2014 Ohio Attorney General election
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| Turnout | 39.4% ( 6.9%) | ||||||||||||||||
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 County results DeWine: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Pepper: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Ohio Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, 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.
As of 2024, this along with many other concurrently held statewide races is the last time Franklin County was won by a Republican.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Mike DeWine, incumbent Attorney General, former U.S. Senator, former lieutenant governor of Ohio, and former U.S. Representative.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- David Pepper, former member of the Hamilton County Ohio Board of Commissioners, Democratic nominee for Auditor in 2010.[1]
General election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Mike DeWine (R) |
David Pepper (D) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Columbus Dispatch[2] | October 22–31, 2014 | 1,009 | ± 3.3% | 61% | 39% | — |
| The Columbus Dispatch[3] | September 3–12, 2014 | 1,185 | ± 2.7% | 60% | 32% | 7% |
| Buckeye Poll[4] | August 31, 2014 | 600 | ± 4% | 41% | 22% | 37% |
| Ohio GOP[5] | August 20–23, 2014 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 60% | 31% | 9% |
| Public Policy Polling[6] | August 16–19, 2013 | 551 RV | ± 4.2% | 46% | 32% | 21% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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
Footnotes
- ^ "David Pepper announces run for Ohio Attorney General - News Story". wcpo.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ The Columbus Dispatch
- ^ The Columbus Dispatch
- ^ Buckeye Poll
- ^ Ohio GOP
- ^ Public Policy Polling
- ^ "2014 Elections Results". Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved March 27, 2017.