2014 Ohio Attorney General election

The 2014 Ohio Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2010, 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

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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 2022, this along with many other concurrently held statewide races is the last time Franklin County was won by a Republican.

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

  • David Pepper, former member of the Hamilton County Ohio Board of Commissioners, Democratic nominee for Auditor in 2010.[1]

General election edit

Polling edit

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

Results edit

Ohio Attorney General election, 2014[2]
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 edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "David Pepper announces run for Ohio Attorney General - News Story". wcpo.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "2014 Elections Results". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved March 27, 2017.