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
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