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ORVILLE — This past Thursday, Attorney General David Yost met with almost forty faith leaders to discuss his ambitions to become Ohio’s next Governor. Previously the State Auditor and Delaware County Prosecutor, he is hoping to reform property taxes and encourage kids to stay in Ohio to grow the workforce. Yost is hoping to sing a different tune from the other candidates and politicians in Columbus; and the clergy got to hear.
After winning re-election for Attorney General, Yost said he was asked to consider running for governor. When making decisions about the future, the incumbent relies on belief in GOD. “My faith is the most important thing about me. My faith informs how I think, and establishes my values,” he says. “Sometimes my faith leads me to disagree at times with some of the folks of my own party.”
Wooster Pastor Nathan Ward, who attended the luncheon, expressed his concerns to the gubernatorial candidate over government overreach and its totalitarian tendencies. The Governor-hopeful answered, “I tend not to like governments that want to solve all of our problems. It has been said, ‘the closest thing to everlasting life in this world is a government program.’ Generally I am skeptical about the ability of government to solve problems. I trust people to solve their own problems. On the other hand, there are problems the government ought to solve since they created them,” Yost said.
Yost says he supports the personal medical freedom of citizens when pertaining to forced experimental vaccinations. As the Attorney General, Yost sued the Biden Administration’s workforce vaccine mandate and won in the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Yost supports the state preventing puberty blockers or surgical interventions on minors to change their genders. He believes minors are too young to make those life-altering decisions.
Yost said one of his goals as governor will be to obtain energy independence by circumventing the federal bureaucracy. “I was shocked to find out Ohio imports electricity despite having the largest national gas reserves in the country. How about we build power plants on top of our own gas reserves with no pipelines to support Ohio businesses and Ohio families? How about our state not go through seven years worth of federal government approval?”
During the clergy luncheon, Yost said he was open to having a DOGE internal audit to hold government accountable for state taxpayer dollars. “Don’t just listen to what I say, consider what I do. When I was State Auditor, my office found $260 million in efficiency savings. I was DOGE before DOGE was cool, and we didn’t have any lawsuits over it.”
“My faith is the most important thing about me. My faith informs how I think, and establishes my values. Sometimes my faith leads me to disagree at times with some of the folks of my own party.”
Attorney General David Yost
When asked by Mansfield Pastor Randy Raynes about the 2020 elections, Yost responded. “I do not know if the 2020 Presidential election was stolen. No court of law found evidence to support that. At the end of the day, if it was stolen, we must have figured out what they were doing because they wanted to steal the 2024 election and were not successful.”
Following the 2020 election, Yost filed a friend-of the court brief against the State of Pennsylvania asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court decision to rewrite state election law. The Pennsylvania High Court ordered election officials to count ballots including ballots with no postmarks received within three days after Election Day.
David Yost admits he is not an election expert, but believes paper ballots and voting machines can both be corrupted. “Fraud likely took place for the 1948 LBJ Senatorial election which became the launching pad for the Johnson’s Presidency. That election involved paper ballots which are no panacea. Elections are not my expertise. With that said, Ohio’s voting machines are air-gapped from the internet. In addition, our elections are audited and show a 99.9% accuracy when they do a hand count. I do not know if this is really a pressing issue in Ohio. Our state has Republicans watching the Democrats and vice versa. While the system is not perfect, it works pretty well.”
Yost was asked about the normalization of marijuana. “I do not support recreational marijuana, I believe it is important to build the case that it (cannabis) is sapping the mental health and acuity of our young people and harming society in many ways like loss of motivational diligence,” Yost said. “We need to win the hearts and minds of people on this issue in order to affect change. I have advocated for changing cannabis from a Schedule 1 controlled substance to schedule 2, allowing for more research to be done. I think liberals may not want more research done since it will likely show how dangerous cannabis really is.”
Yost told Orville Pastor Jerry O’Brien he would agree to have a functional Evangelical Advisory Council to advise him on issues near and dear to the evangelical community. Yost commented that Scripture teaches there is wisdom in many counselors. At the same time, Yost believes government in a free society should ultimately be neutral.
Pastors from ten different counties attended the clergy luncheon. According to O’Brien, the event coordinator, “My goal is to get these candidates running for elected office in front of lead pastors so they (clergy) can make educated decisions when informing their congregations.”
The Bottom Line:
The Bible says in Micah 6, “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
View slideshow of Mid-Ohio Clergy Luncheon at Orville Faith Harvest with David Yost on Thursday, April 2nd.
In an unscripted moment, David Yost plays keyboard and sings lyrics from contemporary worship song “Goodness of GOD.” (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) 
David Yost tells Wooster Pastor Nathan Ward that the Constitution exists as restraint to stop government from acting against citizen rights. (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) 
Yost jokes after recent report of Social Security fraud, ‘Liberals are more concerned about losing votes from 150 yr old’s than for losing checks.’ (Photo courtesy Frontlines Ohio) 
Orville Pastor Jerry O’Brien recently hosted a Mid-Ohio Pastors Luncheon with Gubernatorial Candidate David Yost. (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) 
Yost says, “As State Auditor, my office found $260 million in efficiency savings. I was DOGE before DOGE was cool.” (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) 
David Yost explains, “My faith is the most important thing about me. My faith informs how I think, and establishes my values.”(Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) 
Yost says he would agree as Governor to have a functional Evangelical Advisory Council to advise him on issues. (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) 
David Yost tells Ashland Pastor John Bouquet instead of funding institutions, he would like to further funding of kids who learn. (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) 
“My goal is to get candidates in front of lead pastors so they (clergy) can make educated decisions when informing their congregations.” (Photo courtesy Frontlines Ohio) Yost told pastors, addiction is always a secondary diagnosis. “Nobody, but the people in this room, know how to deal with a broken heart. (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) Cleveland Pastor Tim Neal asks David Yost whether he would support a Backpack Bill that funds students instead of school buildings. (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio) 
Advocating to change weed to Schedule 2, Yost says, “I think liberals may not want more research done since it will show how dangerous cannabis is.” (Photo courtesy of Frontlines Ohio)
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