Dave Yost
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| Auditor of Ohio | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2011 |
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| Governor | John Kasich |
| Preceded by | Mary Taylor |
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| Political party | Republican |
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Ohio State University (BA) Capital University (JD) |
Dave Yost currently serves as Ohio's 32nd Auditor of State. He previously held the positions of Delaware County Auditor from 1999 to 2003 and County Prosecutor from 2003 to 2011. In January 2017 he announced he will run for Ohio Attorney General in 2018.
Dave Yost graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. degree in Journalism. He became an award-winning journalist with the Columbus Citizen-Journal. He went on to serve in senior positions within the administrations of Columbus Mayor Buck Rinehart and Ohio Governor George Voinovich. He then earned a Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School.
While operating a successful private law practice, Yost was appointed Delaware County Auditor in 1999. In 2003, he became the Delaware County Prosecutor where he won the first-ever capital murder case in the county’s history and successfully prosecuted the largest drug ring to ever operate in Delaware County.
Auditor Yost and his wife Darlene live in Franklin County. They have three children and three grandchildren.
Auditor Yost won the election for Ohio's 32nd state auditor in November 2010.
After receiving several tips of suspected attendance data manipulation in school districts around the state, Auditor Yost launched a statewide audit of student attendance data on July 26, 2012. The audit was conducted in three phases and found that nine school districts across the state “scrubbed” their attendance data. Auditor Yost also provided the Ohio General Assembly with recommendations for improvements to the state’s accountability system.
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