Summary
Current Position: Governor since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: Attorney General from 2011 – 2019; US Senator from 1995 – 2007; US Representative from 1983 – 1991
Mike DeWine served as the 50th Attorney General of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, and in both houses of Congress: in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991 and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.
At age 25, DeWine started working as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Greene County, Ohio, and in 1976 was elected County Prosecutor, serving for four years.[11][12] In 1980 he was elected to the Ohio State Senate and served one two-year term.
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About
Source: Government page
Mike DeWine’s story is a true Ohio story. Raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Mike DeWine and Fran (Struewing) met in the first grade and married while students at Miami University. They’ve been blessed with eight children and 24 grandchildren. Family is at the core of everything Mike DeWine does, and that’s why he has devoted his life to fighting for Ohio’s families. He knows when families are strong, Ohio communities are stronger, and our future is bright.
Vision for the Future
Mike DeWine loves Ohio and cares passionately about our state’s future. He will fight for an Ohio that works for everyone – every person and every family in every corner of our state. From world class cities to some of the best small towns in America, Mike DeWine knows that to build our state into an economic powerhouse, we must have strong schools, a great quality of life, and compassion for those who need our help.
Ohio Values
Mike DeWine’s family started a seed company in Yellow Springs. Working alongside his parents and grandparents, Mike learned early the value of hard work, strong leadership, and fiscal responsibility.
Growing up, he loaded seed bags onto trucks and boxcars, shoveled wheat out of trucks during harvest, worked in wheat fields to help ensure the purity of the seed, and basically did whatever it took to get the job done for their customers. Inseparable to the end, his parents were married for 65 years and died within four days of each other. The values he learned from them still live within him today.
A Lifetime of Service
On November 6, 2018, Mike DeWine was elected to serve as the 70th Governor of the State of Ohio. The Governor has had a long and distinguished career in public service, focusing on protecting Ohio children and families. He was previously the 50th Attorney General of Ohio and has previously been elected to serve as Greene County Prosecutor, Ohio State Senator, U.S. Congressman, Ohio Lt. Governor, U.S. Senator.
Personal
Full Name: Michael ‘Mike’ DeWine
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Frances; 8 Children: Patrick, Jill, Rebecca, John, Brian, Alice, Mark, Anna
Birth Date: 01/05/1947
Birth Place: Springfield, OH
Home City: Cedarville Township, OH
Religion: Roman Catholic
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Education
JD, Ohio Northern University College of Law, 1972
BS, Education, Miami University of Ohio, 1969
Political Experience
Governor, State of Ohio, 2019-present
Candidate, State of Ohio, 2022
Attorney General, State of Ohio, 2010-2019
Candidate, Governor of Ohio, 2018
Senator, United States Senate, 1994-2007
Candidate, United States Senate, Ohio, 2006
Lieutenant Governor, State of Ohio, 1990-1994
Candidate, United States Senate, 1992
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1982-1990
Senator, Ohio State Senate, 1980-1982
Professional Experience
Visiting Scholar/Instructor, Miami University of Ohio
Visiting Scholar/Instructor, Cedarville University, 2007-2009
Visitng Scholar/Instructor, Ohio Northern University, 2007-2009
Prosecuting Attorney, Green County, 1976-1981
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Green County, 1973-1976
Office
Governors Office
Riffe Center, 30th floor, 77th South High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
Contact
Email: Government
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Politics
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Election Results
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Finances
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New Legislation
Issues
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Results for Ohioans
Mike DeWine is fighting every day to create jobs and a thriving economy that help all Ohioans get ahead.
Economy & Jobs
Winning historic investment for Ohio
Governor DeWine and Lt. Governor Husted won the historic $20 billion Intel Semiconductor Factory project, which will bring more than 20,000 good-paying jobs to the buckeye state and will create generational opportunities for Ohioans. This is a powerful development not only for Ohio’s economy and jobs, but for U.S. national security.
Ohio is on the front lines of the U.S.-China tech fight. China is doing everything it can to take over the global market so they can try to outcompete America. This starts with microchips that power everything from phones to cars, to home appliances, computers and much more.
Gov. DeWine took historic action to bring manufacturing back to America and home to Ohio. The Intel mega-project will be the largest single private sector company investment in Ohio’s history.
Governor DeWine will continue to fight for smart pro-business policies and win for Ohio workers against Communist China.
Enacting the largest tax cut in history…
Since Mike DeWine began his first term as Governor in 2019, he’s already cut taxes for all Ohioans by $2.2 billion dollars — which adds up to one of the largest tax cuts in Ohio history! In fact, Ohio was one of only nine states in the country that trimmed its tax burden during the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to strong fiscal leadership.
When the virus disrupted the global economy in 2020, Governor DeWine also tightened Ohio’s budget by cutting $750 million in government spending. Knowing that businesses and restaurants were most impacted by COVID, his Administration returned over $9 billion to small businesses through Bureau of Workers Compensation rebates to help them stay afloat and protect worker’s paychecks.
It paid off. In August 2020, Fitch Ratings elevated Ohio’s financial outlook from “stable” to a “positive” AA+ rating, citing the state’s superior financial resilience. The upgrade is Ohio’s first change in 11 years, and represents the highest Ohio rating since 1979.
Creating jobs in Ohio…
Governor DeWine is bringing manufacturing jobs back to Ohio. The DeWine-Husted administration has championed career, technical and vocational education and training to help thousands of Ohioans prepare for good paying jobs and get ahead in their career.
A pro-business environment plus a strong workforce equals business investment. General Motors and LG Chem dedicated $2.3 billion to the Mahoning Valley to make battery cells for electric vehicles, which will create 1,100 jobs. Governor DeWine recently visited Toledo to celebrate Cleveland Cliff’s $1 billion investment to build and operate the world’s most modern and environmentally friendly Direct Reduction plan, which has created hundreds of jobs already.
The world is taking notice. Site Selection magazine ranked Ohio as the number one state for new business investment per capita, and CEO Magazine recently moved Ohio from 9th to the 7th best state to do business.
Building a Modern Workforce to Compete with China
To compete with China and succeed in a tech-focused economy, Governor DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Husted are investing substantially in career education, job training, and workforce development. They are closing the digital divide so all Ohioans have access to high-speed Internet services, which will create opportunity for generations.
The DeWine-Husted Administration has funded more than 40,000 tech-focused credentials through the TechCred and IMAP programs, through which Ohioans can earn short-term credentials — at no cost — to unlock new career possibilities and rewarding, good-paying job opportunities. Also, Governor DeWine is advancing Ohio’s apprenticeship programs to give Ohioans clear paths into high-pay, high-skill careers. Over 19,000 Ohioans are currently in an apprenticeship, and Ohio is #1 in the Midwest and #3 nationally for the number of apprentices.
By creating Broadband Ohio, Governor DeWine is greatly expanding affordable, high-speed Internet availability across Ohio. With an investment of $232 million in grants, Broadband Ohio estimates that around 230,000 residents will gain access to high-speed internet. Giving our rural and underserved areas access will be a boon not only for local economies, but also for children and students.
Criminal Justice
Fighting crime…
Mike DeWine has spent his career supporting the needs of local law enforcement. When he served as Ohio Attorney General, he led the charge to close pill mills across the state. Under his leadership, Ohio was one of the first states in the country to file major litigation against drug manufacturers and distributors for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic. As a result, every community in Ohio will receive critical funds that will help save lives through evidence-based treatment, support for people in recovery, and prevention education.
Governor DeWine knows that to protect our communities and families, we must secure our southern border. He authorized sending the Ohio National Guard and Ohio Highway Patrol to the border to help stop lethal drugs, such as fentanyl, from reaching Ohio communities.
Further, Governor DeWine has championed our law enforcement officers across the state. While some politicians have called for defunding the police, Governor DeWine has doubled down on his support — investing more than $274 million to give our brave men and women in uniform the resources they need to keep Ohio communities safe by reducing violent crime, decreasing substance abuse, and assisting local agencies in the recruitment and hiring of new officers.
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Wikipedia
[1] (/dəˈwaɪn/ də-WYNE;[2] born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 70th governor of Ohio since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, as a United States senator from Ohio from 1995 to 2007, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991.
A native of Yellow Springs, Ohio, DeWine graduated from Miami University in 1969 and Ohio Northern University College of Law in 1972. He was an assistant prosecutor in Greene County, Ohio, and served one term as county prosecutor from 1977 to 1981. He continued his political career in the Ohio Senate from 1981 to 1982, and then served four terms as a U.S. representative from 1983 until 1991. From 1991 to 1994, he served as the 59th lieutenant governor of Ohio, under Governor George Voinovich.
DeWine was elected to the U.S. Senate in a landslide during the 1994 Republican Revolution, and sat on the Senate Appropriations; Judiciary; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP); and Select Intelligence Committees. He was reelected in 2000 and defeated in 2006 by Democrat Sherrod Brown. DeWine returned to politics four years later as the 50th attorney general of Ohio. In that office, he challenged the Affordable Care Act and tackled the opioid epidemic. He was elected governor in 2018 and reelected in 2022.[3]
During DeWine’s tenure as governor, the 2019 Dayton shooting prompted him to urge the Ohio legislature to enact new gun control measures, such as expanding background checks and harsher penalties for those in possession of unregistered firearms. In early 2020, DeWine received national attention for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ordering the closing of dine-in restaurant service and sporting events and delegating additional resources to elderly care facilities.[4]
Early life, education, and career
DeWine was born in Springfield, Ohio, on January 5, 1947, and grew up in nearby Yellow Springs.[5][6] He is the son of Jean Ruth (née Liddle) and Richard Lee DeWine.[7][8][9] He was raised and identifies as a Roman Catholic.[10][11][12] DeWine earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Miami University in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University College of Law in 1972.
At age 25, DeWine started working as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Greene County, Ohio, and in 1976 he was elected county prosecutor, serving four years.[13][14][15][16]
In 1980, DeWine was elected to the Ohio State Senate and served one two-year term.[14]
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In 1982, U.S. representative Bud Brown of Ohio’s 7th congressional district retired after 18 years in Congress; his father, Clarence Brown, Sr., had held the seat for 26 years before that. DeWine won the Republican nomination, assuring his election in November. He was reelected three more times from this district, which stretches from his home in Springfield to the Columbus suburbs. He ran unopposed in 1986 in what was regarded as a bad year for Republicans nationally.
In 1986, DeWine was one of the House impeachment managers who prosecuted the case in the impeachment trial of Judge Harry E. Claiborne. Claiborne was found guilty by the United States Senate and removed from his federal judgeship.[17]
DeWine did not seek reelection to the House of Representatives in 1990, and briefly ran for governor, but withdrew before the primaries and instead ran[18][19] for lieutenant governor as George Voinovich‘s running mate in that year’s Ohio gubernatorial election. The Voinovich–DeWine ticket was easily elected.
U.S. Senate (1995–2007)
In 1992, DeWine unsuccessfully ran for United States Senate against former astronaut and three-term incumbent John Glenn. His campaign used the phrase “What on earth has John Glenn done?”, echoing Jeff Bingaman‘s slogan “What on Earth has he done for you lately?” against former astronaut Harrison Schmitt in the 1982 United States Senate election in New Mexico.[20][21]
In 1994, DeWine ran to succeed Senator Howard Metzenbaum, who was retiring. He defeated prominent attorney Joel Hyatt, Metzenbaum’s son-in-law, by 14 percentage points. DeWine was reelected in 2000, defeating businessman Ted Celeste (brother of former Ohio governor Dick Celeste) by 24 percentage points. Seeking a third term, he was defeated in 2006 by Congressman Sherrod Brown by over 12 points.[22] Before the election, DeWine’s approval rating stood at 38%, making him the second-most unpopular senator in the country behind Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who also lost reelection that year.[23] He received 905,644 fewer votes in 2006 than in 2000.[24][25][26]
DeWine sat at various points on the Senate Judiciary; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP); and Select Intelligence Committees, and was the first Ohio senator in nearly six decades to serve on the Appropriations Committee.[27] He led the Joint House-Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry into U.S. intelligence failures before and after the September 11 attacks.[27]
DeWine also co-chaired the Senate Great Lakes Task Force; the Senate Caucus on Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children; and the Senate Global AIDS Crisis Working Group; and was a member of the Senate Drug Task Force.[27] He was the initial sponsor of the Drug-Free Century Act in 1999 and was a member of the Gang of 14, a bipartisan group of senators that in 2005 made a compromise on judicial nominees.[28][29] He voted in favor of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, authorizing the use of force against Saddam Hussein.[30]
After leaving the Senate, DeWine accepted positions teaching government courses at Cedarville University, Ohio Northern University, and Miami University. In 2007, he joined the law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp as corporate investigations group co-chair. He also advised the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign in Ohio.[31]
Attorney General of Ohio (2011–2019)
On July 21, 2009, DeWine announced his candidacy for Ohio attorney general in the upcoming 2010 election.[32] He defeated Democratic incumbent Richard Cordray, 48% to 46%.[33] DeWine was reelected in 2014, defeating challenger David A. Pepper.[34] He carried 83 of Ohio’s 88 counties.[35] DeWine’s stated goal as attorney general was “protecting Ohio families”.[36]
In the 2012 Republican presidential primary, DeWine first endorsed Tim Pawlenty, then endorsed Mitt Romney after Pawlenty dropped out of the race. On February 17, 2012, DeWine announced he was retracting his endorsement of Romney and endorsed former senate colleague Rick Santorum. DeWine said, “To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you, a reason to hope, a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better. Rick Santorum has done that. Sadly, Governor Romney has not.”[37]
In 2015, DeWine filed a federal lawsuit against a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).[38][39] In the suit, he alleged that the ACA’s Transitional Reinsurance Program (which imposed a fee “paid by all employers who provide group health insurance in the workplace”, which in 2014 was $63 per covered person and in 2015 was $44 per covered person) was unconstitutional as applied to state and local governments.[40] When he filed the suit, DeWine claimed that the fee was “an unprecedented attempt to destroy the balance of authority between the federal government and the states”.[40] In January 2016, the federal court dismissed DeWine’s suit, with U.S. district judge Algenon L. Marbley holding that the Transitional Reinsurance Program did not violate the Constitution.[40] DeWine appealed, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed Marbley’s dismissal.[41]
As attorney general, DeWine prioritized reducing DNA testing turnaround times at the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, cutting processing times for major criminal investigations from several months to less than one month.[42] He also launched a statewide initiative to test nearly 14,000 previously untested rape kits, leading to thousands of DNA matches in the Combined DNA Index System and hundreds of indictments.[43][44] DeWine created the Crimes Against Children Initiative, which combined investigators and prosecutors to pursue child exploitation and abuse cases, and supported task forces targeting human trafficking.[45][46]
DeWine sent drugstore chains letters encouraging them to discontinue the sale of tobacco products.[47] He targeted prescription drug “pill mills” in Ohio that fueled the opioid epidemic and pursued disciplinary action against doctors and pharmacists accused of improper prescribing practices.[48][49][50] In 2013, he established a Heroin Unit to coordinate law enforcement and outreach efforts statewide.[51] In 2017, he announced a broad anti-opioid strategy focused on enforcement, treatment, and prevention.[52] DeWine also sued opioid manufacturers and distributors over their alleged role in the crisis.[53][54]
In 2018, DeWine sued Major League Soccer and Columbus Crew SC owner Anthony Precourt after Precourt explored moving the team out of the state.[55][56][57] After the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore in the late 1990s, the Ohio General Assembly passed a law requiring professional sports teams that had accepted taxpayer assistance to provide an opportunity for local owners to buy the teams before initiating a move.[58] Later that year, an investor group led by Dee Haslam and Jimmy Haslam, owners of the Cleveland Browns, and the Edwards family reached an agreement to keep the Crew in Columbus.[59]
Governor of Ohio (2019–present)
Elections
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DeWine announced his candidacy for governor on May 26, 2016, becoming the first major Republican to enter the race to succeed term-limited incumbent John Kasich.[60] He launched his campaign at his annual ice-cream social in Cedarville, Ohio, on June 25, 2017. On December 1, 2017, DeWine selected Ohio secretary of state Jon Husted, who had initially run for governor, as his running mate for lieutenant governor. The move unified much of the state Republican establishment behind the ticket.[61]
In the Republican primary on May 8, 2018, DeWine defeated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor, 59.8% to 40.2%.[62] He faced Democratic nominee and former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray in the November 6 general election, a rematch of their 2010 attorney general race. DeWine defeated Cordray, 50.4% to 46.7%, a difference of about 166,000 votes.[63] DeWine was inaugurated as Ohio’s 70th governor on January 14, 2019, alongside Lieutenant Governor Husted.
Eligible for a second term, DeWine was challenged for the 2022 Republican nomination due to backlash against his strict COVID-19 restrictions.[64][65][66] He defeated former Congressman Jim Renacci and farmer Joe Blystone in the primary, and defeated the Democratic nominee, Dayton mayor Nan Whaley, with 62.4% of the vote.[67]
Tenure
DeWine’s governorship has been characterized by a pragmatic, sometimes bipartisan approach that has occasionally put him at odds with the Ohio Republican Party’s more conservative wing. Themes have included public-health preparedness, economic recovery after COVID-19, major infrastructure investment, children’s issues (especially foster care and lead poisoning), environmental initiatives like the H2Ohio water-quality program, opioid and human trafficking prevention, education reform, workforce development, and a cautious approach to social issues.
First term (2019–2023)
DeWine was inaugurated on January 14, 2019. On his first day in office, he signed six executive orders establishing priorities: the Governor’s Children’s Initiative (foster care and infant mortality), disability inclusion, mental health prevention, anti-discrimination in state employment (including LGBTQ protections), and the RecoveryOhio Initiative to combat the opioid crisis through prevention, treatment, and recovery.[68] In February, President Donald Trump appointed DeWine to the bipartisan Council of Governors.[69] In March, DeWine delivered his first State of the State address, proposing a gas tax increase for infrastructure and investments in children’s services, mental health, and water quality.[70]
In April 2019, DeWine signed the Heartbeat Bill, prohibiting abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.[71] In July, he signed the biennial budget (gas tax increase, school choice expansion) and House Bill 6, a controversial energy bill subsidizing nuclear and coal plants, later linked to a major bribery scandal involving FirstEnergy.[72] In August, after the Dayton mass shooting, DeWine proposed a 17-point gun safety plan including red-flag laws.[73] In November, he launched H2Ohio for water quality improvement.[74] In December, he supported local plastic bag bans and lead exposure initiatives.[75]
DeWine’s early, aggressive response to the COVID-19 pandemic drew national praise and backlash. In January and February 2020, DeWine began monitoring emerging cases. In March, he limited the Arnold Sports Festival, banned large gatherings, closed schools statewide, closed dine-in services, postponed a primary election, and issued a stay-at-home order.[76] Gradual reopening began in May, as DeWine had daily briefings with Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton, who resigned in June amid threats. In July, DeWine imposed a statewide mask mandate and briefly banned hydroxychloroquine for COVID treatment before reversing the ban.[77] In May 2021, DeWine’s “Vax-a-Million” lottery boosted COVID vaccination uptake. In July, he signed a biennial budget with broadband, Appalachian, and water investments.[78] Also in 2021, he signed criminal justice reforms, including ending cash bail for misdemeanors.
In 2022, DeWine signed a stand-your-ground law. Redistricting was contentious: multiple maps were struck down for gerrymandering, and DeWine supported gerrymandered maps despite criticism.[79] In January 2022, Intel announced a major semiconductor campus. DeWine awarded grants for human trafficking prevention and survivor services.[80]
Second term (2023–present)
On inauguration day 2023, DeWine signed executive orders including anti-discrimination and skills-based hiring.[81] In February, a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine; DeWine activated the National Guard and supported rail safety.[82] Also in 2023, DeWine signed the “Backpack Bill” expanding vouchers. In December, he vetoed House Bill 68, which prohibited gender-affirming care for minors; his veto was overridden in January 2024.
DeWine issued executive orders banning gender-affirming surgery for minors and restricting care.[83] In 2024, ground was broken on the Intel campus and H2Ohio expanded. Amid an influx of Haitian migrants, DeWine deployed state troopers and funding to Springfield.[84]
In 2025, DeWine formed the Property Tax Working Group[85] and issued an executive order that state employees return to work in person. In July, he signed a $60 billion budget. In August, he deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. In December, he announced $65.6 million for Welcome Home Ohio housing.[86] In January 2026, he announced that he intended to make a statement on the death penalty, on which Ohio has had a de facto moratorium since 2019, but he has not yet done so.[87][88] In April 2026, DeWine announced he would make an official statement about his personal feelings about the death penalty during the week after Ohio’s gubernatorial primaries, which take place on May 5.[89]
Political positions
Abortion
In April 2019, DeWine signed House Bill 493, known as the Ohio “Heartbeat Bill”, into law, prohibiting abortion after a heartbeat is detected in a fetus, with no exceptions for cases of rape and incest, imposing one of the nation’s most extensive abortion restrictions.[90][91] DeWine opposes abortion. In the Senate, he was the lead sponsor of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and voted for the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003.[92][93] In December 2020, DeWine signed a bill that said “fetal remains from surgical abortions in Ohio must be cremated or buried”; failure to do so would be a misdemeanor of the first degree.[94][95]
November 2023 Ohio Issue 1 overturned Ohio’s abortion ban.[96]
Capital punishment
A leader of Ohio’s ACLU chapter, which opposes capital punishment, has called the death penalty “a legacy issue” for DeWine.[97] As a state senator in the 1980s, DeWine helped write the legislation that reinstated Ohio’s death penalty following a nationwide moratorium.[98] Although Catholic, DeWine did not join the Pope and Catholic bishops in openly opposing the death penalty; as governor, he avoided stating his views on the capital punishment for most of his tenure.[99] In late May 2026, DeWine endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy; Ramaswamy supports capital punishment “only in the most egregious cases,” while his opponent, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton, said she would continue DeWine’s moratorium on capital punishment.[100][101]
On June 16, 2026, DeWine voiced support for abolishing the death penalty in Ohio; this stance differs from that of most other Republicans.[102] It also differs from DeWine’s previous stance on the death penalty, as he was once a proponent of capital punishment. In a statement on June 16, 2026, DeWine said he no longer believes the death penalty serves as a deterrent to murder and that the “moral justification I had for voting for the death penalty simply no longer exists”. He discussed the harmful effect the decades-long delays in administering the death penalty had on murder victims’ families, as well as the harmful psychological effects prison workers experienced from participating in executions, particularly botched ones. He called on state legislators to abolish the death penalty and also noted that voters had the power to amend the state constitution with ballot measures.[103][104][102] Several Ohio lawmakers and candidates reacted to DeWine’s proposal to end the death penalty in Ohio, with Ramaswamy and Ohio Attorney General candidate Keith Faber expressing their opposition with DeWine’s abolitionist stance. Several other politicians and figures, including some Republicans, Ohio’s former DRC director, and Democratic state senator Nickie Antonio, expressed their support of DeWine’s stance and acknowledged the evolution his position had undergone over the years.[105][106]
No executions have been conducted in Ohio since DeWine took office, and he stated he had delayed all executions due to “ongoing problems involving the willingness of pharmaceutical suppliers to provide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC)”; before he announced his opposition to capital punishment, he said he was postponing executions in the interest of ensuring non-condemned Ohioans can use state-run programs to access the same drugs as those in Ohio’s lethal injection cocktail.[107][108] DeWine proposed that if his successors want to reinstate Ohio’s death penalty, they should consider passing a “shield law” to keep pharmaceutical suppliers from finding out that the DRC used their drugs for executions.[108] Every time an execution date has been scheduled during DeWine’s tenure as governor, he has granted executive clemency postponing it for several years.[109] Ohio has thus had a de facto death penalty moratorium since 2019.[87]
In 2020, a reporter asked DeWine a question that implied DeWine was a death penalty proponent, and DeWine responded, “I didn’t say that. I said I am following the law in Ohio [regarding capital punishment].”[98] In the same answer, he implied that he disagreed with the common moral justification for capital punishment that it serves as a deterrent, considering that it takes decades for Ohio death row inmates to complete their appeals. DeWine also proposed that lawmakers legalize other methods of execution, but declined to offer suggestions. He said the death penalty was not a priority for the state, adding, “We’re not going to execute anyone under the status quo.”[98] In December 2024, DeWine told a crowd of reporters, “We’ve not had any executions since I’ve been governor. We will not as long as I’m governor.”[110]
In late 2025, DeWine announced that he would use part of his final State of the State address to give his personal position on capital punishment; he said he would write his statement over Christmas and would have something to say the next month. But in January 2026, a spokesman said that DeWine had “no new public statements beyond his previous comments.”[97] Reporters previously speculated that DeWine would use the address to announce that he did not support the death penalty.[111] His March 2026 State of the State address did not mention the subject.[112] In a May 2026 forum discussing his endorsement of Ramaswamy and other issues, DeWine said he found the response to his upcoming statement overblown, but also confirmed he would deliver his remarks soon: “I don’t want to build this up because I’m going to do it shortly, and I think there’s been a lot of hype about this, but there really shouldn’t be. It’ll simply be Mike DeWine reflecting on the death penalty.”[101][100]
In 2025 and 2026, fellow Republican lawmakers in Ohio, including Attorney General Dave Yost and House Speaker Matt Huffman, expressed concern that DeWine might commute all death sentences before he leaves office in 2027. Yost and Huffman also confirmed that the predominantly Republican Ohio state legislature largely supports the death penalty and would not cooperate with any legislative efforts to abolish it. In his June 2026 statement announcing his opposition to the death penalty, DeWine noted that he and Huffman had discussed their opposing stances on the issue.[102] Meanwhile, death penalty abolitionists have said they want DeWine to commute all the state’s death sentences to life without parole, which would allow him to circumvent legislative resistance to ending capital punishment.[88][113][114] In December 2019, DeWine said he believed the future of capital punishment should be up to citizen voters and legislators.[115] Death penalty supporters have criticized DeWine’s moratorium as expensive to uphold and denying closure to victims’ families, while death penalty opponents have encouraged DeWine to abolish capital punishment due to racial discrimination, innocence cases, and geographical arbitrariness. As of 2026, there are over 108 inmates on Ohio’s death row, many of whom have received reprieves from DeWine. DeWine has not said whether he will commute all active death sentences before leaving office.[100][104]
Gerrymandering
In 2021, DeWine signed a redistricting map that favored Republicans. The map gave Republicans an advantage in 12 out of 15 districts, leaving two safely Democratic districts and one toss-up district. The map passed the Ohio legislature without any support from Democrats. Voting rights advocates called on DeWine to veto the pro-Republican redistricting map. In 2018, Ohio voted in a referendum for anti-gerrymandering reform that encouraged bipartisan support for redistricting maps. The same year, DeWine pledged to honor the voters’ wishes and support a redistricting process conducted in a bipartisan way, but in 2021 he approved the changes for 2022 onward.[116]
Gun control
In Congress, DeWine was known for his support for gun control measures. In 2004, he cosponsored an amendment to renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. He has repeatedly received an “F” rating from the National Rifle Association.[118] The National Rifle Association endorsed him for governor.[119] DeWine was one of only two Republican senators to vote against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which banned lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for criminal misuse of their products. In the 2006 election cycle, DeWine was the first senatorial candidate to be endorsed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; he displayed the endorsement on his campaign webpage.[120][121] In 2019, DeWine proposed a red flag law for Ohio that would allow courts to take guns from people seen as a threats to others or themselves. In January 2021, he signed into law a bill that removed the requirement to attempt to retreat before shooting in self-defense, and in March 2022 he signed a bill into law removing the requirement to possess a license to carry a concealed handgun in public.[122][123][124]
Highway safety
As U.S. senator, DeWine joined a bipartisan effort to lower the national maximum blood-alcohol limit from .1% to .08% and to require reporting of vehicle-related deaths on private property like parking lots and driveways.[125] He sponsored legislation on determining when aging tires become unsafe.[126]
LGBTQ+ rights
DeWine opposes same-sex marriage and as a U.S. senator voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of same-sex marriage and allows states to refuse to recognize such marriages performed in other states,[127][128] and sponsored the Federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would have banned same-sex marriage.[129] He argued in the Supreme Court in favor of bans on same-sex marriage, saying that such bans infringe on “no fundamental right” and that states should not have to recognize same-sex couples who married in other states. DeWine was the attorney general against Jim Obergefell in the case Obergefell v. Hodges. The Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling against DeWine and other defendants, finding same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional.[130][131]
In 2021, DeWine opposed a bill that would have banned transgender athletes from playing on sports teams that do not match their sex at birth, saying, “This issue is best addressed outside of government, through individual sports leagues and athletic associations, including the Ohio High School Athletic Association, who can tailor policies to meet the needs of their member athletes and member institutions.”[132][133] In December 2023, he vetoed a bill that would have banned minors from receiving gender-affirming care in Ohio and transgender youth from playing on sports teams that did not match their sex assigned at birth. He said that if the bill became law, “Ohio would be saying that the state—that the government knows better what is medically best for a child than the two people who love that child the most, their parents.”[134][135] In January 2024, the Republican-dominated legislature overrode DeWine’s veto of the gender-affirming care ban.[136] Also in January 2024, DeWine signed an executive order that restricted gender-affirming surgery for youth[137][138] while also proposing new administrative rules focused on transgender youth and adults.[139][140] In February 2024, after backlash from trans people and healthcare providers, DeWine’s administration dropped all the proposed rules to restrict treatment for transgender adults.[141] In November 2024, DeWine signed into law a bill prohibiting students in public schools from using restrooms other than those for the gender they were assigned at birth.[142]
Marijuana
In 2019, DeWine said: “it would really be a mistake for Ohio, by legislation, to say that marijuana for adults is just OK.” In February 2020, NORML, a group advocating the legalization of marijuana, gave DeWine an “F” rating in relation to his policies.[143] He opposed 2023 Ohio Issue 2, the “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol initiative”.[144] In 2024, DeWine requested lawmakers take action against Delta 8.[145]
Hamas-Israel war campus protests
After the April 25, 2024, Ohio State University Gaza Solidarity Encampment resulted in at least 36 arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including 16 Ohio State University students,[146] DeWine said, “I think that Ohio State did well”, “what we don’t want is any kind of hate”, and that he opposes protests “right outside the door of a classroom”.[147] The demonstrators at the encampment were on the South Oval, which is not in the vicinity of any classrooms.[148][146][149] DeWine also said he supported the arrests at Ohio State in the form of Ohio State Highway Patrol, which included an officer who aimed a rifle at protesters during the encampment’s dispersal.[150] He said that he supports Ohio and the U.S. “backing the country of Israel”.[147] In the same interview, he expressed support for Ohio Revised Code Section 9.76, which legally prohibits Ohio State from boycotting or divesting from companies on the basis of their support for Israel.
Other
In 2020, DeWine signed a bill that forbids colleges and universities in Ohio blocking controversial speakers.[151] The same year, DeWine’s compensation was 17th among state governors, at $159,189, compared to a maximum of $225,000 for the governor of New York and a minimum of $70,000 for the governor of Maine. The Ohio Checkbook shows that 92 employees of the Ohio state teachers retirement system, including director William Neville, equal or exceed the governor’s salary.
Personal life
DeWine lives in the Whitelaw Reid House.[152] He married Frances Struewing on June 3, 1967, and they have had eight children together. Their daughter Rebecca died at the age of 22 on August 4, 1993, in a car accident.[153][154] One of their sons, Pat DeWine, is an Ohio Supreme Court Justice. Another son, Brian, is the president of the Minor League Baseball team the Asheville Tourists; the DeWine family purchased the team in 2010.[155] DeWine’s second cousin, Kevin DeWine, is the former Ohio Republican Party chairman.
Electoral history
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