2018 Ohio State Auditor election
November 6, 2018
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The 2018 Ohio State Auditor election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Ohio State Auditor, concurrently with an election to the U.S. Senate, governor, U.S. House of Representatives, and other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican auditor Dave Yost was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Primary elections were held on May 8, 2018, though both the Republican and Democratic nominees ran uncontested. A debate was held on October 19, 2018.
Republican state representative and former state senator Keith Faber defeated former Democratic U.S. representative Zack Space in the general election. Both major party candidates were accused of serious legal issues and mismanagement of state funds during the campaign, with Faber being attacked due to the federal investigation of Cliff Rosenberger and the ECOT scandal, and Space due to late tax payments and a law license suspension.