The 2018 Ohio Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Ohio.
Incumbent Attorney General Mike DeWine was term-limited and ran for governor. Republican nominee and Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost defeated Democratic nominee and former US Attorney Steve Dettelbach in the general election.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Dave Yost, State Auditor
Declined Keith Faber, state representative and former Ohio Senate president (successfully ran for State Auditor)
Results
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Steve Dettelbach, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
Declined Connie Pillich, former state representative and nominee for Ohio State Treasurer in 2014 (ran for governor, later withdrew) Joe Schiavoni, Minority Leader of the Ohio Senate (unsuccessfully ran for governor)
Results
General election Candidates Steve Dettelbach, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Dave Yost, State Auditor
Predictions SourceRankingAs ofGoverningOctober 26, 2018
Endorsements
Polling {| class=wikitable |- valign= bottom ! Poll source ! Date(s)administered ! Samplesize ! Margin oferror ! style="width:100px;"|DaveYost (R) ! style="width:100px;"|SteveDettelbach (D) ! Undecided |- |Cygnal (R)Cygnal (R) | align=center| October 30–31, 2018 | align=center| 503 | align=center| ± 4.4% | align=center| 46% | align=center| 43% | align=center| 12% |- |Baldwin Wallace UniversityBaldwin Wallace University | align=center| October 19–27, 2018 | align=center| 1,051 | align=center| ± 3.8% | align=center| 38% | align=center| 40% | align=center| 20% |- |Change Research (D-Innovation Ohio)Change Research (D-Innovation Ohio) | align=center| August 31 – September 4, 2018 | align=center| 822 | align=center| ± 3.0% | align=center| 41% | align=center| 37% | align=center| 22% |- |Fallon ResearchFallon Research | align=center| May 21–25, 2018 | align=center| 800 | align=center| ± 3.5% | align=center| 41% | align=center| 32% | align=center| 27%
Results Dave Yost won the general election by a 4.34% margin of victory.
By congressional district Yost won 12 of 16 congressional districts. District Yost Dettelbach Representative 53% 47%Steve Chabot 56% 44%Brad Wenstrup 31% 69%Joyce Beatty 65% 35%Jim Jordan 60% 40%Bob Latta 66% 34%Bill Johnson 61% 39%Bob Gibbs 66% 34%Warren Davidson 36% 64%Marcy Kaptur 53% 47%Mike Turner 18% 82%Marcia Fudge 56% 44%Pat Tiberi 43% 57%Tim Ryan 52% 48%David Joyce 57% 43%Steve Stivers 54% 46%Anthony Gonzalez
See also
2018 Ohio elections 2018 United States attorney general elections
References