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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

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! Year !! Nominee !! First runner-up !! Other candidates

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| 2002 || Charleta B. Tavares: 467,572 ||   ||  

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| 1998 || Michael B. Coleman: 663,832 ||   ||  

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| 1994 || Peter Lawson Jones: 408,161 || Paul Kent Myers: 286,276 ||  

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| 1990 || Eugene Branstool: 683,932 || Judy Wynn Parker: 131,564 || Robert M. Galvin: 145<br>Sandra King (WI): 46

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| 1986 || Paul R. Leonard: 684,206 || Barbara Arnold Massey (WI): 880 || &nbsp;

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| 1982 || Myrl H. Shoemaker: 436,887 || Charles A. Vanik: 383,007 || Kenneth M. Keefe: 210,524

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| 1978 || Michael J. Dorrian: 491,524 || Robert J. Strittmatter: 88,134 || &nbsp;

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| 1974 || Richard F. Celeste: 298,952 || Anthony O. Calabrese: 176,756 || William M. O'Neill: 125,012<br>J. W. Brown: 121,112<br>A. William Sweeney: 71,172<br>James R. Williams: 53,422<br>Lucille Huston: 48,034<br>Henry W. Eckhart: 30,614<br>Don L. Hanni: 24,033

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| 1970 || Anthony O. Calabrese: 232,602 || A. William Sweeney: 185,086 || Ray T. Miller Jr.: 93,062<br>James D. Nolan: 91,918<br>John J. Gill: 84,513<br>Robert E. Hagan: 70,320<br>Perry Mason: 53,350

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| 1966 || William L. Coleman: 263,508 || Paul J. Lynch: 227,692 || &nbsp;

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| 1962 || John J. Gallagher: 174,030 || James A. Lantz: 117,010 || James L. Powers: 92,701<br>John T. Flanigan: 89,790<br>Harold L. Milligan: 70,436

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| 1958 || John W. Donahey: 175,907 || John J. Gallagher: 154,032 || John W. Peck: 76,898<br>Franklin E. Smith: 57,817<br>Charles H. Hubbell: 46,957<br>Albert T. Ball: 25,590<br>Roy E. Hopple: 18,236

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| 1956 || John Taylor: 225,844 || R. Edward Tepe: 99,002 || Roy H. Burry: 67,176

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| 1954 || George D. Nye: 169,779 || Herbert S. Duffy: 105,126 || John Taylor: 44,555

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| 1952 || George D. Nye: 414,672 || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

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| 1950 || George D. Nye: 272,912 || John F. Cantwell: 101,399 || &nbsp;

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| 1948 || George D. Nye: 322,237 || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

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| 1946 || George D. Nye: 225,950 || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

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| 1944 || George D. Nye: 124,747 || Reed M. Winegardner: 77,588; || N. A. Wilcox: 48,792

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| 1942 || George D. Nye: 157,718 || Reed M. Winegardner: 96,907 || &nbsp;

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| 1940 || Robert S. Cox: 86,044 || Reed M. Winegardner: 54,063 || Charles H. Hubbell: 49,643<br>John Taylor: 47,656<br>John W. Pattison: 41,347<br>William H. Whetro: 39,423<br>Mark E. Moore: 38,215<br>Ed P. Buckmeyer: 27,554<br>James F. Coady: 20,222<br>Price Janson: 16,575<br>Harry J. Halper: 14,043

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General election

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! Year !! Democratic !! Republican !! Other

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| 2010 || Yvette McGee Brown : 1,812,047 || Mary Taylor : 1,889,180 || Ann Leach : 92,116<br>M. Anita Rios : 58,475

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| 2006 || Lee Fisher : 2,307,420|| Tom Raga : 1,406,729 ||Anita Rios (G) : 38,769

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| 2002 || Charleta B. Tavares: 1,236,924 || Jennette B. Bradley: 1,865,007 || &nbsp;

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| 1998 || Michael B. Coleman: 1,498,956 || Maureen O'Connor: 1,678,721 || Lawrence Anderson: 111,468<br>John A. Eastman: 65,068

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| 1994 || Peter Lawson Jones: 835,849 || Nancy P. Hollister: 2,401,572 || Norm Myers: 108,745<br>Luther E. Willis (WI): 48<br>Kibwe Diarra (WI): 24

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| 1990 || Eugene Branstool: 1,539,416 || R. Michael DeWine: 1,938,103 || Margaret Husk: 82<br>Henry King: 49

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| 1986 || Paul R. Leonard: 1,858,372 || Robert A. Taft II: 1,207,264 || Katie S. Smith (WI): 803<br>Lottie May Sulzer (WI): 92<br>Mark J. Rahn (WI): 80

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| 1982 || Myrl H. Shoemaker: 1,981,882 || James E. Betts: 1,303,962 || Lee Paolini (L): 39,114<br>John N. Salierno: 17,484<br>Rachel H. Knapik: 14,279<br>Jesse Menefee (WI): 7

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| 1978 || Michael J. Dorrian: 1,354,631 || George V. Voinovich: 1,402,167 || John M. Gaige: 35,164<br>Conrad Gutermuth: 29,413<br>Bruce Wood: 21,951<br>Johnnie Menefee Jr. (WI): 25

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| 1974|| Richard F. Celeste: 1,513,619 || John W. Brown: 1,296,322 || Herman Kirsch: 110,776<br>Bernard Henderson (WI): 39

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| 1970|| Anthony O. Calabrese: 1,399,651 || John W. Brown: 1,554,837 || Herman Kirsch (WI): 92

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| 1966|| William L. Coleman: 1,085,033 || John W. Brown: 1,647,677 || &nbsp;

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| 1962 || John J. Gallagher: 1,303,047 || John W. Brown: 1,629,158 || &nbsp;

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| 1958 || John W. Donahey: 1,692,249 || Paul M. Herbert: 1,401,694 || &nbsp;

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| 1956 || John Taylor: 1,446,882 || Paul M. Herbert: 1,899,219 || &nbsp;

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| 1954 || George D. Nye: 1,209,853 || John William Brown : 1,240,555 || &nbsp;

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| 1952 || George D. Nye: 1,647,185 || John William Brown: 1,688,938 || &nbsp;

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| 1950 || George D. Nye: 1,355,570 || J. Eugene Roberts: 1,325,977 || &nbsp;

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| 1948 || George D. Nye: 1,474,969 || Paul M. Herbert: 1,354,579 || &nbsp;

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| 1946 || George D. Nye: 972,622 || Paul M. Herbert: 1,208,400 || Peter M. Kapitz (SL): 10,492

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| 1944 || George D. Nye: 1,519,250 || M. Herbert Hoover: 1,430,246 || &nbsp;

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| 1942 || George D. Nye: 647,539 || Paul M. Herbert: 1,018,504 || &nbsp;

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| 1940 || Robert S. Cox: 1,398,012 || Paul M. Herbert: 1,631,469 || &nbsp;

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| 1922|| Earl D. Bloom : 766,397 || William Chatfield, Jr. : 753,696 || &nbsp;

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| 1920 || Howell Wright : 772,377 || Clarence J. Brown : 1,117,550 || O.G. VanSchoyck : 43,119<br>W.O. Blase : 1,465

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| 1916 || Earl D. Bloom : 571,095 || John H. Arnold : 540,766 || George Bundy : 37,729<br>Charles F. Bacon : 6,865

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| 1912 || Hugh L. Nichols || Beecher W. Waltmire || L.&nbsp;J. Tabor (Progressive)

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| 1910 || Atlee Pomerene || Francis W. Treadway || &nbsp;

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| 1908 || David L. Rockwell : 528,698 || Francis W. Treadway : 548,442 || Julius Zorn (Soc) : 30,763<br>George H. Creamer (Pro) : 9,913<br>James A. McKitrick (Ind) : 435<br>Charles W. Baughman (Peo) : 151<br>John E. Steiger (Soc Lab) : 839

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| 1905 || Lewis B. Houck : 427,162 || Andrew L. Harris : 456,341 || Walter C. Gunthrup (Soc) : 18,103<br>Willis E. Foltz (Pro) : 13,707<br>John R. Fraser (Soc Lab) : 1,840

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| 1903 || Frank B. Niles : 357,573 || Warren G. Harding : 474,311 || Michael J. Hynes (Soc) 14,054<br>Joseph M. Scott (Pro) : 13,491<br>David F. Cronin (Soc Lab) : 2,176

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| 1901 || Anthony Howells || Carl L. Nippert || &nbsp;

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| 1899 || A. W. Patrick || John A. Caldwell || &nbsp;

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| 1897 || Melville D. Shaw : 400,946 || Asa W. Jones : 427,966 || John Danner : 7,591<br>Horace Whitcomb : 5,942<br>Albert E. Merrill : 1,538<br>Daniel W. Wallace : 4,235<br>Jason M. Tilley : Thomas M. Hillman : 3,124

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| 1895 || John B. Peaslee: 331,521 || Asa W. Jones : 425,781 || &nbsp;

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| 1893 || William A. Taylor : 347,593 || Andrew L. Harris : 423,873 || &nbsp;

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| 1891 || William V. Marquis : 346,892 || Andrew L. Harris : 373,953

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| 1889 || William V. Marquis: 375,068 || Elbert L. Lampson : 375,090

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| 1887 || De Witt L. Coolman: 328,189 || William C. Lyon : 356,932

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| 1885 || John George Warwick: 341,809 || Robert P. Kennedy : 360,720

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| 1883 || John George Warwick : 356,413 || William G. Rose : 350,009

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|1881 || Edgar M. Johnson : 288,266 || Rees G. Richards : 314,100

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| 1879 || Americus V. Rice : 319,542 || Andrew Hickenlooper : 335,140

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| 1877 || Jabez W. Fitch : 268,606 || Ferdinand Vogeler: 241,437

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| 1875 || Samuel Fenton Cary : 287,986 || Thomas Lowry Young : 297,931

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| 1873 || Barnabas Burns: 213,593 || Alphonso Hart : 214,228

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| 1871 || Samuel Furman Hunt : 217,982 || Jacob Mueller : 236,892

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| 1869 || Thomas J. Godfrey : 228,269 || John C. Lee : 236,297

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| 1867 || Daniel S Uhl : 240,845 || John C. Lee : 243,486

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| 1865 || William Lang: 193,510 || Andrew McBurney : 224,943

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| 1863 || George E. Pugh : 187,737 || Charles Anderson : 285,474

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| 1861 || John G. Marshall : 151,978 || Benjamin Stanton : 206,995

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| 1859 || William H. Safford: 170,587 || Robert C. Kirk : 185,334

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| 1857 || William H. Lytle: 158,826 || Martin Welker : 160,751

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| 1855 || James Myers: 134,385 || Thomas H. Ford : 169,408

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| 1853 || James Myers : 147,905 || Goodsell Buckingham<br>(Freesoil) : 1,325 || Isaac J. Allen<br>(Whig) : 127,282

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| 1851 || William Medill : 146,053 || Nicholas Spindler<br>(Freesoil) : 15,839 || Ephraim R. Eckley<br>(Whig) : 119,984

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