1982 Ohio gubernatorial election
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
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