List of 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 parentheses.

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	John Taylor: 225,844	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
1922[1]	Earl D. Bloom : 766,397	William Chatfield, Jr. : 753,696
1920[2]	Howell Wright : 772,377	Clarence J. Brown : 1,117,550	O.G. VanSchoyck : 43,119 W.O. Blase : 1,465
1916[3]	Earl D. Bloom : 571,095	John H. Arnold : 540,766	George Bundy : 37,729 Charles F. Bacon : 6,865
1912[4]	Hugh L. Nichols	Beecher W. Waltmire	L. J. Tabor (Progressive)
1910[5]	Atlee Pomerene	Francis W. Treadway
1908[6]	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[7]	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[8]	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[9]	Anthony Howells	Carl L. Nippert
1899[10]	A. W. Patrick	John A. Caldwell
1897[11]	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[12]	John B. Peaslee: 331,521	Asa W. Jones : 425,781
1893[13]	William A. Taylor : 347,593	Andrew L. Harris : 423,873
1891[14]	William V. Marquis : 346,892	Andrew L. Harris : 373,953
1889[15]	William V. Marquis: 375,068	Elbert L. Lampson : 375,090
1887[16]	De Witt L. Coolman: 328,189	William C. Lyon : 356,932
1885[17]	John George Warwick: 341,809	Robert P. Kennedy : 360,720
1883[18]	John George Warwick : 356,413	William G. Rose : 350,009
1881[19]	Edgar M. Johnson : 288,266	Rees G. Richards : 314,100
1879[20]	Americus V. Rice : 319,542	Andrew Hickenlooper : 335,140
1877[21]	Jabez W. Fitch : 268,606	Ferdinand Vogeler: 241,437
1875[22]	Samuel Fenton Cary : 287,986	Thomas Lowry Young : 297,931
1873[23]	Barnabas Burns: 213,593	Alphonso Hart : 214,228
1871[24]	Samuel Furman Hunt : 217,982	Jacob Mueller : 236,892
1869[25]	Thomas J. Godfrey : 228,269	John C. Lee : 236,297
1867[26]	Daniel S Uhl : 240,845	John C. Lee : 243,486
1865[27]	William Lang: 193,510	Andrew McBurney : 224,943
1863[28]	George E. Pugh : 187,737	Charles Anderson : 285,474
1861[29]	John G. Marshall : 151,978	Benjamin Stanton : 206,995
1859[30]	William H. Safford: 170,587	Robert C. Kirk : 185,334
1857[31]	William H. Lytle: 158,826	Martin Welker : 160,751
1855[32]	James Myers: 134,385	Thomas H. Ford : 169,408
1853[33]	James Myers : 147,905	Goodsell Buckingham (Freesoil) : 1,325	Isaac J. Allen (Whig) : 127,282
1851[34]	William Medill : 146,053	Nicholas Spindler (Freesoil) : 15,839	Ephraim R. Eckley (Whig) : 119,984

Notes

1. Brown, Thad H (1923). Vote polled in the several counties of the State of Ohio at the Election held November 7, 1922 and at the Primary Elections held August 8, 1922. p. 15.
2. Ohio General Assembly (1921). Journal of the House of Representatives of the 84th General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Vol. CIX. Columbus: F J Heer Printing. p. 21.
3. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighty Second General Assembly of the State of Ohio. 1917. p. 26.
4. Powell 1913 : 453-454
5. Powell 1913 : 423
6. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics. page 392 of pdf file
7. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics. page 15 of pdf file
8. Ohio Secretary of State (1905). Ohio election statistics. page 1663 of pdf file
9. Powell 1913 : 379-380
10. Powell 1913 : 371-372
11. Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 2. State of Ohio. p. 121. page 388 of pdf file
12. Smith 1898 : 665
13. Smith 1898 : 644
14. Smith 1898 : 604
15. Smith 1898 : 579
16. Smith 1898 : 541
17. Smith 1898 : 511
18. Smith 1898 : 473
19. Smith 1898 : 449
20. Smith 1898 : 406
21. Smith 1898 : 379
22. Smith 1898 : 342
23. Smith 1898 : 319
24. Smith 1898 : 286
25. Smith 1898 : 268
26. Smith 1898 : 238
27. Smith 1898 : 209
28. Smith 1898 : 161
29. Smith 1898 : 140
30. Smith 1898 : 95
31. Smith 1898 : 74
32. Smith 1898 : 40
33. Bell 1876 : 120-121
34. Bell 1876 : 114-115

References

• Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. p. 32.
• 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.
• Powell, Thomas Edward, ed. (1913). The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history. Vol. 1. The Ohio Publishing Company.