1982 Ohio State Treasurer election

1982 Ohio State Treasurer election
November 2, 1982
 
Nominee Mary Ellen Withrow Buck Rinehart Thomas V. Brown
Party Democratic Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 1,541,199 1,470,172 195,957
Percentage 48.05% 45.84% 6.11%
County results
Withrow:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%
Rinehart:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%
Ohio State Treasurer before election

Gertrude Walton Donahey
Democratic

Elected Ohio State Treasurer

Mary Ellen Withrow
Democratic

The 1982 Ohio State Treasurer election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect the Ohio State Treasurer. Democratic incumbent Ohio State Treasurer Gertrude Walton Donahey chose not to seek re-election following an embezzlement scandal. Primaries were held on June 8, 1982.

Democratic Marion County Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow narrowly won the election, defeating Republican Franklin County Treasurer Buck Rinehart and Libertarian Thomas V. Brown by two percentage points.

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