2010 Ohio Attorney General election

2010 Ohio Attorney General election

← 2008 (special) November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout46.3% Decrease
 
Nominee Mike DeWine Richard Cordray
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,821,414 1,772,728
Percentage 47.54% 46.26%

DeWine:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Cordray:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Attorney General before election

Richard Cordray
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Mike DeWine
Republican

The 2010 Ohio Attorney General election was held on November 2, 2010, concurrently with other statewide offices including a Class 1 Senate election as well as the Governor election. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Richard Cordray who was elected in a 2008 special election ran for a full 4-year term but was defeated by Republican challenger and former 2-term United States senator Mike DeWine. Being decided by 1.2%, this was the closest statewide election in Ohio. Cordray and DeWine faced off again in Ohio's 2018 Governor election; DeWine won that election by 3.7 percentage points.