1982 Ohio gubernatorial election

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.

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

• William J. Brown, Attorney General of Ohio
• Dick Celeste, nominee for Governor in 1978 and former Director of the Peace Corps and Lieutenant Governor
• Jerry Springer, former mayor of Cincinnati

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Bud Brown, U.S. Representative from Urbana
• Seth Taft, former Cuyahoga County Commissioner and son of Charles Phelps Taft II
• Bob Teater, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
• Tom Van Meter, State Senator from Ashland

Results

General election

References