Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost expected to resign

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio’s Attorney General Dave Yost is expected to resign, eight months before the end of his term.

Yost is ineligible for reelection and an attempt to run for governor in 2026 failed to gain sufficient momentum after billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy entered the race with the support of President Donald Trump and an early endorsement from the Ohio Republican Party. Ramaswamy advanced to the November general election out of Tuesday’s primary.

Yost’s resignation was reported by our partners at The Columbus Dispatch.

The political career of Yost spans 25 years when he began as Delaware County auditor in 1999. He was appointed county prosecutor in 2003 and elected as state auditor in 2010, but not before attempting a run at Attorney General against current Gov. Mike DeWine.

Yost was eventually elected as the state’s top law enforcement agent in 2018. In seeking to governor, he would have........

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