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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">51st <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Attorney_General" title="Ohio Attorney General">Attorney General of Ohio</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 14, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine">Mike DeWine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Mike DeWine</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">32nd <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Auditor" title="Ohio State Auditor">Auditor of Ohio</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 10, 2011 – January 12, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Kasich" title="John Kasich">John Kasich</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Taylor_(Ohio_politician)" title="Mary Taylor (Ohio politician)">Mary Taylor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Faber" title="Keith Faber">Keith Faber</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Anthony Yost</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1956-12-22</span>) </span>December 22, 1956<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 67)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Darlene</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Capital_University" title="Capital University">Capital University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dave_Yost_Signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Dave Yost's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Dave_Yost_Signature.png/117px-Dave_Yost_Signature.png" decoding="async" width="117" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Dave_Yost_Signature.png/175px-Dave_Yost_Signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Dave_Yost_Signature.png 2x" data-file-width="208" data-file-height="143" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Anthony Yost</b> (born December 22, 1956) is an American politician and lawyer who currently serves as the 51st <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Attorney_General" title="Ohio Attorney General">Attorney General of Ohio</a>. A member of the Republican Party, Yost previously served as <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Auditor" title="Ohio State Auditor">Ohio State Auditor</a>. </p><p>During his tenure as Attorney General, he supported attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden. He has played a key role in defending an <a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Ohio" title="Abortion in Ohio">Ohio abortion law</a> that prohibits abortion six weeks into a pregnancy (before many women know they are pregnant) without exceptions for rape or incest.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, he was involved in a public controversy over a <a href="/wiki/2022_Ohio_child-rape_and_Indiana_abortion_case" title="2022 Ohio child-rape and Indiana abortion case">10-year-old rape victim</a> who had to flee Ohio for Indiana to get an abortion to avoid carrying her rapist's child.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_early_career">Education and early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education and early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yost graduated from <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Journalism" title="Journalism">journalism</a>. He earned a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Capital_University_Law_School" title="Capital University Law School">Capital University Law School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After earning his bachelor's degree, Yost became a <a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a> with the <a href="/wiki/The_Columbus_Citizen-Journal" title="The Columbus Citizen-Journal"><i>Columbus Citizen-Journal</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yost later served in senior positions within the administration of <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Columbus,_Ohio" title="List of mayors of Columbus, Ohio">mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Buck_Rinehart" title="Buck Rinehart">Buck Rinehart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Ohio">governor</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Voinovich" title="George Voinovich">George Voinovich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yost was appointed <a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Ohio" title="Delaware County, Ohio">Delaware County</a> <a href="/wiki/County_Auditor" class="mw-redirect" title="County Auditor">Auditor</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-Auditor_Yost_Biography_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auditor_Yost_Biography-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, he became the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Ohio" title="Delaware County, Ohio">Delaware County</a> <a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">Prosecutor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Plain_Dealer_2010_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plain_Dealer_2010-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was elected Ohio's 32nd state auditor in November 2010, after earlier vying for the Republican nomination for Ohio attorney general against <a href="/wiki/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine">Mike DeWine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2017, Yost announced he was running for <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Attorney_General" title="Ohio Attorney General">Ohio Attorney General</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ohio_Attorney_General_(2019–present)"><span id="Ohio_Attorney_General_.282019.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Ohio Attorney General (2019–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ohio Attorney General (2019–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yost defeated his Democratic opponent <a href="/wiki/Steve_Dettelbach" title="Steve Dettelbach">Steve Dettelbach</a>, who previously served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="United States attorney">United States attorney</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Ohio" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio">Northern District of Ohio</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Ohio_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Ohio Attorney General election">2018 Ohio Attorney General election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dispatch_2022_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dispatch_2022-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2022_Ohio_Attorney_General_election" title="2022 Ohio Attorney General election">2022 election</a>, Yost was re-elected to his position over Democratic candidate <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Crossman" title="Jeffrey Crossman">Jeffrey Crossman</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio House">Ohio House</a> from <a href="/wiki/Parma,_Ohio" title="Parma, Ohio">Parma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dispatch_2022_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dispatch_2022-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion_ban">Abortion ban</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Abortion ban"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <i><a href="/wiki/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women%27s_Health_Organization" title="Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization">Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization</a></i> decision that overturned <i>Roe v. Wade</i>, Yost filed a successful motion to dissolve the injunction on Ohio's six-week abortion ban.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 24, 2022, Yost tweeted that "The Heartbeat Bill is now the law." He released a video statement on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> the same day in which he said, "This decision returns abortion policy to the place it has always belonged: to the elected policies branches of the governments."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yost's son and daughter-in-law publicly criticized his actions in messages on <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> on June 24 and 25, the former saying, "[T]he lack of pro choice is blatantly against what this country says it is on its banners and documents. The land of the free doesn't seem so free right now."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 30, 2022, shortly after the ban became effective, <a href="/wiki/2022_Ohio_child-rape_and_Indiana_abortion_case" title="2022 Ohio child-rape and Indiana abortion case">a 10-year-old rape victim</a> who was "six weeks and three days" pregnant traveled from the <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a> area to <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, Indiana, to get an abortion to avoid carrying her rapist's child.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incident was widely reported, beginning with an article in the <i><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis Star">Indianapolis Star</a></i> newspaper on July 1, and was mentioned by President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> on July 8 in comments at the White House.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 11, Yost disputed the report, saying that neither his office or the state crime lab had any information on the matter, and that his staff had heard "not a whisper" about it; in an interview on July 12, Yost said it was "more likely that this is a fabrication".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That day, the report was confirmed by the Columbus Division of Police and a rape suspect was arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 14, Yost's office shared a backgrounder with media and on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which listed specific exceptions contained in Ohio's "Heartbeat Law", and suggested, as had Yost in interviews on July 11, that the 10-year-old girl would have been able to obtain a legal abortion under those exceptions. The Ohio Legislative Commission said that nothing in the language of the law explicitly includes the age of the person seeking an abortion as a qualification for exception, and that it was unclear whether the girl would have qualified for a legal abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following week, Yost rejected calls from the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Democratic_Party" title="Ohio Democratic Party">Ohio Democratic Party</a> and others for his resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attempt_to_invalidate_2020_presidential_election_results">Attempt to invalidate 2020 presidential election results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Attempt to invalidate 2020 presidential election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, Yost filed a "<a href="/wiki/Friend-of-the-court" class="mw-redirect" title="Friend-of-the-court">friend-of-the-court</a>" brief in support of the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">Trump campaign</a>'s attempt to invalidate ballots cast in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in December 2020, Yost opposed a lawsuit filed by <a href="/wiki/Texas_Attorney_General" title="Texas Attorney General">Texas Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Paxton" title="Ken Paxton">Ken Paxton</a> which sought to subvert the presidential election results and prevent Biden from being certified as the winner.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_East_Palestine_train_derailment">2023 East Palestine train derailment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2023 East Palestine train derailment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In mid-March 2023, about five weeks after the <a href="/wiki/2023_Ohio_train_derailment" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Ohio train derailment">train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio</a>, Yost announced a 58-count civil damages lawsuit against <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern</a> for its "glaring negligence" and prioritizing profits over communities' safety.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_media_antitrust_investigation">Social media antitrust investigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Social media antitrust investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2019, Yost was one out of nine <a href="/wiki/State_attorneys_general" class="mw-redirect" title="State attorneys general">state attorneys general</a> that launched an <a href="/wiki/Antitrust" class="mw-redirect" title="Antitrust">antitrust</a> investigation into <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>, to investigate whether or not they were stifling competition in their respective fields.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting_laws">Voting laws</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Voting laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yost was sued by a coalition of civil rights groups, including the <a href="/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph_Institute" title="A. Philip Randolph Institute">A. Philip Randolph Institute</a>, the state <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> chapter, and the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Organizing_Collaborative" title="Ohio Organizing Collaborative">Ohio Organizing Collaborative</a>, in February 2024 after his second rejection of a petition for a proposed constitutional amendment, entitled the Ohio Voters Bill of Rights, that would appear on the ballot in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Ohio_elections" title="2024 Ohio elections">2024 elections</a>. The amendment would introduce the automatic <a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">registration of voters</a>, discard recent additions to <a href="/wiki/Voter_identification" class="mw-redirect" title="Voter identification">voter identification</a> requirements, and increase <a href="/wiki/Ballot_drop_box" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballot drop box">ballot drop boxes</a>. After rejecting the first petition in December 2023, Yost's office rejected it for a second time the following month, finding that the amendment's title was "highly misleading and misrepresentative" of its content.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Refusal_to_permit_Joe_Biden_on_the_2024_ballot">Refusal to permit Joe Biden on the 2024 ballot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Refusal to permit Joe Biden on the 2024 ballot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2024, Yost refused to grant provisional approval for placing Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee on Ohio ballots for the 2024 presidential election. Ohio is one of few states in the United States that has a ballot certification deadline prior to the Democratic National Convention. In 2020, both the Republican and Democratic national conventions were after the ballot certification deadline, but lawmakers provided provisional approval for the candidates to be on the ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yost and his wife Darlene live in <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Ohio" title="Franklin County, Ohio">Franklin County, Ohio</a>. They have three children and four grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yost and Republican lawmaker <a href="/wiki/Kevin_D._Miller" title="Kevin D. Miller">Kevin D. Miller</a> were the targets of <a href="/wiki/Swatting" title="Swatting">swatting</a> phone calls in December 2023 after false reports of shootings at their homes were made to the police.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Yost&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Ohio Auditor Republican Primary Election, 2010 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Dave Yost</b> </td> <td>457,820 </td> <td>64.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td>Seth Morgan </td> <td>247,848 </td> <td>35.12 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Ohio Auditor Election, 2010 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Dave Yost</b> </td> <td>1,882,010 </td> <td>50.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Pepper_(politician)" title="David Pepper (politician)">David Pepper</a> </td> <td>1,683,330 </td> <td>44.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Libertarian </td> <td>Michael Howard </td> <td>182,534 </td> <td>4.87 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Ohio Auditor Election, 2014 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Dave Yost (inc.)</b> </td> <td>1,711,927 </td> <td>56.98 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Patrick_Carney" title="John Patrick Carney">John Patrick Carney</a> </td> <td>1,149,305 </td> <td>38.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Libertarian </td> <td>Bob Bridges </td> <td>143,363 </td> <td>4.77 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Ohio Attorney General Election, 2018 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Dave Yost</b> </td> <td>2,272,440 </td> <td>52.16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Democratic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Dettelbach" title="Steve Dettelbach">Steve Dettelbach</a> </td> <td>2,084,593 </td> <td>47.84 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Ohio Attorney General Election, 2022 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><b>Dave Yost</b> </td> <td>2,484,753 </td> <td>60.1 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width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Oklahoma" title="Attorney General of Oklahoma">OK</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gentner_Drummond" title="Gentner Drummond">Gentner Drummond</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Attorney_General" title="Oregon Attorney General">OR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Rosenblum" title="Ellen Rosenblum">Ellen Rosenblum</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Attorney_General" title="Pennsylvania Attorney General">PA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Henry" title="Michelle Henry">Michelle Henry</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_attorneys_general_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of attorneys general of Rhode Island">RI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_Neronha" title="Peter Neronha">Peter Neronha</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; 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