Mike DeWine

"Richard DeWine" redirects here. For Mike DeWine's son and associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, see Pat DeWine.

Richard Michael DeWine (/dəˈwaɪn/ də-WYNE;^[3] born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 70th governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991, and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007.

Mike DeWine
Official portrait, 2018
70th Governor of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2019
Lieutenant	Jon Husted
Preceded by	John Kasich
50th Attorney General of Ohio
In office January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019
Governor	John Kasich
Preceded by	Richard Cordray
Succeeded by	Dave Yost
United States Senator from Ohio
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Howard Metzenbaum
Succeeded by	Sherrod Brown
59th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
In office January 14, 1991 – November 12, 1994
Governor	George Voinovich
Preceded by	Paul Leonard
Succeeded by	Nancy Hollister
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 7th district
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991
Preceded by	Bud Brown
Succeeded by	Dave Hobson
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 10th district
In office January 2, 1981 – December 13, 1982
Preceded by	John Mahoney
Succeeded by	Dave Hobson
Prosecutor of Greene County
In office 1977–1981
Preceded by	Nicholas Carrera[1]
Succeeded by	William Schenck[2]
Personal details
Born	Richard Michael DeWine (1947-01-05) January 5, 1947 (age 77) Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Frances Struewing ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	8, including Pat
Residence	Governor's Mansion
Education	Miami University (BA) Ohio Northern University (JD)

DeWine is a native of Yellow Springs, Ohio. He graduated from Miami University with a bachelor's degree in 1969 and earned a Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University College of Law in 1972. After graduation, DeWine worked as an assistant prosecutor for Greene County and was elected county prosecutor, serving one term. He continued his political career in the Ohio Senate in 1980. He served as a U.S. representative from 1983 until 1991. In 1991, he was sworn in as the 59th lieutenant governor of Ohio, under George Voinovich.

DeWine was elected to the United States Senate in a landslide in the 1994 Republican Revolution. He served in the Senate until his defeat by Sherrod Brown in 2006. DeWine returned to politics four years later and became the 50th attorney general of Ohio, serving from 2011 to 2019. He was elected governor in 2018. During DeWine's first term as governor, a shooting in Dayton prompted him to urge the Ohio legislature to enact new gun control measures, such as expanding background checks and harsher penalties for those in possession of unregistered firearms. In early 2020, DeWine received national attention for his COVID-19 response,^[4] ordering the closing of dine-in restaurant service and sporting events and delegating additional resources to elderly care facilities. He was reelected by a landslide 25% margin against Democratic nominee Nan Whaley, the former mayor of Dayton, in 2022.^[5]

Early life and education

DeWine and his family with President Ronald Reagan in 1985

DeWine was born in Springfield, Ohio, on January 5, 1947, and grew up in nearby Yellow Springs, Ohio.^[6][7] He is the son of Jean Ruth (née Liddle) and Richard Lee DeWine.^[8][9][10] He was raised and identifies as a Roman Catholic.^[11][12][13] DeWine earned his Bachelor of Science degree in education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University College of Law in 1972.

Early political career

DeWine with President George H. W. Bush in 1990

At age 25, DeWine started working as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Greene County, Ohio, and in 1976 was elected County Prosecutor, serving for four years.^[14][15] In 1980, he was elected to the Ohio State Senate and served one two-year term.^[15]

U.S. House of Representatives

In 1982, U.S. Representative Bud Brown of Ohio's 7th congressional district retired after 18 years in Congress; his father, Clarence Brown, Sr., had held the seat for 26 years before that. DeWine won the Republican nomination, assuring his election in November. He was reelected three more times from this district, which stretches from his home in Springfield to the Columbus suburbs. He ran unopposed in 1986 in what was regarded as a bad year for Republicans nationally.

In 1986, DeWine was one of the House impeachment managers who prosecuted the case in the impeachment trial of Judge Harry E. Claiborne. Claiborne was found guilty by the United States Senate and removed from his federal judgeship.^[16]

Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate

DeWine did not seek reelection to the House of Representatives in 1990, and briefly ran for governor, but withdrew before the primaries and instead ran^[17][18] for lieutenant governor as George Voinovich's running mate in that year's Ohio gubernatorial election. The Voinovich-DeWine ticket was easily elected.

In 1992, DeWine unsuccessfully ran for United States Senate against the former astronaut and incumbent Senator John Glenn. His campaign used the phrase, "What on earth has John Glenn done?", echoing Jeff Bingaman's slogan "What on Earth has he done for you lately?" against former astronaut Harrison Schmitt in their 1982 Senate race.^[19][20]

U.S. Senate

DeWine in 1997

In 1994, DeWine ran again for Senate, defeating prominent attorney Joel Hyatt (the son-in-law of retiring Senator Howard Metzenbaum) by a 14-point margin. DeWine was reelected in 2000, defeating gunshow promoter Ronald Dickson (161,185 votes, or 12.44%) and former U.S. representative Frank Cremeans (104,219 votes, or 8.05%) in the primary and Ted Celeste (brother of former Ohio governor Dick Celeste) in the general election. DeWine sat on the Senate Judiciary and Select Intelligence committees. He was the initial sponsor of the Drug-Free Century Act in 1999 and was a member of the Gang of 14, a bipartisan group of senators that in 2005 made a compromise on judicial nominees.^[21][22] He voted in favor of the 2002 Iraq Resolution authorizing the use of force against Saddam Hussein.^[23]

In the 2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, DeWine ran for reelection but lost to U.S. representative and former Ohio secretary of state Sherrod Brown by double digits.^[24] He received 905,644 fewer votes in 2006 than he received in 2000.^[25][26][27]

Out of government (2007–11)

DeWine accepted positions teaching government courses at Cedarville University, Ohio Northern University and Miami University. In 2007, he joined the law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp as corporate investigations group co-chair. He also advised the Ohio campaign of John McCain's 2008 presidential bid.^[28]

Attorney General of Ohio

Attorney General portrait

On July 21, 2009, DeWine announced candidacy for attorney general of the State of Ohio.^[29] On November 2, 2010, he was elected attorney general, defeating incumbent Richard Cordray, 48–46%.^[30] As attorney general of Ohio, DeWine sent letters to drugstore chains encouraging them to discontinue the sale of tobacco products.^[31]

In the 2012 Republican presidential primary, DeWine endorsed Tim Pawlenty, then endorsed Mitt Romney after Pawlenty dropped out of the race. On February 17, 2012, DeWine announced he was retracting his endorsement of Romney and endorsed Rick Santorum. DeWine said, "To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you, a reason to hope, a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better. Rick Santorum has done that. Sadly, Governor Romney has not."^[32]

On November 4, 2014, DeWine was reelected as attorney general, defeating challenger David A. Pepper.^[33] He carried 83 of Ohio's 88 counties.^[34]

Legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act

In 2015, DeWine filed a lawsuit in federal court in Ohio against a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).^[35][36] In the suit, he alleged that the ACA's Transitional Reinsurance Program (which imposed a fee "paid by all employers who provide group health insurance in the workplace", which in 2014 was $63 per covered person and in 2015 was $44 per covered person) was unconstitutional as applied to state and local governments.^[37] When he filed the suit, DeWine claimed that the fee was "an unprecedented attempt to destroy the balance of authority between the federal government and the states".^[37]

In January 2016, the federal court dismissed DeWine's suit, with U.S. district judge Algenon L. Marbley holding that the Transitional Reinsurance Program did not violate the Constitution.^[37] DeWine appealed, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed Marbley's dismissal of the suit.^[38]

Criminal justice

DeWine's stated goal has been "Protecting Ohio Families".^[39] To that effect, he made it a priority to significantly reduce DNA testing turnaround times in connection with open criminal investigations. Under his predecessor, DNA testing at the Ohio attorney general's Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) took approximately four months in cases such as murders, rapes, and assaults. Under the DeWine administration, DNA test results are now returned to local law enforcement in less than a month, leading to faster apprehension of dangerous suspects.^[40]

Upon taking office in 2011, DeWine launched a special sexual assault kit (SAK) testing initiative after learning that hundreds of police departments across Ohio had thousands of untested rape kits on their evidence room shelves. DeWine invested resources to test the 13,931 previously untested rape kits over the course of his administration, which led to more than 5,000 DNA hits in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).^[41] These DNA matches led to the indictments of approximately 700 alleged rapists, many of whom were serial attackers, connected to cases that would never have been solved if not for the DeWine initiative.^[42]

DeWine also launched the Crimes Against Children Initiative, which paired BCI criminal investigators with seasoned prosecuting attorneys to investigate and prosecute child predators. The Crimes Against Children Initiative focuses on holding accountable those who sexually and physically abuse children, those who share and view child pornography, and those who target children online.^[43] DeWine's office also developed several task forces for the investigation and prosecutions of human trafficking throughout the state.^[44]

Opioids

As attorney general, DeWine took steps to close down "pill mills" in Ohio that fueled the opioid epidemic. By the end of his first year in office, he had worked to close all 12 pill mills in Scioto County, considered by many to have been the national center of the prescription drug crisis.^[45][46] DeWine's efforts also led to more than 100 doctors and pharmacists losing their licenses for improper prescription practices.^[47] In 2013, DeWine formed a new Heroin Unit to provide Ohio communities with law enforcement, legal, and outreach assistance to combat the state's heroin problem. The Heroin Unit draws from new and existing office resources, including BCI investigative and laboratory services, Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission assistance, prosecutorial support, and outreach and education services.^[48] In October 2017, DeWine announced a 12-pronged plan to combat the opioid epidemic, drawing from his experience breaking up pill mills, prosecuting traffickers, supporting recovery, and advocating the importance of drug-use prevention education.^[49] In addition, he went after the pharmaceutical industry, suing opioid manufacturers and distributors for their alleged roles in fraudulent marketing and unsafe distribution of opioids that fueled the epidemic in Ohio and across the country.^[50][51]

Columbus Crew relocation lawsuit

In October 2017, news reports surfaced that Anthony Precourt, the investor-operator of the soccer club Columbus Crew, was exploring the option of moving the team out of state.^[52] After the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore in the late 1990s, the Ohio General Assembly passed a law requiring professional sports teams that had accepted taxpayer assistance to provide an opportunity for local owners to purchase the team before initiating a move.^[53] In December 2017, DeWine sent a letter to Precourt reminding him of his obligations under Ohio law.^[54] After Precourt failed to respond, DeWine filed suit against Precourt and Major League Soccer in March 2018 to enforce Ohio law and insist upon a reasonable opportunity for local investors to buy the team.^[55] As the lawsuit played out, an investor group including Dee and Jimmy Haslam, owners of the Cleveland Browns, and the Columbus-based Edwards family announced in October 2018 they were working out the details of a deal to keep the Crew in Columbus.^[56]

Governor of Ohio

2018 election

Main article: 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election

DeWine delivers remarks at the Department of Justice in 2018

DeWine greeting President Donald Trump in 2019

On May 26, 2016, DeWine announced his candidacy for governor of Ohio in 2018.^[57] He confirmed this on June 25, 2017, at the annual ice cream social held at his home in Cedarville, Ohio. On December 1, 2017, DeWine chose Ohio secretary of state Jon Husted as his running mate. On May 8, 2018, he won the Republican primary, defeating incumbent lieutenant governor Mary Taylor with 59.8% of the vote. He defeated the Democratic nominee, former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray in the general election, by a margin of about four percentage points.^[58]

Tenure

2019

On February 22, 2019, President Trump appointed DeWine to the bipartisan Council of Governors.^[59]

On August 4, 2019, a mass shooting occurred in Dayton, Ohio, that killed ten people and injured 27 others; this followed a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, by just 13 hours.^[60] At a vigil for the victims of the Dayton shooting the next day, DeWine was drowned out by a crowd chanting "Do something!"; the chant referred to the lack of legislative gun control actions on the state and federal level.^[60] On August 6, DeWine proposed to allow judges to confiscate firearms from those deemed potentially dangerous and to provide them with mental health treatment while maintaining their due process rights.^[61][62][63] Other notable aspects of DeWine's plan include expanded background checks before purchasing a firearm, increased access to psychiatric and behavioral health services, and increased penalties for illegally possessing firearms.^[61][62][63]

In October 2019, DeWine held the first meeting of a Lead Advisory Committee he appointed for the state.^[64] The committee is meant to advise him on the state's lead remediation efforts.^[65] In December 2019, he expressed his support for Ohio allowing cities to ban plastic bags, opposing two bills in the state legislature that would have forbidden it^[66] being pushed by fellow Republicans.^[67]

On December 10, 2019, during the Ohio Contractors Association's winter conference in Columbus, DeWine said that he wanted to improve the Interstate rest areas in Ohio by adding more information about Ohio's history and culture. He also said, "I'm told that our rest areas are sorry."^[68] In late December, DeWine announced that Ohio would continue to accept refugees. In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, he wrote, "Before entering the United States, there is a lengthy, complex, and careful vetting process done by multiple federal agencies to confirm a refugee's eligibility for entrance."^[69]

2020

In January 2020, DeWine sent troops from the Ohio National Guard to Puerto Rico, which had recently experienced several earthquakes.^[70] On January 15, he signed a $30 million funding bill for Ohio farmers to prevent algal blooms, which went into effect on February 1.^[71] On January 27, DeWine signed Senate Bill 7, which gives military members and their spouses better employment opportunities by simplifying the process to transfer their occupational licenses to Ohio.^[72] In February 2020, he announced new distracted driving legislation he was sponsoring.^[73] Also in February 2020, he attracted attention for declining to share his opinion about Ohio's death penalty, at the time having "frozen all Ohio executions indefinitely as the state struggles to find lethal-injection drugs".^[74]

Informed of the public risk by Ohio Department of Health director Amy Acton, on March 3, DeWine canceled most of the Arnold Sports Festival due to the imminent threat of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio, before any cases or deaths were reported. The cancellation was widely regarded as "radical" at the time^[75][76] but was soon seen as less so, with Axios calling DeWine "among the leading governors in the country sounding the alarm about the threat of the coronavirus"^[77] and The Washington Post calling his and Acton's response "a national guide to the crisis" and "textbook recommendations",^[78] pointing out numerous occasions when moves Ohio made were soon duplicated by other states.^[79] The Hill said DeWine had "been one of the most aggressive governors in responding to the pandemic".^[80] He has supported funding for COVID-19, signing his support of a funding bill along with 37 other governors in March 2020.^[81] On March 11, 2020, DeWine issued an order limiting visitors to Ohio assisted living facilities and nursing homes, limiting visitors to one per day per resident, with all visitors to be screened for illness.^[82] Also on March 11, he announced he was drafting legislation to limit mass gatherings in the state.^[83] DeWine barred spectators from sporting events; was first in the U.S. to shut down schools throughout his state; and, on the night before it was to take place, postponed Ohio's primary election.^[84] He directed the Ohio Department of Health to order the closing of the state's more than 22,000 food service locations and bars, except for carry-out. This was one of the earliest state closures of restaurants in response to the pandemic and drew disapproval from many high-level state Republicans.^[85] On April 1, the BBC called DeWine "quick to defer to Dr Acton for specific questions on the virus and its spread" during daily news briefings, "reminding Ohioans that the state's decisions are driven by science".^[75]

2022

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, DeWine voiced support for Ukraine, saying that the invasion was "unacceptable, and all freedom-loving people should stand against this unprovoked invasion”.^[86] On February 26, he took action in support of Ukraine by banning the purchase and sale of Russian Standard vodka within the state of Ohio because the brand and distilleries are owned by a Russian corporation. Retailers were asked to "immediately pull Green Mark Vodka" (an alternate variety of Russian Standard) "and Russian Standard Vodka from their shelves".^[87] On the same day, DeWine declared February 27, 2022, a "Day of Prayer for the People of Ukraine".^[88] On March 8, he directed the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to convene with resettlement agencies, faith-based organizations, and charities, in a summit to plan for possible resettlement of displaced Ukrainian citizens within Ohio. This summit occurred on March 17.^[89]

Political positions

Abortion

President George W. Bush congratulates Senator Mike DeWine on the passing of the Pediatric Equity Research Act of 2003

In April 2019, DeWine signed House Bill 493, known as the Ohio "Heartbeat Bill", into law, prohibiting abortion after a heartbeat is detected in a fetus, with no exceptions for cases of rape and incest, imposing one of the nation's most extensive abortion restrictions.^[90][91] DeWine opposes abortion. In the Senate, he was the lead sponsor of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and voted for the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003.^[92][93] In December 2020, DeWine signed a bill that said "fetal remains from surgical abortions in Ohio must be cremated or buried"; failure to do so would be a misdemeanor of the first degree.^[94][95]

Capital punishment

Although Catholic, DeWine has not joined the Pope and Catholic bishops in opposing the death penalty.^[96] Nor has he joined former governor Robert Taft, former attorney general Petro, and former House speaker Householder in calling for an end to Ohio executions. Yet no executions have been conducted in Ohio since DeWine took office, and he has delayed executions due to "ongoing problems involving the willingness of pharmaceutical suppliers to provide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction".^[97]

Gerrymandering

In 2021, DeWine signed a redistricting map that favored Republicans. The map gave Republicans an advantage in 12 out of 15 districts, leaving two safely Democratic districts and one toss-up district. The map passed the Ohio legislature without any support from Democrats. Voting rights advocates called on DeWine to veto the pro-Republican redistricting map. In 2018, Ohio voted in a referendum for anti-gerrymandering reform that encouraged bipartisan support for redistricting maps. The same year, DeWine pledged to honor the voters' wishes and support a redistricting process conducted in a bipartisan way, but in 2021 he approved the changes for 2022 onward.^[98]

Gun control

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine leaves the stage after speaking, and the crowd shouts "Do something!" in reaction to the 2019 Dayton shooting^[99]

In Congress, DeWine was known for his support for gun control measures. In 2004, he cosponsored an amendment to renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. He has repeatedly received an "F" rating from the National Rifle Association.^[100] The National Rifle Association endorsed him for governor.^[101] DeWine was one of only two Republican senators to vote against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which banned lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for criminal misuse of their products. In the 2006 election cycle, DeWine was the first senatorial candidate to be endorsed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; he displayed the endorsement on his campaign webpage.^[102][103] In 2019, DeWine proposed a red flag law for Ohio that would allow courts to take guns from people seen as a threats to others or themselves. In January 2021, he signed into law a bill that removed the requirement to attempt to retreat before shooting in self-defense, and in March 2022 he signed a bill into law removing the requirement to possess a license to carry a concealed handgun in public.^{[104][105][106]}

Highway safety

As U.S. senator, DeWine joined a bipartisan effort to lower the national maximum blood-alcohol limit from .1% to .08% and to require reporting of vehicle-related deaths on private property like parking lots and driveways.^[107] He sponsored legislation on determining when aging tires become unsafe.^[108]

LGBTQ+ rights

DeWine opposes same-sex marriage^[109] and sponsored the Federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would have prevented same-sex marriage.^[110] He argued in the Supreme Court in favor of prohibitions on same-sex marriage, saying that same-sex marriage bans infringe on "no fundamental right" and that states should not have to recognize same-sex couples who married in other states. DeWine was acting as attorney general against Jim Obergefell in the case Obergefell v. Hodges. The Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling against DeWine and other defendants, finding same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional.^[111][112]

In 2021, DeWine opposed a bill that would have banned transgender athletes from playing on sports teams that do not match their sex at birth, saying, "This issue is best addressed outside of government, through individual sports leagues and athletic associations, including the Ohio High School Athletic Association, who can tailor policies to meet the needs of their member athletes and member institutions."^[113][114] In December 2023, he vetoed a bill that would have banned minors from receiving gender-affirming care in Ohio and transgender youth from playing on sports teams that did not match their sex assigned at birth. He said that if the bill became law, "Ohio would be saying that the state—that the government knows better what is medically best for a child than the two people who love that child the most, their parents."^[115][116] In January 2024, DeWine signed an executive order that restricted gender-affirming care for youth^[117][118] while also proposing new administrative rules focused on transgender youth and adults.^[119][120] The Republican-dominated legislature immediately overrode DeWine's veto of the gender-affirming care ban.^[121] In November 2024, DeWine signed into law a bill prohibiting students in public schools from using restrooms other than those for the gender they were assigned at birth.^[122]

Marijuana

In 2019, DeWine said: "it would really be a mistake for Ohio, by legislation, to say that marijuana for adults is just OK." In February 2020, NORML, a group advocating the legalization of marijuana, gave DeWine an "F" rating in relation to his policies.^[123] He opposed 2023 Ohio Issue 2, the "Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol initiative".^[124] In 2024, DeWine requested lawmakers take action against Delta 8.^[125]

Hamas-Israel war campus protests

Main article: 2024 Ohio State University pro-Palestinian campus protests

After the April 25, 2024, Ohio State University Gaza Solidarity Encampment resulted in at least 36 arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including 16 Ohio State University students,^[126] DeWine said, "I think that Ohio State did well", "what we don't want is any kind of hate", and that he opposes protests "right outside the door of a classroom".^[127] The demonstrators at the encampment were on the South Oval, which is not in the vicinity of any classrooms.^{[128][126][129]} DeWine also said he supported the arrests at Ohio State in the form of Ohio State Highway Patrol, which included an officer who aimed a rifle at protesters during the encampment's dispersal.^[130] He said that he supports Ohio and the U.S. "backing the country of Israel".^[127] In the same interview, he expressed support for Ohio Revised Code Section 9.76, which legally prohibits Ohio State from boycotting or divesting from companies on the basis of their support for Israel.

Other

In 2020, DeWine signed a bill that forbids colleges and universities in Ohio blocking controversial speakers.^[131] The same year, DeWine's compensation was 17th among state governors, at $159,189, compared to a maximum of $225,000 for the governor of New York and a minimum of $70,000 for the governor of Maine. The Ohio Checkbook shows that 92 employees of the Ohio state teachers retirement system, including director William Neville, equal or exceed the governor's salary.

Personal life

DeWine lives in the Whitelaw Reid House.^[132] He married Frances Struewing on June 3, 1967, and they have had eight children together. Their daughter Rebecca died at the age of 22 on August 4, 1993, in a car accident.^[133][134] One of their sons, Pat DeWine, is an Ohio Supreme Court Justice. Another son, Brian, is the president of the Minor League Baseball team the Asheville Tourists; the DeWine family purchased the team in 2010.^[135] DeWine's second cousin, Kevin DeWine, is the former Ohio Republican Party chairman.

Electoral history

1982 Ohio seventh congressional district Republican primary^[136]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	32,615	69.03%
	Republican	Peter M. Knowlton	6,534	13.83%
	Republican	John F. Evans	4,223	8.94%
	Republican	Lynn Hokenson	1,572	3.33%
	Republican	Joseph J. Walker	1,476	3.12%
	Republican	Karl F. Hilt	830	1.76%
Total votes			47,250	100.00%

1982 Ohio seventh congressional district general election^[137]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	87,842	56.26%	−19.86%
	Democratic	Roger D. Tackett	65,543	41.98%	+18.10%
	Libertarian	John B. Winer	2,761	1.77%	+1.77%
Total votes			156,146	100.00%

1984 Ohio seventh congressional district general election^[138]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	147,885	78.45%	+22.19%
	Democratic	Don Scott	40,621	21.55%	−20.43%
Total votes			188,506	100.00%

1986 Ohio seventh congressional district general election^[139]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	119,238	100.00%	+21.55%
Total votes			119,238	100.00%

1988 Ohio seventh congressional district general election^[140]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	142,597	73.88%	−26.12%
	Democratic	Jack Schira	50,423	26.12%	+26.12%
Total votes			193,020	100.00%

1990 Ohio lieutenant gubernatorial Republican primary^[141]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	645,224	100.00%
Total votes			645,224	100.00%

1990 Ohio lieutenant gubernatorial general election^[142]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	1,938,103	55.73%	+16.35%
	Democratic	Eugene Branstool	1,539,416	44.27%	−16.35%
Total votes			3,477,519	100.00%

1992 Ohio Senate Republican primary^[143]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	583,805	70.30%
	Republican	George H. Rhodes	246,625	29.70%
Total votes			830,430	100.00%

1992 Ohio Senate general election^[144]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Glenn (incumbent)	2,444,419	50.99%	−11.46%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	2,028,300	42.31%	+4.76%
	Workers World	Martha Grevatt	321,234	6.70%	+6.70%
Total votes			4,793,953	100.00%

1994 Ohio Senate Republican primary^[145]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	422,367	52.04%
	Republican	Bernadine Healy	263,560	32.47%
	Republican	Eugene J. Watts	83,103	10.24%
	Republican	George H. Rhodes	42,633	5.25%
Total votes			811,663	100.00%

1994 Ohio Senate general election^[146]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	1,836,556	53.43%	+10.41%
	Democratic	Joel Hyatt	1,348,213	39.22%	−17.75%
	Independent	Joseph I. Slovenec	252,031	7.33%	+7.33%
	Independent	Dan S. Burkhardt (write-in)	282	0.01%	+0.01%
	Socialist Workers	Peter A. Thierjung (write-in)	166	0.01%	+0.01%
Total votes			3,437,248	100.00%

2000 Ohio Senate Republican primary^[147]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	1,029,860	79.51%	+27.47%
	Republican	Ronald Dickson	161,185	12.44%
	Republican	Frank Cremeans	104,219	8.05%
Total votes			1,295,264	100.00%

2000 Ohio Senate general election^[148]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	2,666,736	59.90%	+6.47%
	Democratic	Ted Celeste	1,597,122	35.87%	−3.35%
	Libertarian	John R. McAlister	117,466	2.64%	+2.64%
	Natural Law	John A. Eastman	70,738	1.59%	+1.59%
	Socialist Workers	Michael Fitzsimmons (write-in)	45	0.00%	−0.01%
	Independent	Patrick Flower (write-in)	29	0.00%	+0.00%
Total votes			4,452,136	100.00%

2006 Ohio Senate Republican primary^[149]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	565,580	71.71%	−7.80%
	Republican	David R. Smith	114,186	14.48%
	Republican	William G. Pierce	108,978	13.82%
Total votes			788,744	100.00%

2006 Ohio Senate general election^[150]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sherrod Brown	2,257,369	56.16%	+20.29%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	1,761,037	43.82%	−16.08%
	Independent	Richard A. Duncan (write-in)	830	0.02%	+0.02%
Total votes			4,019,236	100.00%

2010 Ohio Attorney General Republican primary^[151]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	687,507	100.00%
Total votes			687,507	100.00%

2010 Ohio Attorney General general election^[152]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	1,821,408	47.54%	+9.11%
	Democratic	Richard Cordray (incumbent)	1,772,717	46.26%	−10.48%
	Constitution	Robert M. Owens	130,065	3.39%	−1.44%
	Libertarian	Marc Allen Feldman	107,521	2.81%	+2.81%
Total votes			3,831,711	100.00%

2014 Ohio Attorney General Republican primary^[153]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	544,763	100.00%	+0.00%
Total votes			544,763	100.00%

2014 Ohio Attorney General general election^[154]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	1,882,048	61.50%	+13.96%
	Democratic	David Pepper	1,178,426	38.51%	−7.75%
Total votes			3,060,474	100.00%

2018 Ohio gubernatorial Republican primary^[155]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	499,639	59.84%
	Republican	Mary Taylor	335,328	40.16%
Total votes			834,967	100.00%

2018 Ohio gubernatorial election^[156]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine	2,231,917	50.39%	−13.25%
	Democratic	Richard Cordray	2,067,847	46.68%	+13.65%
	Libertarian	Travis Irvine	79,985	1.81%	+1.81%
	Green	Constance Gadell-Newton	49,475	1.12%	−2.21%
	Independent	Renea Turner (write-in)	185	0.00%	+0.00%
	Independent	Richard Duncan (write-in)	132	0.00%	+0.00%
	Independent	Rebecca Ayres (write-in)	41	0.00%	+0.00%
Total votes			4,429,582	100.00%

2022 Ohio gubernatorial Republican primary^[157]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	514,374	48.1%
	Republican	Jim Renacci	299,515	28.0%
	Republican	Joe Blystone	232,716	21.8%
	Republican	Ron Hood	22,212	2.1%
Total votes			1,068,817	100.00%

2022 Ohio gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike DeWine (incumbent)	2,580,424	62.41%	+12.02%
	Democratic	Nan Whaley	1,545,489	37.38%	−9.30%
	Write-in		8,964	0.22%	N/A
Total votes			4,134,877	100.00%

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External links

• Campaign website
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Ohio Senate
Preceded by John Mahoney	Member of the Ohio Senate from the 10th district January 2, 1981 – December 13, 1982	Succeeded by Dave Hobson
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Bud Brown	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 7th congressional district January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	Succeeded by Dave Hobson
Party political offices
Preceded by Bob Taft	Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio 1990	Succeeded by Nancy Hollister
Preceded by Tom Kindness	Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Ohio (Class 3) 1992	Succeeded by George Voinovich
Preceded by George Voinovich	Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Ohio (Class 1) 1994, 2000, 2006	Succeeded by Josh Mandel
Preceded by Mike Crites	Republican nominee for Attorney General of Ohio 2010, 2014	Succeeded by Dave Yost
Preceded by John Kasich	Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio 2018, 2022	Most recent
Political offices
Preceded by Paul Leonard	Lieutenant Governor of Ohio January 14, 1991 – November 12, 1994	Succeeded by Nancy Hollister
Preceded by John Kasich	Governor of Ohio January 14, 2019 – present	Incumbent
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Howard Metzenbaum	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Ohio January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007 Served alongside: John Glenn, George Voinovich	Succeeded by Sherrod Brown
Legal offices
Preceded by Richard Cordray	Attorney General of Ohio January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019	Succeeded by Dave Yost
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Kamala Harris as Vice President	Order of precedence of the United States Within Ohio	Succeeded by Mayor of city in which event is held
		Succeeded by Otherwise Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House
Preceded by Bill Lee as Governor of Tennessee	Order of precedence of the United States Outside Ohio	Succeeded by Jeff Landry as Governor of Louisiana