Ohio voters pick Democrat for Ohio Attorney General

Published: Oct. 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM EDT|Updated: Nov. 4, 2026 at 10:24 AM EST

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Voters have chosen the new Ohio Attorney General.

Democrat John Kulewicz beat Republican nominee and State Auditor Keith Faber with 71.35% of the votes.

Wilson succeeded Dave Yost in June after Yost resigned and took a job in the private sector.

Ohio Auditor Keith Faber (R)

Faber served 18 years in the state legislature, including time as president of the Ohio Senate, and has been served as state auditor since 2019.

Faber graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University and from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

After working in the private sector, he opened his own law firm, Faber and Associates LLC.

John Kulewicz (D)

Democratic candidate John Kulewicz is a lawyer and currently serves as a member of Upper Arlington’s City Council.

Kulewicz graduated from The Ohio State University, where he majored in history, and Yale Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Kulewicz was a law clerk to Judge Gilbert S Merritt Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

He joined Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP as an associate in 1981, and was a partner at the firm through 2024.

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