2018 Cuyahoga County executive election

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2018 Cuyahoga County executive election
Flag of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.svg
  2014 November 6, 2018 2022  
Turnout54.5% [1] Increase2.svg 14.9 pp
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Candidate Armond Budish Peter J. Corrigan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote318,612153,630
Percentage67.5%32.5%

2018 Cuyahoga County executive election results map by municipality.svg
Results by municipality
Budish:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Corrigan:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Executive before election

Armond Budish
Democratic

Elected Executive

Armond Budish
Democratic

The 2018 Cuyahoga County executive election took place on November 6, 2018 to elect the County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Armond Budish won reelection to a second term with 67.47% of the vote, making him the first since the establishment of the office to be reelected. [2]

Contents

Democratic primary

Incumbent Armond Budish ran unopposed not only in the Democratic primary, but in the Republican primary too, as no other candidates filed petitions to challenge him. [3]

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Armond Budish (incumbent) 84,785 100.0%
Total votes84,785 100.0%

Republican primary

No Republican filed petitions with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to get on the primary ballot. [3] Peter J. Corrigan ran a successful write-in campaign to become the party's nominee in the general election. [5]

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew

  • Tanner Fischbach, candidate for County Executive in 2014 (did not file for the primary ballot) [5] [6]

Primary Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 4,878100.0%
Total votes4,878 100.0%

General election

Results

2018 Cuyahoga County executive election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Armond Budish (incumbent) 318,612 67.47%
Republican Peter J. Corrigan153,63032.53%
Total votes492,323 100.0%
Democratic hold

Results by municipality

Results by municipality [7]
MunicipalityBudishCorriganTotal votes
Votes %Votes %
Bay Village 4,31750.50%3,88445.44%8,548
Beachwood 5,13276.99%1,30919.64%6,666
Bedford 3,71474.13%1,13922.73%5,010
Bedford Heights 4,00788.30%3958.70%4,538
Bentleyville 20840.00%29857.31%520
Berea 4,35558.46%2,81637.80%7,450
Bratenahl 54561.72%30434.43%883
Brecksville 3,17642.75%3,98053.57%7,430
Broadview Heights 3,88542.92%4,73352.29%9,051
Brook Park 3,42751.91%2,85243.20%6,602
Brooklyn 2,17954.18%1,59339.61%4,022
Brooklyn Heights 34246.15%36148.72%741
Chagrin Falls 1,13850.42%1,03345.76%2,257
Chagrin Falls Township 2837.33%4560.00%75
Cleveland 86,00378.66%18,83117.22%109,330
Cleveland Heights 17,77283.63%2,87013.54%21,192
Cuyahoga Heights 8835.77%14056.91%246
East Cleveland 4,30391.07%2314.89%4,725
Euclid 14,17476.97%3,55019.28%18,415
Fairview Park 4,42553.60%3,44641.74%8,256
Garfield Heights 6,94573.88%2,15122.88%9,400
Gates Mills 60543.37%75754.27%1,395
Glenwillow 25270.55%8625.07%343
Highland Heights 2,08946.45%2,25650.17%4,497
Highland Hills 28193.05%134.30%302
Hunting Valley 14641.01%20056.18%356
Independence 1,51037.68%2,26156.42%4,007
Lakewood 15,52669.37%5,94026.54%22,380
Linndale 2172.41%724.14%29
Lyndhurst 4,52162.97%2,44033.98%7,180
Maple Heights 7,10285.00%1,03412.38%8,355
Mayfield Heights 4,51760.75%2,58434.75%7,436
Mayfield Village 83248.88%81547.88%1,702
Middleburg Heights 3,10946.89%3,24148.88%6,630
Moreland Hills 1,24259.83%77437.28%2,076
Newburgh Heights 30159.14%19337.92%509
North Olmsted 7,07950.91%6,10843.93%13,905
North Randall 33486.98%379.64%384
North Royalton 5,27039.78%7,27054.87%13,249
Oakwood 1,44482.42%26214.96%1,752
Olmsted Falls 1,92749.17%1,82046.44%3,919
Olmsted Township 2,72347.55%2,73647.77%5,727
Orange 1,43575.57%41421.80%1,899
Parma 14,12149.33%12,85944.92%28,624
Parma Heights 3,80153.16%2,99641.90%7,150
Pepper Pike 2,35864.18%1,19632.55%3,674
Richmond Heights 3,71576.60%99820.58%4,850
Rocky River 5,63050.39%5,12645.88%11,173
Seven Hills 2,64643.79%3,06850.78%6,042
Shaker Heights 12,48382.16%2,25114.82%15,193
Solon 7,09059.41%4,37036.61%11,935
South Euclid 7,83678.74%1,81018.19%9,952
Strongsville 8,97942.73%10,93852.05%21,014
University Heights 3,86471.08%1,41225.97%5,436
Valley View 42439.52%60656.48%1,073
Walton Hills 52743.41%64453.05%1,214
Warrensville Heights 5,04193.70%1803.35%5,380
Westlake 7,47046.89%7,93949.84%15,930
Woodmere 25887.76%289.52%294

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