DeWine Appoints Andy Wilson as Ohio Attorney General, Replacing Yost
Wilson, a former county prosecutor and National Guard member, will oversee the office’s $2.5 billion budget as Yost leaves for Alliance Defending Freedom.
- On Monday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed Public Safety Director Andy Wilson as the state's new attorney general, effective immediately upon Attorney General Dave Yost's departure.
- Attorney General Dave Yost will resign effective June 7 to join Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal nonprofit, as Vice President of Strategic Research and Innovation.
- Wilson, a former Clark County prosecutor, has served as Public Safety Director since December 2022 and gained recognition for his work on the high-profile Pike County massacre trial.
- At Monday's press conference, Wilson pledged to "go 100 miles per hour" during his seven-month term and said he will review the mistrial involving former FirstEnergy executives.
- Voters will determine the next permanent attorney general in November's election, where Republican Ohio Auditor Keith Faber will face Democrat John Kulewicz.
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DeWine appoints Andy Wilson as Ohio Attorney General
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Andy Wilson as Ohio’s next attorney general following the announcement that current Attorney General Dave Yost will leave office next month to take a job in the private sector. Wilson, who currently serves as director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, will complete the remainder of Yost’s term. [...]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine selects public safety director as interim attorney general
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, has chosen Public Safety Director Andy Wilson, at podium, as interim Ohio Attorney General. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.)Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has chosen Public Safety Director Andy Wilson to replace Attorney General Dave Yost, who is stepping down from office in June. “We are going to lead with energy and passion, and we’re going to serve each other,” Wilson said at the press conference. Yost announced he would resi…
DeWine taps Andy Wilson as new Ohio Attorney General
COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine introduced Andy Wilson as Ohio Attorney General on Monday, following the announcement by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost that he is taking a job in the private sector next month. Wilson, who currently serves as the director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, will serve the remainder of Yost’s […]
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