{{Short description|none}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 1928 Ohio gubernatorial election | country = Ohio | type = Presidential | ongoing = no | previous_election = 1926 Ohio gubernatorial election | previous_year = 1926 | next_election = 1930 Ohio gubernatorial election | next_year = 1930 | election_date = November 6, 1928 | image1 = File:Myers Y. Cooper.png | image_size = 150x150px | nominee1 = '''Myers Y. Cooper''' | party1 = Republican Party (United States) | popular_vote1 = '''1,355,517''' | percentage1 = '''54.79%''' | image2 = File:MartinDavey.jpg | nominee2 = Martin L. Davey | party2 = Democratic Party (United States) | popular_vote2 = 1,106,739 | percentage2 = 44.74% | map_image = 1928 Ohio gubernatorial election results map by county.svg | map_size = 210px | map_caption = County results<br />'''Cooper:''' {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#D72F30|70–80%}}<br />'''Davey:''' {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} | title = Governor | before_election = A. Victor Donahey | before_party = Democratic Party (United States) | after_election = Myers Y. Cooper | after_party = Republican Party (United States) }}
The '''1928 Ohio gubernatorial election''' was held on November 6, 1928. Republican nominee Myers Y. Cooper defeated Democratic nominee Martin L. Davey with 54.79% of the vote.
{{Elections in Ohio}}
==General election==
===Candidates=== '''Major party candidates''' *Myers Y. Cooper, Republican *Martin L. Davey, Democratic
'''Other candidates''' *Joseph Sharts, Socialist *William Patterson, Workers *John D. Goerke, Socialist Labor *Frank W. Stanton, Prohibition
===Results=== {{Election box begin | title=1928 Ohio gubernatorial election<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1721 |title=Guide to U.S. elections |date= 24 December 2015|isbn=9781483380353 |access-date=2020-05-14|last1=Kalb |first1=Deborah |publisher=CQ Press }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Myers Y. Cooper | votes = 1,355,517 | percentage = 54.79% | change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Martin L. Davey | votes = 1,106,739 | percentage = 44.74% | change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Socialist Party USA | candidate = Joseph Sharts | votes = 7,149 | percentage = 0.29% | change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Workers Party of America | candidate = William Patterson | votes = 2,184 | percentage = 0.09% | change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Socialist Labor Party of America | candidate = John D. Goerke | votes = 1,272 | percentage = 0.05% | change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| | party = Prohibition Party | candidate = Frank W. Stanton | votes = 1,085 | percentage = 0.04% | change = }} {{Election box majority| | votes = 248,778 | percentage = | change = }} {{Election box turnout| | votes = | percentage = | change = }} {{Election box gain with party link| | winner = Republican Party (United States) | loser = Democratic Party (United States) | swing = }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}{{1928 United States elections}}
1928 Ohio Gubernatorial Category:November 1928 in the United States
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