Dave Yost
Dave Yost | |
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Yost in 2019 | |
| 51st Attorney General of Ohio | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
| Governor | Mike DeWine |
| Preceded by | Mike DeWine |
| 32nd Auditor of Ohio | |
| In office January 10, 2011 – January 12, 2019 | |
| Governor | John Kasich |
| Preceded by | Mary Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Keith Faber |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 22, 1956 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Darlene Yost |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Ohio State University (BA) Capital University (JD) |
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David Anthony Yost (born December 22, 1956) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the 51st attorney general of Ohio since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Yost previously served as the state auditor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019.
During his tenure as Attorney General, he supported attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden. He has played a key role in defending an Ohio abortion law that prohibits abortion six weeks into a pregnancy (before many women know they are pregnant) without exceptions for rape or incest. In 2022, he was involved in a public controversy over a child rape victim who traveled from Ohio to Indiana to get an abortion to avoid carrying the rapist's child.