1981 Cleveland mayoral election

The 1981 Cleveland mayoral election took place on November 3, 1981, to elect the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the September 29 primary advancing to the general election.

This was the first Cleveland mayoral election to a four-year term.^{[citation needed]}

Primary election

Primary election results^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%
George Voinovich (incumbent)	56,469	68.22%
Patrick Sweeney	24,153	29.18%
Lynda Joyce	1,527	1.85%
Rick Nagin	622	0.75%
Total votes	82,771

General election

Cleveland mayoral election, 1981^[2]
Candidate	Votes	%
George Voinovich (incumbent)	107,472	76.54%
Patrick Sweeney	32,940	23.46%
Total votes	140,412

References

^ "RaceID=546527". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
^ "RaceID=281891". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

[1] "RaceID=546527". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

[2] "RaceID=281891". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

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