1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1990 election for Ohio Governor
Governor · Ohio
George Voinovich (R) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Anthony J. Celebrezze (D) by 11.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
George VoinovichRepublican · winner
55.7%1,938,103
Anthony J. CelebrezzeDemocrat
44.3%1,544,416
3,482,519 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET