 2018 General Election Official Canvass Certification Data". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. November 27, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
2. Richmond, Matthew (November 7, 2018). "Armond Budish Easily Wins Second Term As Cuyahoga County Executive". Ideastream . Retrieved December 10, 2021.
3. Farkas, Karen (February 7, 2018). "Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish is unopposed for re-election". The Plain Dealer . Retrieved December 10, 2021.
4. "May 8, 2018 Primary Election Official Results". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. May 24, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
5. Naymik, Mark (September 7, 2018). "Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish is lucky his opponent is a nothingburger". The Plain Dealer . Retrieved December 10, 2021.
6. Sandy, Eric (January 5, 2018). "Tanner Fischbach Pulls Petitions to Run for County Executive (Again)". Cleveland Scene . Retrieved December 10, 2021.
7. "November 6, 2018 General Election Official Results". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. November 24, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2021.