2022 Ohio gubernatorial election

2022 Ohio gubernatorial election

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Turnout52.32%[1] Decrease 5.2pp
 
Nominee Mike DeWine Nan Whaley
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Jon Husted Cheryl Stephens
Popular vote 2,580,424 1,545,489
Percentage 62.41% 37.38%

DeWine:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Whaley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No votes

Governor before election

Mike DeWine
Republican

Elected Governor

Mike DeWine
Republican

The 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican governor Mike DeWine won re-election to a second term in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Nan Whaley, the former mayor of Dayton, with 62.4% of the vote.[2] DeWine's 25-point victory marked the continuation of a trend in which every incumbent Republican governor of Ohio since 1994 has won re-election by a double-digit margin.

This was the first time since 1994 in which Trumbull and Mahoning counties have gone to the Republican candidate with over 60% of the vote. Hamilton County also voted Republican in a statewide election for the first time since Ohio's 2016 United States Senate election, which incumbent Republican Rob Portman also won by over 20 points and nearly 60% of the vote.

  1. ^ "Voter Turnout in General Elections". Ohio Secretary of State.
  2. ^ Sangal, Aditi; Vogt, Adrienne; Hammond, Elise; Chowdhury, Maureen; Foran, Clare; Wagner, Meg; Macaya, Melissa; Ruiz, Joe; Federico-OMurchú, Seán (November 8, 2022). "CNN Projection: Republican Gov. Mike DeWine will win reelection in Ohio". CNN. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2022.