2018 Ohio Secretary of State election

2018 Ohio Secretary of State election

November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
Registered8,070,917
Turnout55.79%
 
Candidate Frank LaRose Kathleen Clyde
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,214,273 2,052,098
Percentage 50.67% 46.96%

LaRose:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Clyde:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Tie:      40–50%      No data

Secretary of State before election

Jon Husted
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Frank LaRose
Republican

The 2018 Ohio Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Ohio Secretary of State, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on May 8, 2018, though both the Republican and Democratic nominees ran uncontested.

Incumbent secretary Jon Husted was term-limited and instead was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. Republican state senator Frank LaRose defeated Democratic state representative Kathleen Clyde in the general election.