Voters cast their ballots on Election Day 2014

Voters fill polling stations inside the Highland Heights Community Center during Election Day 2014.

(Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The turnout for Tuesday's election in Ohio appears as if it will be close to that of 2002 - the last time there was a gubernatorial election but no U.S. Senate race in Ohio.

With 99 percent of the precincts reporting statewide, some 3 million votes were counted in the governor's race.

The final tally won't be known for a few weeks, after provisional votes and late-arriving absentee ballots are added to the total.

In comparison, 4 million people took part in Ted Strickland's election in 2006 and 3.9 million in John Kasich's election in 2010. There were also Senate races in each of those years.

Without a Senate race in 2002, the turnout was 3.2 million. That's also the same year Bob Taft easily defeated Tim Hagan in the race for governor.



Here's a rundown of the turnout for each Ohio gubernatorial election since the voting age changed to 18.



2010: 3,852,469

2006: 4,022,928

2002: 3,228,992 (no Senate race)

1998: 3,354,213

1994: 3,346,239

1990: 3,477,650 (no Senate race)

1986: 3,066,611

1982: 3,356,721

1978: 2,843,331 (no Senate race)

1974: 3,072,010





