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1934 Ohio governor election
Martin L. Davey (Democrat) beat Clarence J. Brown (Republican) in Ohio in 1934, 51.1% to 48.1%, a margin of 3.0 points and 65,406 votes.
The Democratic hold continued from 1932, when George White won.
Republicans led in 49 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 39. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 343,884 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.8 points. The closest was Wyandot, where 5 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Governor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin L. Davey won | Democratic | 1,118,257 | 51.1% |
| Clarence J. Brown | Republican | 1,052,851 | 48.1% |
| All other candidates | 15,854 | 0.7% | |
| Total | 2,186,962 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga | 191,818 55.8% | 144,276 42.0% | 7,790 | 343,884 | D+13.8 |
| Hamilton | 89,756 43.8% | 113,873 55.6% | 1,167 | 204,796 | R+11.8 |
| Franklin | 55,134 47.1% | 61,411 52.5% | 473 | 117,018 | R+5.4 |
| Lucas | 61,786 65.0% | 32,465 34.2% | 784 | 95,035 | D+30.9 |
| Montgomery | 43,304 49.8% | 43,063 49.5% | 641 | 87,008 | D+0.3 |
| Summit | 46,180 56.1% | 35,119 42.7% | 946 | 82,245 | D+13.4 |
| Stark | 33,858 53.5% | 28,997 45.8% | 421 | 63,276 | D+7.7 |
| Mahoning | 34,971 56.9% | 25,980 42.3% | 481 | 61,432 | D+14.6 |
| Butler | 17,967 51.2% | 16,888 48.1% | 227 | 35,082 | D+3.1 |
| Trumbull | 18,004 53.5% | 15,424 45.8% | 233 | 33,661 | D+7.7 |
| Lorain | 16,628 54.7% | 13,513 44.4% | 273 | 30,414 | D+10.2 |
| Scioto | 14,765 49.9% | 14,782 49.9% | 49 | 29,596 | R+0.1 |
| Belmont | 15,926 55.6% | 12,517 43.7% | 215 | 28,658 | D+11.9 |
| Clark | 13,974 48.8% | 14,582 51.0% | 57 | 28,613 | R+2.1 |
| Allen | 12,635 48.0% | 13,658 51.8% | 55 | 26,348 | R+3.9 |
| Jefferson | 14,902 57.4% | 10,884 41.9% | 170 | 25,956 | D+15.5 |
| Muskingum | 12,010 46.6% | 13,717 53.2% | 70 | 25,797 | R+6.6 |
| Richland | 13,248 55.5% | 10,457 43.8% | 145 | 23,850 | D+11.7 |
| Licking | 11,628 49.1% | 11,998 50.6% | 63 | 23,689 | R+1.6 |
| Columbiana | 11,322 48.7% | 11,780 50.7% | 142 | 23,244 | R+2.0 |
| Tuscarawas | 13,103 56.9% | 9,837 42.7% | 79 | 23,019 | D+14.2 |
| Ashtabula | 10,947 50.6% | 10,614 49.0% | 86 | 21,647 | D+1.5 |
| Wood | 9,249 49.5% | 9,398 50.3% | 34 | 18,681 | R+0.8 |
| Ross | 8,947 48.0% | 9,688 51.9% | 21 | 18,656 | R+4.0 |
| Seneca | 9,374 51.3% | 8,844 48.4% | 42 | 18,260 | D+2.9 |
| Miami | 7,981 44.9% | 9,755 54.9% | 38 | 17,774 | R+10.0 |
| Wayne | 8,264 47.3% | 9,166 52.5% | 31 | 17,461 | R+5.2 |
| Portage | 10,232 59.7% | 6,835 39.9% | 83 | 17,150 | D+19.8 |
| Washington | 7,216 43.3% | 9,405 56.4% | 45 | 16,666 | R+13.1 |
| Hancock | 8,313 50.0% | 8,293 49.8% | 34 | 16,640 | D+0.1 |
| Marion | 8,369 51.2% | 7,953 48.6% | 39 | 16,361 | D+2.5 |
| Darke | 8,355 51.7% | 7,787 48.2% | 19 | 16,161 | D+3.5 |
| Athens | 6,661 41.5% | 9,337 58.2% | 36 | 16,034 | R+16.7 |
| Sandusky | 8,742 54.6% | 7,229 45.2% | 30 | 16,001 | D+9.5 |
| Erie | 8,807 57.3% | 6,504 42.3% | 58 | 15,369 | D+15.0 |
| Guernsey | 6,999 45.6% | 8,303 54.2% | 30 | 15,332 | R+8.5 |
| Fairfield | 7,860 51.9% | 7,262 48.0% | 21 | 15,143 | D+3.9 |
| Lawrence | 7,636 50.9% | 7,336 48.9% | 23 | 14,995 | D+2.0 |
| Hardin | 7,379 50.1% | 7,358 49.9% | 6 | 14,743 | D+0.1 |
| Lake | 7,016 48.1% | 7,479 51.3% | 77 | 14,572 | R+3.2 |
| Clermont | 6,313 44.1% | 7,997 55.8% | 16 | 14,326 | R+11.8 |
| Huron | 6,973 48.9% | 7,261 50.9% | 21 | 14,255 | R+2.0 |
| Crawford | 7,412 53.1% | 6,518 46.7% | 36 | 13,966 | D+6.4 |
| Highland | 5,334 41.6% | 7,475 58.3% | 9 | 12,818 | R+16.7 |
| Logan | 5,192 41.1% | 7,429 58.8% | 9 | 12,630 | R+17.7 |
| Perry | 5,564 44.3% | 6,963 55.4% | 31 | 12,558 | R+11.1 |
| Van Wert | 6,669 53.8% | 5,719 46.1% | 6 | 12,394 | D+7.7 |
| Knox | 5,055 41.2% | 7,201 58.7% | 19 | 12,275 | R+17.5 |
| Coshocton | 5,788 49.2% | 5,923 50.4% | 42 | 11,753 | R+1.1 |
| Greene | 5,231 44.5% | 6,498 55.3% | 17 | 11,746 | R+10.8 |
| Delaware | 4,783 41.2% | 6,814 58.7% | 4 | 11,601 | R+17.5 |
| Ashland | 6,034 52.9% | 5,358 47.0% | 18 | 11,410 | D+5.9 |
| Auglaize | 5,429 48.4% | 5,781 51.5% | 14 | 11,224 | R+3.1 |
| Jackson | 4,808 42.9% | 6,383 57.0% | 7 | 11,198 | R+14.1 |
| Shelby | 6,683 60.3% | 4,398 39.7% | 8 | 11,089 | D+20.6 |
| Champaign | 4,740 43.6% | 6,122 56.3% | 19 | 10,881 | R+12.7 |
| Warren | 4,029 37.3% | 6,763 62.6% | 8 | 10,800 | R+25.3 |
| Adams | 5,069 47.2% | 5,658 52.7% | 7 | 10,734 | R+5.5 |
| Mercer | 6,270 59.1% | 4,318 40.7% | 20 | 10,608 | D+18.4 |
| Medina | 4,582 44.1% | 5,769 55.5% | 45 | 10,396 | R+11.4 |
| Williams | 4,844 47.8% | 5,271 52.0% | 21 | 10,136 | R+4.2 |
| Preble | 4,463 44.8% | 5,501 55.2% | 9 | 9,973 | R+10.4 |
| Putnam | 6,309 63.8% | 3,585 36.2% | 2 | 9,896 | D+27.5 |
| Clinton | 2,887 30.2% | 6,668 69.7% | 8 | 9,563 | R+39.5 |
| Pickaway | 4,986 53.4% | 4,349 46.6% | 2 | 9,337 | D+6.8 |
| Meigs | 3,696 39.7% | 5,587 60.0% | 22 | 9,305 | R+20.3 |
| Brown | 4,977 54.2% | 4,196 45.7% | 3 | 9,176 | D+8.5 |
| Union | 3,454 39.0% | 5,392 60.9% | 1 | 8,847 | R+21.9 |
| Gallia | 3,532 40.1% | 5,239 59.5% | 32 | 8,803 | R+19.4 |
| Defiance | 4,703 53.5% | 4,080 46.5% | 8,783 | D+7.1 | |
| Hocking | 4,299 51.1% | 4,101 48.7% | 14 | 8,414 | D+2.4 |
| Madison | 3,279 39.8% | 4,959 60.2% | 5 | 8,243 | R+20.4 |
| Wyandot | 4,085 49.9% | 4,090 50.0% | 7 | 8,182 | R+0.1 |
| Henry | 4,654 59.4% | 3,162 40.4% | 20 | 7,836 | D+19.0 |
| Fayette | 3,470 45.3% | 4,192 54.7% | 6 | 7,668 | R+9.4 |
| Pike | 4,900 65.3% | 2,598 34.6% | 2 | 7,500 | D+30.7 |
| Noble | 3,301 44.3% | 4,146 55.7% | 7,447 | R+11.3 | |
| Harrison | 3,070 42.4% | 4,161 57.5% | 8 | 7,239 | R+15.1 |
| Fulton | 2,955 41.1% | 4,204 58.5% | 30 | 7,189 | R+17.4 |
| Paulding | 3,409 48.1% | 3,670 51.8% | 7 | 7,086 | R+3.7 |
| Ottawa | 4,756 67.7% | 2,260 32.2% | 8 | 7,024 | D+35.5 |
| Morrow | 2,965 44.5% | 3,691 55.4% | 8 | 6,664 | R+10.9 |
| Monroe | 4,016 61.2% | 2,545 38.8% | 5 | 6,566 | D+22.4 |
| Morgan | 2,389 36.7% | 4,125 63.3% | 2 | 6,516 | R+26.6 |
| Carroll | 2,204 36.3% | 3,861 63.5% | 13 | 6,078 | R+27.3 |
| Vinton | 2,327 44.0% | 2,957 55.9% | 3 | 5,287 | R+11.9 |
| Holmes | 3,158 65.0% | 1,696 34.9% | 4 | 4,858 | D+30.1 |
| Geauga | 1,945 44.0% | 2,450 55.5% | 22 | 4,417 | R+11.4 |
Counties as they stood in 1934; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Ohio governor elections we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mike DeWine (R) | R+25.1 |
| 2018 | Mike DeWine (R) | R+3.7 |
| 2014 | John R. Kasich (R) | R+30.6 |
| 2010 | John R. Kasich (R) | R+2.0 |
| 2006 | Ted Strickland (D) | D+23.9 |
| 2002 | Robert Alphonso Taft (R) | R+19.5 |
| 1998 | Robert Alphonso Taft (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1994 | George Voinovich (R) | R+46.8 |
| 1990 | George Voinovich (R) | R+11.3 |
| 1986 | Richard F. Celeste (D) | D+21.2 |
| 1982 | Dick Celeste (D) | D+20.2 |
| 1978 | James A. Rhodes (R) | R+1.7 |
| 1974 | James A. Rhodes (R) | R+0.4 |
| 1970 | John J. Gilligan (D) | D+10.8 |
| 1966 | Jim Rhodes (R) | R+24.4 |
| 1962 | James A. Rhodes (R) | R+17.8 |
| 1958 | Michael V. Disalle (D) | D+13.8 |
| 1956 | C. William O'Neill (R) | R+12.1 |
| 1954 | Frank J. Lausche (D) | D+8.2 |
| 1952 | Frank J. Lausche (D) | D+11.8 |
| 1950 | Frank J. Lausche (D) | D+5.2 |
| 1948 | Frank J. Lausche (D) | D+7.3 |
| 1946 | Thomas J. Herbert (R) | R+1.8 |
| 1944 | Frank Lausche (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1942 | John W. Bricker (R) | R+21.0 |
| 1940 | John W. Bricker (R) | R+11.1 |
| 1938 | John W. Bricker (R) | R+4.9 |
| 1936 | Martin L. Davey (D) | D+4.3 |
| 1934 | Martin L. Davey (D) | D+3.0 |
| 1932 | George White (D) | D+8.0 |
| 1930 | George White (D) | D+5.6 |
| 1928 | Myers Y. Cooper (R) | R+10.1 |
| 1926 | Vic Donahey (D) | D+1.6 |
| 1924 | Vic Donahey (D) | D+9.0 |
| 1922 | Vic Donahey (D) | D+1.1 |
| 1920 | Harry L. Davis (R) | R+6.0 |
| 1918 | James M. Cox (D) | D+1.2 |
| 1916 | James M. Cox (D) | D+0.6 |
| 1914 | Frank B. Willis (R) | R+2.6 |
| 1912 | James M. Cox (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1910 | Judson Harmon (D) | D+10.9 |
| 1908 | Judson Harmon (D) | D+1.7 |
| 1905 | John M. Pattison (D) | D+4.6 |
| 1903 | Myron T. Herrick (R) | R+13.1 |
| 1901 | George K. Nash (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1899 | George K. Nash (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1897 | Asa S. Bushnell (R) | R+3.3 |
| 1895 | Asa S. Bushnell (R) | R+11.1 |
| 1893 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.8 |
| 1891 | William McKinley (R) | R+2.7 |
| 1889 | James E. Campbell (D) | D+1.4 |
| 1887 | Joseph B. Foraker (R) | R+3.1 |
| 1885 | Joseph B. Foraker (R) | R+2.4 |
| 1883 | George Hoadly (D) | D+1.7 |
| 1881 | Charles Foster (R) | R+3.9 |
| 1879 | Charles Foster (R) | R+2.6 |
| 1877 | Richard M. Bishop (D) | D+4.1 |
| 1875 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+0.9 |
| 1873 | William Allen (D) | D+0.2 |
| 1871 | Edward F. Noyes (R) | R+4.4 |
| 1869 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+1.6 |
| 1867 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+0.7 |
| 1865 | Jacob Dolson Cox (R) | R+7.1 |