2022 Ohio Attorney General election

For related races, see 2022 United States attorney general elections.

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.

2022 Ohio Attorney General election

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Nominee Dave Yost Jeffrey Crossman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,484,753 1,647,644 Percentage 60.13% 39.87%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results 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

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Dave Yost, incumbent attorney general^[1]

Endorsements

Dave Yost

U.S. Executive Branch officials

• Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (2017–2021)^[2]

Organizations

• Ohio Republican Party^[3]

Results

Republican primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Yost (incumbent)	870,124	100.00
Total votes			870,124	100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Jeffrey Crossman, state representative from the 15th district^[5]

Endorsements

Jeffrey Crossman

Organizations

• Ohio Democratic Party^[6]
• Young Democrats of Portage County^[7]

Results

Democratic primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffrey Crossman	433,014	100.00
Total votes			433,014	100.00

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8]	Safe R	September 14, 2022
Elections Daily[9]	Safe R	November 1, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Dave Yost (R)

Organizations

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

Newspapers

• The Plain Dealer^[12]

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dave Yost (R)	Jeffrey Crossman (D)	Other	Undecided
The Trafalgar Group[13]	August 16–18, 2022	1,087 (LV)	± 2.9%	53%	37%		10%

Results

State Senate district results

State House district results

2022 Ohio Attorney General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Yost (incumbent)	2,484,753	60.13%	+7.97
	Democratic	Jeffrey Crossman	1,647,644	39.87%	−7.97
Total votes			4,132,397	100.00%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

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

District	Yost	Crossman	Representative
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