1974 Ohio lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 5, 1974
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County results Celeste: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Brown: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 Ohio lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. Democratic Ohio House Representative Dick Celeste defeated incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor John William Brown.
In 1976, following the passage of a voter-approved amendment, the elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio were merged into one ticket. Thus, this race is the last election in which an Ohio Governor and Lieutenant Governor were elected separately. Additionally, this election coincided with the 1974 Ohio gubernatorial election in which former Republican Governor Jim Rhodes narrowly defeated Democratic incumbent Governor John J. Gilligan, making this the last election in which an Ohio Governor and Lieutenant Governor of separate political parties were simultaneously elected.