2018 Ohio Attorney General election

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

2018 Ohio Attorney General election

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Turnout	55.79%[1] 15.14pp
Nominee Dave Yost Steve Dettelbach Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,276,414 2,086,715 Percentage 52.17% 47.83%
County results Congressional district results Precinct results 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

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

• Dave Yost, State Auditor^[5]

Declined

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

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Yost	642,717	100.0
Total votes			642,717	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steve Dettelbach, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio^[9]

Declined

• Connie Pillich, former state representative and nominee for Ohio State Treasurer in 2014 (ran for governor)^[10][11]
• Joe Schiavoni, Minority Leader of the Ohio Senate (ran for governor)^[10][12]

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Dettelbach	510,741	100.0
Total votes			510,741	100.0

General election

Candidates

• Steve Dettelbach, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
• Dave Yost, State Auditor

Endorsements

Dave Yost (R)

Organizations

• Ohio Chamber of Commerce^[13]
• Ohio Society of CPAs^[14]

Newspapers

• The Columbus Dispatch^[15]

Steve Dettelbach (D)

Politicians

• Joe Biden, 47th vice president of the United States^[16]
• Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States^[17]

Newspapers

• Akron Beacon Journal^[18]
• The Chronicle Telegram
• Plain Dealer^[19]
• The Toledo Blade^[20]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dave Yost (R)	Steve Dettelbach (D)	Undecided
Cygnal (R)[21]	October 30–31, 2018	503	± 4.4%	46%	43%	12%
Baldwin Wallace University[22]	October 19–27, 2018	1,051	± 3.8%	38%	40%	20%
Change Research (D-Innovation Ohio)[23]	August 31 – September 4, 2018	822	± 3.0%	41%	37%	22%
Fallon Research[24]	May 21–25, 2018	800	± 3.5%	41%	32%	27%

Results

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

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Yost	2,276,414	52.17%	−9.33%
	Democratic	Steve Dettelbach	2,086,715	47.83%	+9.33%
Total votes			4,363,129	100.0	N/A
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Yost won 12 of 16 congressional districts.^[26]

District	Yost	Dettelbach	Representative
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

See also

• 2018 Ohio elections
• 2018 United States attorney general elections