1970 Ohio Attorney General election

1970 Ohio Attorney General election
November 3, 1970 (1970-11-03)
 
Nominee William J. Brown John D. Herbert
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,613,926 1,297,421
Percentage 55.43% 44.56%
County results
Brown:      50–60%      60–70%
Herbert:      50–60%      60–70%
Attorney General before election

Paul W. Brown
Republican

Elected Attorney General

William J. Brown
Democratic

The 1970 Ohio Attorney General election was held on November 3, 1970, to elect the Ohio Attorney General. Incumbent Republican Ohio Attorney General Paul W. Brown, who was appointed following William B. Saxbe's resignation after winning election to the Senate in 1968, chose not to run for re-election, instead unsuccessfully running in the Republican primary for Governor of Ohio.

The Democratic nominee, lawyer William J. Brown, defeated Republican opponent, Ohio State Treasurer John D. Herbert, by ten percentage points.

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