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2014Final results

2014 election for Ohio Governor

Governor · Ohio

John Kasich (R) won with 65.8% of the vote, defeating Ed FitzGerald (D) by 31.7 points.

John KasichRepublican · winner
65.8%1,944,848
34.2%1,009,359
2,954,207 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenR+20.22002D+24.62006R+2.12010R+31.72014R+3.72018R+25.02022

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET