2010 Ohio gubernatorial election

none 2010 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 2010 Ohio gubernatorial election Ohio presidential Yes 2006 Ohio gubernatorial election 2006 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election 2014 November 2, 2010 150x150px File:Governor John Kasich (1).jpg John Kasich Mary Taylor Republican Party (United States) 1,889,186 49.04% File:Ted Strickland photo (1).jpg Ted Strickland Yvette Brown Democratic Party (United States) 1,812,059 47.04% 210px County results 210px Congressional district results 1 Kasich: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Strickland: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Ted Strickland Democratic Party (United States) John Kasich Republican Party (United States) 49.22% (registered voters) 4.03pp The 2010 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ted Strickland ran for a second term and was opposed by former U.S. Representative John Kasich; both Strickland and Kasich won their respective primaries uncontested. Ultimately, Kasich defeated Strickland by a 2% margin. Strickland's defeat was widely attributed to the decline of Ohio's economy, as well as the loss of 400,000 jobs since the beginning of his term. The policies of the then-president Barack Obama proved to be a hot topic among voters, with Strickland voicing his support for the healthcare overhauls initiated by Obama's administration, contrary to Kasich, who opposed the policies.Ohio - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2010/results/ohio.html www.nytimes.com 2020-05-21 Republicans have held Ohio's governorship since this election. Democratic primary Candidates Ted Strickland, incumbent governor of Ohio Results Democratic primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20100504gov-D.aspx Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Democratic: May 4, 2010 - Ohio Secretary of State www.sos.state.oh.us Ted Strickland (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 630,785 100.00% 630,785 100.00% Republican primary Candidates John Kasich, former U.S. representative, chairman of the House Budget Committee and candidate for president in 2000 Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20100504gov-R.aspx Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Republican: May 4, 2010 - Ohio Secretary of State www.sos.state.oh.usAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot John Kasich Republican Party (United States) 746,719 100.00% 746,719 100.00% Libertarian primary Candidates Ken Matesz Results Libertarian Party primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20100504gov-L.aspx Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Libertarian: May 4, 2010 - Ohio Secretary of State www.sos.state.oh.usAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Ken Matesz Libertarian Party (United States) 4,407 100.00% 4,407 100.00% Green primary Candidates Dennis Spisak, former congressional candidate Results Green Party primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20100504gov-G.aspx Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Green: May 4, 2010 - Ohio Secretary of State www.sos.state.oh.usAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Dennis Spisak Green Party (United States) 924 100.00% 924 100.00% General election Predictions Source Ranking As of Cook Political Reporthttp://cookpolitical.com/charts/governors/raceratings_2010-10-14_12-35-09.php https://web.archive.org/web/20101028141343/http://cookpolitical.com/charts/governors/raceratings_2010-10-14_12-35-09.php dead October 28, 2010 2010 Governors Race Ratings Cook Political Report October 28, 2010 Tossup October 14, 2010 Rothenberghttp://www.insideelections.com/ratings/governor/2010-gubernatorial-ratings-october-28-2010 Governor Ratings Rothenberg Political Report October 28, 2010 Tilt R Flip October 28, 2010 RealClearPoliticshttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/2010_elections_governor_map.html 2010 Governor Races RealClearPolitics October 28, 2010 Tossup November 1, 2010 Sabato's Crystal Ballhttp://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/ljs2010102801/ THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS Sabato's Crystal Ball October 28, 2010 Lean R Flip October 28, 2010 CQ Politicshttp://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-governor Race Ratings Chart: Governor CQ Politics October 28, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101005231611/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-governor October 5, 2010 Tossup October 28, 2010 Polling Poll source Date(s) administered TedStrickland (D) JohnKasich (R)Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling October 28–30, 2010 48% 49%Angus Reid Public OpinionAngus Reid Public Opinion October 27–29, 2010 46% 49%Survey USASurvey USA October 22–26, 2010 44% 49%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University October 18–24, 2010 43% 49%Fox News/PORFox News/POR October 23, 2010 43% 47%CNN/Time MagazineCNN/Time Magazine October 15–19, 2010 48% 46%University of CincinnatiUniversity of Cincinnati October 14–18, 2010 47% 49%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University October 12–17, 2010 41% 51%University of CincinnatiUniversity of Cincinnati October 8–13, 2010 43% 51%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen ReportsOctober 11, 2010 45% 48%Fox News/PORFox News/POR October 9, 2010 42% 47%Angus Reid Public OpinionAngus Reid Public Opinion October 5–8, 2010 46% 48%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University September 29 – October 3, 2010 41% 50%Fox News/PORFox News/POR October 2, 2010 43% 49%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports September 27, 2010 42% 50%CBS/NY Timeshttps://archive.today/20130119015023/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20017954-503544.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody CBS/NY Times September 23–27, 2010 42% 43%Reuters/IpsosReuters/Ipsos September 23–25, 2010 46% 47%Ohio Newspapers Poll/UCOhio Newspapers Poll/UC September 24, 2010 45% 49%SurveyUSASurveyUSA September 14, 2010 40% 52%CNN/Time MagazineCNN/Time Magazine September 10–14, 2010 44% 51%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac September 9–14, 2010 37% 54%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports September 13, 2010 43% 50%Fox News/Pulse ResearchFox News/Pulse Research September 11, 2010 43% 48%The Columbus DispatchThe Columbus Dispatch August 25 – September 3, 2010 37% 49%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports August 30, 2010 39% 47%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling August 27–29, 2010 40% 50%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports August 16, 2010 40% 48%Reuters/IpsosReuters/Ipsos August 6–8, 2010 39% 48%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports August 2, 2010 42% 45%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports July 19, 2010 43% 48%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports June 29, 2010 40% 47%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling June 26–27, 2010 41% 43%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac June 22–27, 2010 43% 38%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports June 3, 2010 42% 47%UC/The Ohio PollUC/The Ohio Poll May 11–20, 2010 49% 44%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports May 5, 2010 45% 46%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac April 21–26, 2010 44% 38%Research 2000Research 2000 April 5–7, 2010 45% 40%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports March 30, 2010 45% 46%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac March 23–29, 2010 43% 38%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling March 20–21, 2010 37% 42%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports March 4, 2010 38% 49%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac February 16–21, 2010 44% 39%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports February 5–6, 2010 41% 47%The Ohio NewspaperThe Ohio Newspaper January 13–19, 2010 45% 51%Ohio Right to LifeOhio Right to Life August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes January 8–12, 2010 33% 43%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports January 12, 2010 40% 47%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports December 7, 2009 39% 48%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac November 5–9, 2009 40% 40%The Ohio NewspaperThe Ohio Newspaper October 14–20, 2009 48% 47%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports September 23, 2009 45% 46%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac September 10–13, 2009 46% 36%Research 2000Research 2000 July 8, 2009 44% 39%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac June 26 – July 1, 2009 43% 38%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling June 17–19, 2009 44% 42%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac April 28 – May 4, 2009 51% 32%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac March 10–15, 2009 51% 31%QuinnipiacQuinnipiac January 29 – February 2, 2009 56% 26%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling January 17–18, 2009 45% 39% Results When the polls closed on election night, the race was very close, with Strickland and Kasich neck and neck. As the night wore on, Kasich's lead began to pick up strength. However, once Cuyahoga County came in, Kasich's lead began to erode. In the end Kasich still won, but it was one of the closest gubernatorial elections in Ohio history. Strickland conceded at around 2 A.M. EST. 2010 Ohio gubernatorial electionhttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20101102governor.aspx Governor and Lieutenant Governor: November 2, 2010 - Ohio Secretary of State www.sos.state.oh.us December 31, 2012 July 2, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170702150853/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20101102governor.aspx dead Republican Party (United States) John Kasich 1,889,186 49.04% +12.39% Democratic Party (United States) Ted Strickland (incumbent) 1,812,059 47.04% -13.50% Libertarian Party (United States) Ken Matesz 92,116 2.39% +0.61% Green Party (United States) Dennis Spisak 58,475 1.52% +0.50% 633 0.02% N/A 77,127 2.00% -21.89% 3,852,469 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) By county CountyJohn KasichRepublicanTed StricklandDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams4,83757.96%3,19138.23%3183.81%1,64619.73%8,346Allen18,98257.57%12,75538.69%1,2333.74%6,22718.88%32,970Ashland10,58660.89%5,89733.92%9025.19%4,68926.97%17,385Ashtabula12,58242.30%15,12850.85%2,0386.85%-2,546-8.55%29,748Athens4,52526.42%12,07370.48%5313.10%-7,548-44.06%17,129Auglaize10,87365.79%4,78828.97%8665.24%6,08536.82%16,527Belmont10,41143.96%12,46752.64%8053.40%-2,056-8.68%23,683Brown7,80358.60%4,89436.76%6184.64%2,90921.84%13,315Butler74,94262.69%40,15333.59%4,4443.72%34,78929.10%119,539Carroll5,00250.19%4,27242.87%6926.94%7307.32%9,966Champaign7,68856.89%5,13738.01%6895.10%2,55118.88%13,514Clark22,13548.14%21,66047.11%2,1814.75%4751.03%45,976Clermont42,76367.80%17,49027.73%2,8174.47%25,27340.07%63,070Clinton7,62162.86%3,83631.64%6665.50%3,78531.22%12,123Columbiana16,02148.39%15,55346.98%1,5354.63%4681.41%33,109Coshocton6,23451.22%5,17942.56%7576.22%1,0558.66%12,170Crawford7,90156.10%5,33437.87%8506.03%2,56718.23%14,085Cuyahoga148,61135.83%251,25160.57%14,9233.60%-102,640-24.74%414,785Darke11,97563.15%5,95731.42%1,0305.43%6,01831.73%18,962Defiance6,67751.69%5,56143.05%6805.26%1,1168.64%12,918Delaware45,28565.83%21,98831.96%1,5192.21%23,29733.87%68,792Erie13,09645.88%14,17149.64%1,2804.48%-1,075-3.76%28,547Fairfield29,74459.06%18,79537.32%1,8223.62%10,94921.74%50,361Fayette4,61459.77%2,82736.62%2783.61%1,78723.15%7,719Franklin169,48744.12%203,86253.07%10,7732.81%-34,375-8.95%384,122Fulton7,79853.41%6,13142.00%6704.59%1,66711.41%14,599Gallia4,80950.13%4,55347.46%2312.41%2562.67%9,593Geauga22,31260.30%13,14835.54%1,5404.16%9,16424.76%37,000Greene34,56459.16%21,56136.90%2,3033.94%13,00322.26%58,428Guernsey5,90048.56%5,59446.04%6565.40%3062.52%12,150Hamilton143,22250.42%132,08746.50%8,7453.08%11,1353.92%284,054Hancock15,06361.30%8,45034.39%1,0614.31%6,61326.91%24,574Hardin4,90454.62%3,50239.00%5736.38%1,40215.62%8,979Harrison2,54844.92%2,84050.07%2845.01%-292-5.15%5,672Henry5,52955.61%3,92239.45%4914.94%1,60716.16%9,942Highland7,45560.65%4,21534.29%6215.06%3,24026.36%12,291Hocking4,18446.27%4,44149.11%4184.62%-257-2.84%9,043Holmes5,96768.98%2,21225.57%4715.45%3,75543.41%8,650Huron9,05154.62%6,54739.51%9745.87%2,50415.11%16,572Jackson4,59245.34%5,22751.60%3103.06%-635-6.26%10,129Jefferson10,95744.30%12,81951.83%9573.87%-1,862-7.53%24,733Knox12,37160.42%7,04434.40%1,0605.18%5,32726.02%20,475Lake41,46752.35%34,15743.12%3,5814.53%7,3109.23%79,205Lawrence8,37447.20%8,95650.48%4102.32%-582-3.28%17,740Licking35,07358.98%21,89236.81%2,5054.21%13,18122.17%59,470Logan9,29263.96%4,42030.42%8165.62%4,87233.54%14,528Lorain43,99444.24%50,71451.00%4,7254.76%-6,720-6.76%99,433Lucas52,07035.98%88,21060.95%4,4563.07%-36,140-24.97%144,736Madison7,62360.16%4,54535.87%5043.97%3,07824.29%12,672Mahoning26,56631.07%56,22865.76%2,7123.17%-29,662-34.69%85,506Marion10,53552.47%8,51742.42%1,0255.11%2,01810.05%20,077Medina36,40757.77%23,76137.71%2,8484.52%12,64620.06%63,016Meigs3,32247.78%3,43049.34%2002.88%-108-1.56%6,952Mercer10,85268.00%4,39627.55%7104.45%6,45640.45%15,958Miami23,54363.39%11,72931.58%1,8655.03%11,81431.81%37,137Monroe2,10239.55%3,06357.63%1502.82%-961-18.08%5,315Montgomery89,21848.21%89,37948.30%6,4593.49%-161-0.09%185,056Morgan2,37149.25%2,24446.61%1994.14%1272.64%4,814Morrow7,07860.25%3,98933.95%6815.80%3,08926.30%11,748Muskingum13,50651.78%11,20242.95%1,3745.27%2,3048.83%26,082Noble2,35144.86%2,60949.78%2815.36%-258-4.92%5,241Ottawa7,35046.26%7,94550.00%5953.74%-595-3.74%15,890Paulding3,69553.73%2,79540.64%3875.63%90013.09%6,877Perry4,91348.41%4,74146.71%4954.88%1721.70%10,149Pickaway9,78957.42%6,63938.94%6213.64%3,15018.48%17,049Pike3,54940.44%4,94056.30%2863.26%-1,391-15.86%8,775Portage24,34148.78%23,16146.42%2,3954.80%1,1802.36%49,897Preble8,81758.91%5,21734.86%9336.23%3,60024.05%14,967Putnam8,21062.07%4,44633.62%5704.31%3,76428.45%13,226Richland22,69155.00%16,47039.92%2,0965.08%6,22115.08%41,257Ross10,24646.48%10,94949.67%8493.85%-703-3.19%22,044Sandusky9,32647.39%9,26147.06%1,0915.55%650.33%19,678Scioto8,99837.93%14,24460.04%4812.03%-5,246-22.11%23,723Seneca8,71649.35%7,79044.11%1,1556.54%9265.24%17,661Shelby11,40264.06%5,35530.09%1,0415.85%6,04733.97%17,798Stark63,77949.72%58,49245.60%5,9964.68%5,2874.12%128,267Summit79,96344.40%93,74052.05%6,4063.55%-13,777-7.65%180,109Trumbull24,81133.97%44,93561.52%3,2974.51%-20,124-27.55%73,043Tuscarawas14,21448.94%13,18245.39%1,6475.67%1,0323.55%29,043Union11,73966.30%5,30429.95%6643.75%6,43536.35%17,707Van Wert6,39664.63%3,01430.45%4874.92%3,38234.18%9,897Vinton1,76441.06%2,35154.73%1814.21%-587-13.67%4,296Warren54,53668.37%22,27127.92%2,9553.71%32,26540.45%79,762Washington10,23048.20%10,40849.04%5852.76%-178-0.84%21,223Wayne21,24358.12%13,49036.91%1,8184.97%7,75321.21%36,551Williams6,61054.23%4,93140.46%6475.31%1,67913.77%12,188Wood20,39046.61%21,36948.85%1,9874.54%-979-2.24%43,746Wyandot4,10356.87%2,66636.95%4466.18%1,43719.92%7,215Totals1,889,18649.04%1,812,05947.04%151,2243.92%77,1272.00%3,852,469 right 300px Swing by county 300px Trend by county Legend #09ceff Democratic—+20%−25% #4bdbff Democratic—+15%−20% #77e3ff Democratic—+10−15% #aaeeff Democratic—+5−10% #D5F6FF Democratic—+<5% #FFD5D5 Republican—+<5% #FFAAAA Republican—+5−10% #FF8080 Republican—+10−15% #FF5555 Republican—+15−20% #FF2A2A Republican—+20−25% #FF0000 Republican—+25−30% #D40000 Republican—+30–40% #b80000 Republican—+40–50% 300px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Adams (largest city: West Union) Ashland (largest city: Ashland) Allen (largest city: Lima) Brown (largest city: Georgetown) Carroll (largest city: Carrollton) Champaign (largest city: Urbana) Clark (largest municipality: Springfield) Clinton (largest city: Wilmington) Columbiana (largest city: Salem) Coshocton (largest city: Coshocton) Crawford (largest city: Bucyrus) Delaware (largest city: Delaware) Defiance (largest city: Defiance) Fairfield (largest city: Lancaster) Fayette (largest city: Washington Court House) Fulton (largest city: Wauseon) Gallia (largest city: Gallipolis) Geauga (largest city: Chardon) Guernsey (largest city: Cambridge) Hardin (largest city: Kenton) Henry (largest city: Napoleon) Highland (largest city: Hillsboro) Huron (largest city: Norwalk) Knox (largest city: Mount Vernon) Lake (largest city: Mentor) Licking (largest city: Newark) Madison (largest city: London) Marion (largest city: Marion) Medina (largest city: Medina) Morgan (largest city: McConnelsville) Morrow (largest city: Mount Gilead) Muskingum (largest city: Zanesville) Paulding (largest city: Paulding) Perry (largest city: New Lexington) Pickaway (largest city: Circleville) Portage (largest city: Kent) Preble (largest city: Eaton) Richland (largest city: Mansfield) Sandusky (largest city: Fremont) Seneca (largest city: Tiffin) Stark (largest city: Canton) Tuscarawas (largest city: New Philadelphia) Wayne (largest city: Wooster) Williams (largest city: Bryan) Wyandot (largest city: Upper Sandusky) References External links Elections & Ballot Issues at the Ohio Secretary of State Candidates for Ohio State OfficesAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot at Project Vote Smart Campaign contributions for 2010 Ohio Governor from Follow the Money https://archive.today/20130131124326/http://www.pollster.com/polls/oh/10-oh-gov-ge-kvs.php 2010 Ohio Gubernatorial General Election: John Kasich (R) vs Ted Strickland (D) el graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com Election 2010: Ohio Governor from Rasmussen Reports 2010 Ohio Governor – Kasich vs. Strickland from Real Clear Politics 2010 Ohio Governor's Race from CQ Politics Race Profile in The New York Times Debates Ohio Gubernatorial Debate, C-SPAN, September 14, 2010 Official campaign websites (archived) John Kasich for Governor Ken Matesz for Governor Dennis Spisak for Governor Ted Strickland for Governor incumbent Gubernatorial 2010 Ohio Category:November 2010 in the United States Category:John Kasich