2018 Ohio Attorney General election

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2018 Ohio Attorney General election
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Turnout55.79% [1] Increase2.svg15.14pp
  Dave Yost AG (cropped).jpg Steven M. Dettelbach (cropped).jpg
Nominee Dave Yost Steve Dettelbach
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,276,4142,086,715
Percentage52.17%47.83%
2018 Ohio Attorney General election results map by county.svg
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Yost:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Dettelbach:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No votes
Attorney General before election

Mike DeWine
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Dave Yost
Republican

The 2018 Ohio Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Ohio. [2]

Contents

Incumbent Attorney General Mike DeWine was term-limited and ran for governor. [3] Republican nominee and Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost defeated Democratic nominee and former US Attorney Steve Dettelbach in the general election. [4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

  • Keith Faber, state representative and former Ohio Senate President (ran for State Auditor) [6] [7] [8]

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dave Yost 642,717 100.0
Total votes642,717 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steve Dettelbach 510,741 100.0
Total votes510,741 100.0

General election

Candidates

Endorsements

Dave Yost (R)
Organizations
  • Ohio Chamber of Commerce [13]
  • Ohio Society of CPAs [14]

Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dave
Yost (R)		Steve
Dettelbach (D)		Undecided
Cygnal (R) [21] October 30–31, 2018503± 4.4%46%43%12%
Baldwin Wallace University [22] October 19–27, 20181,051± 3.8%38%40%20%
Change Research (D-Innovation Ohio) [23] August 31 – September 4, 2018822± 3.0%41%37%22%
Fallon Research [24] May 21–25, 2018800± 3.5%41%32%27%

Results

Dave Yost won the general election by a 4.34% margin of victory. [25]

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dave Yost 2,276,414 52.17% −9.33%
Democratic Steve Dettelbach 2,086,71547.83%+9.33%
Total votes4,363,129 100.0 N/A
Republican hold

By congressional district

Yost won 12 of 16 congressional districts. [26]

DistrictYostDettelbachRepresentative
1st 53%47% Steve Chabot
2nd 56%44% Brad Wenstrup
3rd 31%69% Joyce Beatty
4th 65%35% Jim Jordan
5th 60%40% Bob Latta
6th 66%34% Bill Johnson
7th 61%39% Bob Gibbs
8th 66%34% Warren Davidson
9th 36%64% Marcy Kaptur
10th 53%47% Mike Turner
11th 18%82% Marcia Fudge
12th 56%44% Pat Tiberi
13th 43%57% Tim Ryan
14th 52%48% David Joyce
15th 57%43% Steve Stivers
16th 54%46% Anthony Gonzalez

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  22. ↑ Baldwin Wallace University
  23. ↑ Change Research (D-Innovation Ohio)
  24. ↑ Fallon Research
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