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.

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Keith Faber, President of the Ohio Senate (2013-2016), state senator from the 12th district (2007-2016), and state representative from the 84th district (2001-2007, 2017-2019)

Declined Cliff Rosenberger, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives

Results

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Zack Space, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th congressional district (2007-2011)

Failed to qualify Kelli Prather, occupational therapist, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016, candidate for Cincinnati City Council in 2017

Results

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Robert Coogan, accountant and candidate for state representative in 2012

General election

Endorsements

Polling {| class=wikitable |- valign= bottom ! Poll source ! Date(s)administered ! Samplesize ! Margin oferror ! style="width:100px;"|KeithFaber (R) ! style="width:100px;"|ZackSpace (D) ! Undecided |- |Baldwin Wallace UniversityBaldwin Wallace University | align=center| October 19–27, 2018 | align=center| 1,051 | align=center| ± 3.8% | align=center| 32% | align=center| 40% | align=center| 22% |- |Change Research (D-Innovation Ohio)Change Research (D-Innovation Ohio) | align=center| August 31 – September 4, 2018 | align=center| 822 | align=center| ± 3.0% | align=center| 40% | align=center| 37% | align=center| 23% |- |Fallon ResearchFallon Research | align=center| May 21–25, 2018 | align=center| 800 | align=center| ± 3.5% | align=center| 32% | align=center| 35% | align=center| 33%

Results

By county +2018 Ohio State Auditor election (by county)CountyKeith Faber RepublicanZack Space DemocraticRobert Coogan LibertarianMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams6,22373.30%1,96723.17%3003.53%4,25650.13%8,490Allen24,69068.54%10,22228.38%1,1113.08%14,46840.16%36,023Ashland12,46568.18%5,01027.40%8074.42%7,45540.78%18,282Ashtabula16,65252.29%13,59642.70%1,5955.01%3,0569.59%31,843Athens7,22432.32%14,26163.80%8683.88% -7,037 -31.48%22,353Auglaize15,38880.13%3,24116.88%5752.99%12,14763.25%18,629Belmont13,46355.07%10,17441.62%8103.31%3,28913.45%24,447Brown10,50971.47%3,59824.47%5984.06%6,91147.00%14,705Butler82,47661.35%45,87934.13%6,0844.52%36,59727.22%134,439Carroll6,23561.23%3,55234.88%3963.89%2,68326.35%10,183Champaign10,08768.67%3,98827.15%6144.18%6,09941.52%14,689Clark27,06756.90%18,58739.07%1,9184.03%8,48017.83%47,572Clermont53,00267.10%22,05127.92%3,9314.98%30,95139.18%78,984Clinton10,76772.52%3,39722.88%6834.60%7,37049.64%14,847Columbiana22,69564.20%11,22031.74%1,4344.06%11,47532.46%35,349Coshocton7,08759.97%4,33836.71%3933.32%2,74923.26%11,818Crawford9,64267.32%4,14828.96%5333.72%5,49438.36%14,323Cuyahoga137,79629.34%313,00466.65%18,7884.01% -175,208 -37.31%469,588Darke15,75580.44%3,30916.89%5222.67%12,44663.55%19,586Defiance8,58263.63%4,33332.12%5734.25%4,24931.51%13,488Delaware51,18055.15%38,48541.46%3,1423.39%12,69513.69%92,807Erie14,93550.35%13,51845.57%1,2114.08%1,4174.78%29,664Fairfield33,75157.52%22,95039.11%1,9793.37%10,80118.41%58,680Fayette5,85569.36%2,33727.69%2492.95%3,51841.67%8,441Franklin157,38733.07%301,42063.34%17,0293.59% -144,033 -30.27%475,836Fulton10,43365.31%4,85530.39%6864.30%5,57834.92%15,974Gallia6,64670.03%2,56227.00%2822.97%4,08443.03%9,490Geauga24,31758.82%15,25036.89%1,7744.29%9,06721.93%41,341Greene40,44659.78%23,89935.32%3,3104.90%16,54724.46%67,655Guernsey7,49360.01%4,57936.67%4143.32%2,91423.34%12,486Hamilton143,47543.15%172,43951.86%16,5944.99% -28,964 -8.71%332,508Hancock18,81167.70%7,78128.00%1,1954.30%11,03039.70%27,787Hardin6,34368.09%2,62628.19%3473.72%3,71739.90%9,316Harrison3,24856.07%2,36340.79%1823.14%88515.28%5,793Henry7,16468.60%2,85927.38%4204.02%4,30541.22%10,443Highland9,83673.68%3,01622.59%4983.73%6,82051.09%13,350Hocking5,49455.93%3,95540.67%3333.40%1,49915.26%9,822Holmes6,66076.55%1,79220.60%2482.85%4,86855.95%8,700Huron11,26261.20%6,24633.95%8924.85%5,01627.25%18,400Jackson6,35763.44%3,39133.84%2722.72%2,96629.60%10,020Jefferson13,48755.83%9,66340.00%1,0084.17%3,82415.83%24,158Knox14,32462.89%7,72433.91%7273.20%6,60028.98%22,775Lake47,93851.84%40,48243.77%4,0574.39%7,4568.07%92,477Lawrence13,02164.88%6,34031.59%7093.53%6,68133.29%20,070Licking39,19857.90%26,24238.76%2,2603.34%12,95619.14%67,700Logan12,02473.26%3,78723.07%6013.67%8,23750.19%16,412Lorain49,41144.51%56,77951.14%4,8314.35% -7,368 -6.63%106,190Lucas56,09938.90%85,12457.50%6,8133.60% -29,025 -18.60%148,036Madison8,86965.00%4,27031.29%5063.71%4,59933.71%13,645Mahoning37,47843.02%46,23153.07%3,3953.91% -8,753 -10.05%87,104Marion12,20160.39%7,01534.72%9894.89%5,18625.67%20,205Medina41,86457.18%28,31938.68%3,0264.14%13,54518.50%73,209Meigs5,18667.68%2,20028.71%2773.61%2,98638.97%7,763Mercer14,10082.09%2,63315.33%4432.58%11,46766.76%17,176Miami28,78970.10%10,59125.79%1,6874.11%18,19844.31%41,067Monroe2,87556.09%2,06640.30%1853.61%80915.79%5,126Montgomery96,80047.91%96,71047.86%8,5334.23%900.05%202,043Morgan2,95859.03%1,92838.47%1252.50%1,03020.56%5,011Morrow8,85268.00%3,67028.20%4943.80%5,18239.80%13,016Muskingum16,87858.45%11,13938.57%8612.98%5,73919.88%28,878Noble3,03666.11%1,41830.88%1383.01%1,61835.23%4,592Ottawa9,94655.37%7,13539.72%8804.91%2,81115.65%17,961Paulding4,68268.68%1,87227.46%2633.86%2,81041.22%6,817Perry6,98661.10%4,06235.52%3863.38%2,92425.58%11,434Pickaway12,59964.66%6,23231.98%6533.36%6,36732.68%19,484Pike5,00457.84%3,39939.28%2492.88%1,60518.56%8,652Portage28,38948.55%27,14646.46%2,8964.99%1,2432.09%58,431Preble11,70474.15%3,39321.49%6884.36%8,31152.66%15,785Putnam11,92181.22%2,36716.13%3882.65%9,55465.09%14,676Richland27,54563.35%14,49233.33%1,4433.32%13,05330.02%43,480Ross12,83855.47%9,60441.50%7013.03%3,23413.97%23,143Sandusky12,36457.43%8,17537.97%9904.60%4,18919.46%21,529Scioto13,94960.04%8,48436.52%8003.44%5,46523.52%23,233Seneca11,40861.80%6,26633.94%7854.26%5,14227.86%18,459Shelby14,66178.84%3,32017.85%6143.31%11,34160.99%18,595Stark72,94253.10%59,08243.01%5,3493.89%13,86010.09%137,373Summit85,62641.13%113,81754.67%8,7274.20% -28,191 -13.54%208,170Trumbull33,25945.68%36,76050.48%2,7953.84% -3,501 -4.80%72,814Tuscarawas16,72451.81%14,61645.28%9402.91%2,1086.53%32,280Union15,05364.21%7,39431.54%9974.25%7,65932.67%23,444Van Wert8,16376.82%2,13420.08%3293.10%6,02956.74%10,626Vinton2,49861.12%1,46535.84%1243.04%1,03325.28%4,087Warren65,70366.59%28,96229.35%4,0024.06%36,74137.24%98,667Washington14,46863.21%7,55433.00%8663.79%6,91430.21%22,888Wayne24,77563.17%12,96133.05%1,4813.78%11,81430.12%39,217Williams8,93968.48%3,50826.87%6064.65%5,43141.61%13,053Wood24,80550.96%21,45244.07%2,4214.97%3,3536.89%48,678Wyandot5,51669.26%2,11426.54%3344.20%3,40242.72%7,964Totals2,156,66349.68%2,008,92545.26%175,9624.05%147,7383.42%4,341,550 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Monroe (largest city: Woodsfield)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Franklin (largest city: Columbus) Hamilton (largest city: Cincinnati) Lorain (largest city: Lorain) Summit (largest city: Akron)

By congressional district Faber won 12 of 16 congressional districts. District Faber Space Representative 52% 44%Steve Chabot 54% 41%Brad Wenstrup 26% 70%Joyce Beatty 63% 33%Jim Jordan 59% 36%Bob Latta 61% 35%Bill Johnson 58% 39%Bob Gibbs 65% 31%Warren Davidson 35% 61%Marcy Kaptur 51% 44%Mike Turner 17% 79%Marcia Fudge 51% 46%Troy Balderson 40% 56%Tim Ryan 51% 45%David Joyce 51% 45%Steve Stivers 53% 43%Anthony Gonzalez

See also 2018 Ohio elections 2018 United States elections

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