2014 Ohio Attorney General election

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2014 Ohio Attorney General election
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  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  
  2011MikeDewineHiResWeb (cropped).jpg David A Pepper (City Club of Cleveland) (cropped).jpg
Nominee Mike DeWine David Pepper
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,882,0481,178,426
Percentage61.5%38.5%

2014 Ohio Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results

DeWine:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%

Contents

Pepper:     50–60%

Attorney General before election

Mike DeWine
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Mike DeWine
Republican

The 2014 Ohio Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, concurrently with other statewide offices including the Gubernatorial election. Incumbent Republican Attorney General and former 2-term United States Senator Mike DeWine was challenged by former member of the Hamilton County, Ohio Board of Commissioners and candidate for Auditor in 2010 David Pepper. DeWine won in a landslide winning 61% of the vote to Pepper's 38%, a 23-point margin of victory.

As of 2024, this along with many other concurrently held statewide races is the last time Franklin County was won by a Republican.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • David Pepper, former member of the Hamilton County Ohio Board of Commissioners, Democratic nominee for Auditor in 2010. [1]

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Mike
DeWine (R)
David
Pepper (D)
Undecided
The Columbus Dispatch October 22–31, 20141,009± 3.3%61%39%
The Columbus Dispatch September 3–12, 20141,185± 2.7%60%32%7%
Buckeye Poll August 31, 2014600± 4%41%22%37%
Ohio GOP August 20–23, 2014800± 3.5%60%31%9%
Public Policy Polling August 16–19, 2013551 RV± 4.2%46%32%21%

Results

Ohio Attorney General election, 2014 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike DeWine (incumbent) 1,882,048 61.50% +13.96%
Democratic David Pepper 1,178,42638.50%-7.76%
Total votes3,060,474 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

See also

Footnotes

  1. "David Pepper announces run for Ohio Attorney General - News Story". wcpo.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  2. "2014 Elections Results". Ohio Secretary of State . Retrieved March 27, 2017.

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