1990 Ohio gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1990 Ohio gubernatorial election Ohio presidential no 1986 Ohio gubernatorial election 1986 1994 Ohio gubernatorial election 1994 November 6, 1990 George Voinovich, 1990.jpg 150x150px George Voinovich Republican Party (United States) Mike DeWine 1,938,103 55.73% A. J. Celebrezze Jr. - 25th Senate District - Ohio Senate 112th General Assemby 1977-1978 - DPLA - e9414839d7ad388bfa2619d70cf07f58 (page 8) (cropped).jpg Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. Democratic Party (United States) Eugene Branstool 1,539,416 44.27% 210px County results 210px Township results 210px Voinovich: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Celebrezze: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Dick Celeste Democratic Party (United States) George Voinovich Republican Party (United States) The 1990 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democratic governor Dick Celeste was unable to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits. Former mayor of Cleveland George Voinovich, who also ran for the United States Senate in 1988, was uncontested for the Republican nomination, while Ohio Attorney General Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. emerged from the Democratic primary. In the end, Voinovich was able to defeat Celebrezze by a fairly wide margin, winning his first term in office. Abortion was a key issue of the election. Celebrezze switched from his lifelong anti-abortion position to a pro-choice position nine days before declaring his candidacy. Assuming that this would help him in a mostly pro-choice state, he raised the issue frequently. Because of this, the topic of abortion made the news. This allowed Voinovich to have an issue to criticize Celebrezze's integrity, contributing to Voinovich's win.Hershey Marjorie Randon Constructing Explanations for U.S. State Governors' Races: The Abortion Issue and the 1990 Gubernatorial Election https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10.1080/105846000414269?scroll=top&needAccess=true Political Communication 2000 17 3 239–262 10.1080/105846000414269 143420185 31 January 2022 subscription Democratic primary Candidates Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr., Attorney General of Ohio Michael Hugh Lord, businessman Results Democratic primary resultsElection results Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 683,932 83.85 Michael Hugh Lord Democratic Party (United States) 131,564 16.13 Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 191 0.02 815,687 100.00 Republican primary Candidates George Voinovich, former mayor of Cleveland, former lieutenant governor and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1988 Results Republican primary resultsElection results 1990 George Voinovich Republican Party (United States) 645,224 100.00 645,224 100.00 General election Results Ohio gubernatorial election, 1990Election results 1990 Republican Party (United States) George Voinovich 1,938,103 55.73% +16.36% Democratic Party (United States) Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. 1,539,416 44.27% -16.33% Write-ins 131 0.00% 398,687 11.46% -9.77% 3,477,650 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Gubernatorial 1990 Ohio Category:November 1990 in the United States