2022 Ohio Attorney General election

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2022 Ohio Attorney General election
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Nominee Dave Yost Jeffrey Crossman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,484,7531,647,644
Percentage60.13%39.87%
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Yost:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Crossman:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No votes
Attorney General before election

Dave Yost
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Dave Yost
Republican

The 2022 Ohio Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of the state of Ohio. David Yost was re-elected to a second term in a landslide, defeating Democratic opponent Jeffrey Crossman by a comfortable 20 percentage points. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including that for governor of Ohio.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Dave Yost

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Organizations

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dave Yost (incumbent) 870,124 100.00
Total votes870,124 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Jeffrey Crossman

Organizations

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeffrey Crossman 433,014 100.00
Total votes433,014 100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8] Safe RSeptember 14, 2022
Elections Daily [9] Safe RNovember 1, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Dave Yost (R)

Organizations

  • American Conservative Union [10]
  • NFIB Ohio PAC [11]

Newspapers

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Dave
Yost (R)		Jeffrey
Crossman (D)		OtherUndecided
The Trafalgar Group [13] August 16–18, 20221,087 (LV)± 2.9%53%37%10%

Results

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State Senate district results
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State House district results
2022 Ohio Attorney General election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dave Yost (incumbent) 2,484,753 60.13% +7.97
Democratic Jeffrey Crossman 1,647,64439.87%−7.97
Total votes4,132,397 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Yost won 13 of 15 congressional districts, including three that elected Democrats. [14]

DistrictYostCrossmanRepresentative
1st 52%48% Steve Chabot (117th Congress)
Greg Landsman (118th Congress)
2nd 76%24% Brad Wenstrup
3rd 35%65% Joyce Beatty
4th 73%27% Jim Jordan
5th 69%31% Bob Latta
6th 70%30% Bill Johnson
7th 60%40% Bob Gibbs (117th Congress)
Max Miller (118th Congress)
8th 67%33% Warren Davidson
9th 58%42% Marcy Kaptur
10th 59%41% Mike Turner
11th 27%73% Shontel Brown
12th 71%29% Troy Balderson
13th 55%45% Tim Ryan (117th Congress)
Emilia Sykes (118th Congress)
14th 63%37% David Joyce
15th 60%40% Mike Carey

References

  1. ↑ Richardson, Seth A. (February 1, 2021). "Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announces he will run for re-election instead of U.S. Senate". The Plain Dealer . Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Endorsement of Attorney General Dave Yost". www.donaldjtrump.com. April 29, 2022. Archived from the original on May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ Pelzer, Jeremy (February 18, 2022). "Ohio Republican Party endorses Gov. Mike DeWine in GOP primary". The Plain Dealer . Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Election Night Reporting". Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio Decides. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ Tobias, Andrew J. (December 16, 2021). "Parma state Rep. Jeff Crossman announces run for Ohio attorney general". The Plain Dealer . Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ohio Democratic Party Executive Committee Votes to Endorse Candidates in Statewide Races". Ohio Democratic Party. Columbus, Ohio. March 16, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Young Democrats make endorsement in Portage, statewide races". March 19, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape". Sabato's Crystal Ball. September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  9. ↑ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  10. ↑ "The Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) announced its endorsement of Dave Yost for Ohio Attorney General". American Conservative Union. July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  11. ↑ "NFIB Ohio PAC Endorses Yost for 2nd Term as Attorney General". NFIB. July 21, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Dave Yost for Ohio attorney general: Endorsement editorial". October 30, 2022.
  13. ↑ The Trafalgar Group
  14. ↑ @OPoliticsguru (January 16, 2023). "In the Attorney General's race, incumbent GOP Attorney General Dave Yost outran congressional Republican nominees by 7.4%, only underperforming in OH10" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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