Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of Butler
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

Governor; State of Ohio

• Bob Taft, Republican
  1,831,110 votes 57.8%
• Timothy F. Hagan, Democratic
  1,212,392 votes 38.3%
• John Eastman, Independent
  124,595 votes 3.9%
• Eva Braiman (Write-in)
• James Whitman (Write-in)

Lt Governor; State of Ohio

• Charleta B. Tavares
• Jennette Bradley
• Sadie Stewart

Attorney General; State of Ohio

• Jim Petro, Republican
  1,971,812 votes 64.2%
• Leigh Herington, Democratic
  1,100,391 votes 35.8%

Auditor of State; State of Ohio

• Betty Montgomery, Republican
  1,974,767 votes 64.4%
• Helen Knipe Smith, Democratic
  1,092,579 votes 35.6%

Secretary of State; State of Ohio

• J. Kenneth Blackwell, Republican
  1,795,647 votes 59.3%
• Bryan Flannery, Democratic
  1,231,743 votes 40.7%

Treasurer of State; State of Ohio

• Joseph T. Deters, Republican
  1,638,001 votes 53.4%
• Mary O. Boyle, Democratic
  1,430,174 votes 46.6%
• Robert Martin (Write-in)

US Representative; District 1

• Steve Chabot, Republican
  108,186 votes 64.9%
• Greg Harris, Democratic
  58,405 votes 35.1%

US Representative; District 2

• Rob Portman, Republican
  136,523 votes 74.1%
• Charles W. Sanders, Democratic
  47,648 votes 25.9%

US Representatative; District 8

• John Boehner, Republican
  117,634 votes 70.8%
• Jeff Hardenbrook, Democratic
  48,488 votes 29.2%

State Representative; Ohio State General Assembly; District 53

• Shawn N. Webster, Republican
  18,161 votes 64.5%
• A. C. Mitchell, Democratic
  9,997 votes 35.5%

State Representative; Ohio State General Assembly; District 54

• Gregory V. Jolivette, Republican
  20,278 votes 72.5%
• Arnold D. Engel, Democratic
  7,708 votes 27.5%

State Representative; Ohio State General Assembly; District 55

• Gary Cates, Republican
  23,313 votes 100.0%

Judicial

Judge; Ohio State Supreme Court; 6 Year Term Starting 1/1/03

• Maureen O'Connor
  1,677,946 votes 57.2%
• Tim Black
  1,253,911 votes 42.8%

Judge; Ohio State Supreme Court; 6 Year Term Starting 1/2/03

• Evelyn L. Stratton
  1,570,104 votes 55.3%
• Janet R. Burnside
  1,270,601 votes 44.7%

Judge; Court of Appeals; District 12

• James Walsh
  162,749 votes 100.0%

School

Member; State Board of Education; District 3

• John Griffin
  89,720 votes 46.2%
• Carl Wick
  69,758 votes 36.0%
• Adam Duberstein
  34,562 votes 17.8%

Issue 1 To adopt Section 24 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio
987,398 / 32.9% Yes votes ...... 2,015,663 / 67.1% No votes

Shall the proposed amendment be adopted?