2014 Ohio Attorney General election

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.

2014 Ohio Attorney General election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →
Turnout	39.4% ( 6.9%)
Nominee Mike DeWine David Pepper Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,882,048 1,178,426 Percentage 61.5% 38.5%
County results DeWine:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Pepper:      50–60%
Attorney General before election Mike DeWine Republican Elected Attorney General Mike DeWine Republican

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

• Mike DeWine, incumbent Attorney General, former U.S. Senator, former lieutenant governor of Ohio, and former U.S. Representative.

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 source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mike DeWine (R)	David Pepper (D)	Undecided
The Columbus Dispatch[2]	October 22–31, 2014	1,009	± 3.3%	61%	39%	—
The Columbus Dispatch[3]	September 3–12, 2014	1,185	± 2.7%	60%	32%	7%
Buckeye Poll[4]	August 31, 2014	600	± 4%	41%	22%	37%
Ohio GOP[5]	August 20–23, 2014	800	± 3.5%	60%	31%	9%
Public Policy Polling[6]	August 16–19, 2013	551 RV	± 4.2%	46%	32%	21%

Results

Ohio Attorney General election, 2014^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	1,882,048	61.50%	+13.96%
	Democratic	David Pepper	1,178,426	38.50%	−7.76%
Total votes			3,060,474	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

See also

• 2014 Ohio elections
• 2014 United States elections
• 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election