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]

Democratic primary

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

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Armond Budish (incumbent) 84,785 100.0%
Total votes 84,785 100.0%

Republican primary

No Republican filed a petition 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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in 4,878 100.0%
Total votes 4,878 100.0%

General election

Results

2018 Cuyahoga County executive election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Armond Budish (incumbent) 318,612 67.47%
Republican Peter J. Corrigan 153,630 32.53%
Total votes 492,323 100.0%
Democratic hold

Results by municipality

Results by municipality[7]
Municipality Budish Corrigan Total 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

References

  1. ↑ "November 06, 2018 General Election Official Canvass Certification Data". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. November 27, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ Richmond, Matthew (November 7, 2018). "Armond Budish Easily Wins Second Term As Cuyahoga County Executive". Ideastream. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Farkas, Karen (February 7, 2018). "Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish is unopposed for re-election". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "May 8, 2018 Primary Election Official Results". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. May 24, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Naymik, Mark (September 7, 2018). "Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish is lucky his opponent is a nothingburger". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  6. ↑ Sandy, Eric (January 5, 2018). "Tanner Fischbach Pulls Petitions to Run for County Executive (Again)". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "November 6, 2018 General Election Official Results". Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. November 24, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Cuyahoga_County_Executive_election