| Year !! Democrat !! Republican !! Other |
| 2002 | Timothy Hagan
& Charleta Tavares: 1,236,924 | 'Robert A. Taft II''
& Jennette Bradley''': 1,865,007 | John Eastman: 126,686
James Whitman: 291
Eva Braiman: 84 |
| 1998 | Lee Fisher
& Michael B. Coleman: 1,498,956 | Robert A. Taft II
& Maureen O'Connor: 1,678,721 | John R. Mitchel
& Lawrence Anderson: 111,468
Zanna Feitler
& John A. Eastman: 65,068 |
| 1994 | Robert L. Burch Jr.
& Peter Lawson Jones: 835,849 | 'George V. Voinovich''
& Nancy P. Hollister''': 2,401,572 | Billy R. Inmon
& Norm Myers: 108,745
Keith W. Hatton
& Luther E. Willis (WI): 48
Michael Italie
& Kibwe Diarra (WI): 24 |
| 1990 | Anthony J. "Tony" Celebrezze Jr.
& Eugene Branstool: 1,539,416 | George V. Voinovich
& Michael DeWine: 1,938,103 | David Marshall
& Margaret Husk: 82
James E. Attia
& Henry King: 49 |
| 1986 | 'Richard F. Celeste''
& Paul R. Leonard''': 1,858,372 | James A. Rhodes
& Robert A. Taft II: 1,207,264 | Thomas V. Brown
& Katie S. Smith (WI): 803
Guy Templeton Black
& Lottie May Sulzer (WI)L 92
Roberta L. Scherr
& Mark J. Rahn (WI): 80 |
| 1982 | Richard F. Celeste
& Myrl H. Shoemaker: 1,981,882 | Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.
& James E. Betts: 1,303,962 | Phyllis Goetz
& Lee Paolini (L): 39,114
Erwin J. Reupert
& John N. Salierno: 17,484
Kurt O. Landefeld
& Rachel H. Knapik: 14,279
Robert Menefee
& Jesse Menefee (WI): 7 |
| 1978 | Richard F. Celeste
& Michael J. Dorrian: 1,354,631 | 'James A. Rhodes''
& George V. Voinovich''': 1,402,167 | Patricia H. Wright
& John M. Gaige: 35,164
John O'Neil
& Conrad Gutermuth: 29,413
Allan Friedman
& Bruce Wood: 21,951
Robert Menefee
& Johnnie Menefee Jr. (WI): 25 |
| 1974 | John J. Gilligan: 1,482,191 | James A. Rhodes: 1,493,679 | Nancy Brown Lazar: 95,625
Jack A. Snyder (WI): 359
Joseph Pirincin (WI): 113
Byron Anderson (WI): 43 |
| 1970 | John J. Gilligan: 1,725,560 | Roger Cloud: 1,382,659 | Edwin G. Lawton (AI): 61,300
Joseph Pirincin (SL): 14,087
John A. Crites (WI): 321
Marcia Sweetenham (WI): 106
Donald R. Lesiak (WI): 100 |
| 1966 | Henry Frazier Reams Jr.: 1,092,054 | 'James A. Rhodes': 1,795,277 | |
| 1962 | Michael V. DiSalle: 1,280,521 | James A. Rhodes: 1,836,432 | |
| 1958 | Michael V. DiSalle: 1,869,260 | C. William O'Neill: 1,414,874 | |
| 1956 | Michael V. DiSalle: 1,577,103 | C. William O'Neill: 1,984,988 | |
| 1954 | Frank J. Lausche: 1,405,262 | James A. Rhodes: 1,192,528 | |
| 1952 | Frank J. Lausche: 2,015,110 | Charles P. Taft II: 1,590,058 | |
| 1950 | Frank J. Lausche: 1,522,249 | Don H. Ebright: 1,370,570 | |
| 1948 | Frank J. Lausche: 1,619,775 | Thomas J. Herbert: 1,398,514 | |
| 1946 | Frank J. Lausche: 1,125,997 | Thomas J. Herbert: 1,166,550 | Arla A. Albaugh (SL): 11,203 |
| 1944 | Frank J. Lausche: 1,603,808 | James G. Stewart: 1,491,450 | |
| 1942 | John McSweeney: 709,599 | John W. Bricker: 1,086,937 | |
| 1940 | Martin L. Davey: 1,460,396 | John W. Bricker: 1,824,863 | |
| 1938 | Charles Sawyer | John W. Bricker | |
| 1936 | Martin L. Davey | John W. Bricker | |
| 1934 | Martin L. Davey | Clarence J. Brown Sr. | |
| 1932 | George White | David S. Ingalls | |
| 1930 | George White | Myers Y. Cooper | |
| 1928 | Martin L. Davey | Myers Y. Cooper | |
| 1926 | A. Victor Donahey | Myers Y. Cooper | |
| 1924 | A. Victor Donahey | Harry L. Davis | |
| 1922 | A. Victor Donahey | Carmi A. Thompson | |
| 1920 | A. Victor Donahey | Harry L. Davis | |
| 1918 | James M. Cox | Frank B. Willis | |
| 1916 | James M. Cox | Frank B. Willis | |
| 1914 | James M. Cox | Frank B. Willis | |
| 1912 | James M. Cox | Robert B. Brown | |
| 1910 | Judson Harmon | Warren G. Harding | |
| 1908 | Judson Harmon | Andrew L. Harris | |
| 1905 | John M. Pattison | Myron T. Herrick | |
| 1903 | Tom L. Johnson | Myron T. Herrick | |
| 1901 | James Kilbourne | George K. Nash | |
| 1899 | John R. McLean | George K. Nash | |
| 1897 | Horace L. Chapman | 'Asa S. Bushnell' |
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