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Election 1998 Results

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1998 Ohio governor election

Robert Alphonso Taft (Republican) beat Lee Fisher (Democrat) in Ohio in 1998, 50.0% to 44.7%, a margin of 5.4 points and 179,765 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1994, when George Voinovich won.

Republicans led in 68 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 20. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 409,101 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.4 points. The closest was Vinton, where 27 votes separated the two parties.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Robert Alphonso Taft won Republican 1,678,721 50.0%
Lee Fisher Democratic 1,498,956 44.7%
All other candidates 176,536 5.3%
Total3,354,213

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 238,577 58.3% 155,158 37.9% 15,366 409,101 D+20.4
Franklin 132,258 45.0% 144,974 49.4% 16,455 293,687 R+4.3
Hamilton 105,249 37.2% 167,447 59.2% 10,180 282,876 R+22.0
Montgomery 76,752 47.4% 76,550 47.3% 8,548 161,850 D+0.1
Summit 77,789 49.5% 72,009 45.8% 7,479 157,277 D+3.7
Lucas 78,310 59.1% 48,158 36.3% 6,097 132,565 D+22.7
Stark 53,636 44.1% 61,342 50.5% 6,602 121,580 R+6.3
Butler 29,294 33.1% 54,703 61.9% 4,427 88,424 R+28.7
Mahoning 45,422 56.3% 30,423 37.7% 4,800 80,645 D+18.6
Lorain 39,743 51.2% 33,816 43.5% 4,091 77,650 D+7.6
Lake 28,755 40.7% 38,002 53.7% 3,966 70,723 R+13.1
Trumbull 39,854 57.5% 25,125 36.2% 4,391 69,370 D+21.2
Licking 18,026 37.6% 26,616 55.5% 3,283 47,925 R+17.9
Medina 17,230 38.0% 25,787 56.9% 2,342 45,359 R+18.9
Clermont 13,195 29.4% 29,822 66.4% 1,928 44,945 R+37.0
Warren 12,562 28.3% 29,897 67.3% 1,934 44,393 R+39.0
Greene 16,410 37.1% 24,755 56.0% 3,066 44,231 R+18.9
Portage 19,487 47.0% 18,913 45.6% 3,082 41,482 D+1.4
Clark 17,901 44.1% 19,808 48.8% 2,895 40,604 R+4.7
Richland 16,221 41.8% 20,818 53.6% 1,809 38,848 R+11.8
Fairfield 13,698 35.8% 22,081 57.8% 2,434 38,213 R+21.9
Wood 16,892 45.1% 18,558 49.6% 1,980 37,430 R+4.5
Delaware 10,217 29.6% 21,761 63.1% 2,524 34,502 R+33.5
Columbiana 14,652 45.3% 15,594 48.2% 2,096 32,342 R+2.9
Allen 10,858 34.8% 19,127 61.2% 1,245 31,230 R+26.5
Miami 11,111 36.5% 17,127 56.3% 2,175 30,413 R+19.8
Geauga 10,385 34.3% 18,548 61.2% 1,359 30,292 R+26.9
Wayne 10,226 33.9% 18,408 61.0% 1,538 30,172 R+27.1
Ashtabula 13,123 45.4% 14,336 49.6% 1,458 28,917 R+4.2
Erie 12,905 48.5% 12,682 47.7% 1,016 26,603 D+0.8
Tuscarawas 13,161 49.6% 11,962 45.1% 1,414 26,537 D+4.5
Jefferson 13,515 51.7% 10,600 40.6% 2,002 26,117 D+11.2
Muskingum 9,576 39.1% 13,586 55.5% 1,312 24,474 R+16.4
Belmont 13,744 56.5% 9,051 37.2% 1,541 24,336 D+19.3
Scioto 11,469 51.2% 10,120 45.2% 798 22,387 D+6.0
Hancock 6,702 30.3% 14,372 65.0% 1,044 22,118 R+34.7
Washington 6,856 34.3% 12,389 62.1% 715 19,960 R+27.7
Ross 9,554 48.2% 9,357 47.2% 895 19,806 D+1.0
Sandusky 7,944 42.2% 9,456 50.2% 1,418 18,818 R+8.0
Marion 7,898 42.7% 9,107 49.3% 1,473 18,478 R+6.5
Darke 6,618 36.1% 10,443 56.9% 1,279 18,340 R+20.9
Seneca 7,156 39.5% 9,637 53.3% 1,303 18,096 R+13.7
Lawrence 7,522 42.7% 9,198 52.2% 915 17,635 R+9.5
Ashland 5,458 33.7% 9,789 60.4% 948 16,195 R+26.7
Athens 8,408 51.9% 6,444 39.8% 1,334 16,186 D+12.1
Huron 6,254 39.2% 8,783 55.1% 917 15,954 R+15.9
Ottawa 6,833 46.7% 6,921 47.3% 872 14,626 R+0.6
Knox 5,010 34.6% 8,422 58.2% 1,037 14,469 R+23.6
Auglaize 4,489 31.3% 9,004 62.7% 863 14,356 R+31.5
Crawford 5,261 37.3% 7,768 55.1% 1,072 14,101 R+17.8
Shelby 4,956 36.0% 7,560 54.9% 1,263 13,779 R+18.9
Pickaway 5,075 38.1% 7,384 55.4% 877 13,336 R+17.3
Fulton 5,159 39.0% 7,305 55.2% 761 13,225 R+16.2
Logan 4,175 31.8% 7,852 59.9% 1,082 13,109 R+28.0
Mercer 4,337 33.8% 7,730 60.3% 748 12,815 R+26.5
Preble 4,587 36.5% 6,824 54.4% 1,142 12,553 R+17.8
Putnam 3,907 31.7% 7,815 63.4% 598 12,320 R+31.7
Union 3,830 31.1% 7,457 60.6% 1,012 12,299 R+29.5
Defiance 4,415 38.9% 6,263 55.2% 663 11,341 R+16.3
Highland 3,889 34.4% 6,817 60.4% 583 11,289 R+25.9
Brown 4,488 40.0% 6,106 54.5% 617 11,211 R+14.4
Guernsey 4,600 41.2% 5,982 53.6% 588 11,170 R+12.4
Champaign 4,056 36.6% 6,144 55.4% 891 11,091 R+18.8
Williams 3,821 35.5% 6,243 58.0% 691 10,755 R+22.5
Coshocton 3,856 37.0% 5,982 57.4% 589 10,427 R+20.4
Madison 3,654 35.4% 5,914 57.3% 749 10,317 R+21.9
Clinton 3,213 31.6% 6,484 63.7% 479 10,176 R+32.1
Henry 3,432 34.6% 5,857 59.1% 619 9,908 R+24.5
Perry 4,508 46.9% 4,390 45.7% 708 9,606 D+1.2
Gallia 3,711 39.3% 5,216 55.3% 505 9,432 R+16.0
Morrow 3,486 37.4% 4,981 53.4% 853 9,320 R+16.0
Hardin 3,650 39.2% 4,965 53.3% 703 9,318 R+14.1
Van Wert 2,805 30.9% 5,936 65.4% 332 9,073 R+34.5
Jackson 3,737 41.6% 4,742 52.8% 496 8,975 R+11.2
Carroll 3,630 40.5% 4,794 53.5% 533 8,957 R+13.0
Pike 4,334 53.5% 3,438 42.4% 332 8,104 D+11.1
Hocking 3,394 44.6% 3,595 47.2% 628 7,617 R+2.6
Adams 2,791 37.4% 4,341 58.1% 340 7,472 R+20.7
Wyandot 2,547 35.6% 4,077 57.1% 522 7,146 R+21.4
Meigs 2,712 38.3% 3,991 56.4% 369 7,072 R+18.1
Fayette 2,498 35.8% 4,045 58.0% 426 6,969 R+22.2
Holmes 1,820 26.7% 4,603 67.6% 391 6,814 R+40.8
Paulding 2,408 39.1% 3,431 55.7% 320 6,159 R+16.6
Harrison 3,001 50.7% 2,572 43.4% 351 5,924 D+7.2
Monroe 3,081 55.2% 2,146 38.4% 355 5,582 D+16.8
Morgan 1,680 35.5% 2,776 58.6% 279 4,735 R+23.1
Noble 1,828 40.3% 2,517 55.5% 193 4,538 R+15.2
Vinton 1,719 47.2% 1,692 46.5% 230 3,641 D+0.7

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Ohio governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
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