1986 Ohio Secretary of State election

1986 Ohio Secretary of State election

November 4, 1986 (1986-11-04)
 
Nominee Sherrod Brown Vincent C. Campanella
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,805,833 1,217,803
Percentage 59.72% 40.28%

Brown:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Campanella:      50–60%

Secretary of State before election

Sherrod Brown
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Sherrod Brown
Democratic

The 1986 Ohio Secretary of State election was held on November 4, 1986, to elect the Ohio Secretary of State. Democratic incumbent Ohio Secretary of State Sherrod Brown easily won re-election in a landslide, defeating Republican challenger Cuyahoga County Commissioner Vincent Campanella by nearly 20 percentage points.