Ohio Attorney General resigns Thursday.

Attorney General Dave Yost resigned on Thursday to pursue a new position, according to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.  Yost, who spent seven years as Ohio’s attorney general, will become the Vice President of Strategic Research and Innovation at the Alliance Defending Freedom.  As a legal organization, the Alliance Defending Freedom states that it is “dedicated to safeguarding religious freedom, free expression, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights.”  Yost, an ardent Republican, has been Ohio’s attorney general since January 2019. He was the Auditor of State from 2011 to 2018 before that position.