2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Ohio Governor
Governor · Ohio
John Kasich (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Ted Strickland (D) by 2.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John KasichRepublican · winner
51.0%1,889,186
Ted StricklandDemocrat
49.0%1,812,059
3,701,245 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET