The 2018 Ohio Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the

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. Incumbent

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was term-limited and ran for governor.

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nominee and

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defeated

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nominee and former

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in the general election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, State Auditor

Declined

Keith Faber Keith Faber is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican, he has been State Auditor of Ohio in 2019. He was formerly a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001-2007), elected from the 84th district, and then a member of the Ohio ...

, state representative and former Ohio Senate President (ran for State Auditor)

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, former

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for the

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Declined

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, former state representative and nominee for

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(ran for Governor) *

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, Minority Leader of the

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(ran for Governor)

Results

General election

Candidates

, State Auditor *

, former

for the

Endorsements

Polling

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size ! Margin of
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Yost (R) ! style="width:100px;", Steve
Dettelbach (D) ! Undecided , -
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 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)
, align=center, August 31 – September 4, 2018 , align=center, 822 , align=center, ± 3.0% , align=center, 41% , align=center, 37% , align=center, 22% , -

, align=center, May 21–25, 2018 , align=center, 800 , align=center, ± 3.5% , align=center, 41% , align=center, 32% , align=center, 27%

Results

won the general election by a 4.4%

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