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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Third District fundraising at a glance
Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, will face Democrat Jane Mitakides of Centerville in the November race for Ohio’s 3rd Congressional District, a swath of Ohio that includes all or parts of Highland, Clinton, Warren and Montgomery counties.
Here’s how the candidates’ campaign coffers are shaking out so far:
Jane Mitakides
Political Party: Democrat
Running for: 3rd Congressional District, currently held by Rep. Mike Turner
Raised between April 1 and June 30: $156,964.11
Spent during that period: $127,333.54
Raised to date: $271,216.64
Cash on hand: $130,566.49
Debts: $50,000
Interesting contributions: Mitakides received a contribution from former Darke County Democratic Chair Enid Goubeaux, a superdelegate, as well as Liz Bernard, a Canfield, Ohio attorney who was among former Sen. John Edwards’ Ohio rainmakers. She also received $500 from Mat Heck of the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s office, and the Greek PAC. She’s loaned her campaign $50,000, but her reports indicate she contributed $65,137.54 to her campaign between April 1 and June 30.
Interesting expenditures: The vast majority of Mitakides’ expenditures were reimbursements to Mitakides for travel expenses, office supplies, postage and other incidentals.
Mike Turner
Political Party: Republican
Running for: incumbent running for re-election in 3rd Congressional District
Raised between April 1 and June 30: $176,250
Spent during that period: $66,487.49
Raised to date: $975,508.86
Cash on hand: $596,171
Debts: $6,995.93
Interesting contributions: Turner received from individuals as well as political action committees that included the UPS PAC, DP&L Employees Fund for Responsible Citizenship, the NCR PAC, Meadwestvaco and the NRA Political Victory Fund. He also received $250 this quarter from Michael Gessel, a vice-president with the Dayton Development Coalition, $500 from Chris Kershner and $1,000 from Phil Parker, both of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, and Louis Luedtke, the president and CEO of the National Composite Center.
Interesting expenditures: Turner held receptions at the Capitol HIll Club and at Dorothy Lane Market, but many of his expenditures were strictly business: payroll, office supplies and rent were among his biggest expenditures. He also gave $10,000 to the Ohio Republican Party.
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TweetFourth District fundraising at a glance
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, will face AK Steel employee Mike Carroll of Mansfield in the November race for Ohio’s 4th congressional district, which includes all or parts of Hancock, Wyandot, Allen, Hardin, Marion, Morrow, Auglaize, Shelby, Logan and Champaign counties.
Here’s the race, by the numbers, at a glance:
Jim Jordan
Political Party:Republican
Running for:incumbent running for re-election in 4th Congressional District
Raised between April 1 and June 30:$77,118.91
Spent during that period:$75,824.16
Raised to date:$623,050.91
Cash on hand:$433,838.14
Debts: none
Interesting contributions: Donors hailed largely from his district: He raised money from donors in Sidney, Fort Loramie, St. Mary’s and Bellefontaine. But that money was supplemented by political action committees representing First Energy, Procter & Gamble, Realtors, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association and the Snack Food Association, among others.
Interesting expenditures: Jordan, whose district is the most Republican in Ohio, gave heavily to fellow congressional candidates. Among them: Steve Austria, a Beavercreek Republican who hopes to replace retiring Rep. David Hobson, R-Springfield, in the fall. Jordan gave Austria’s campaign $1,000.
Mike Carroll Political Party: Democrat
Running for: challenging U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan for 4th Congressional District
Raised between April 1 and June 30: $5,051
Spent during that period: $920.69
Raised to date: $5051
Cash on hand: $2,298.13
Debts: none
Interesting contributions: Carroll, who works at AK Steel, received donations from the AK Steel Corp. Political Action Committee, as well as the Communication Workers of America and the Machinists Nonpartisan Political League, among others. He also gave himself $1,400.
Interesting expenditures: He’s spent money on pens, bumper stickers, a GPS for his campaign and a video camera for his campaign.
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TweetEighth District fundraising at a glance
House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, represents all or parts of Mercer, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Butler counties. He’s running for re-election in November and is being challenged by Nick von Stein, a Hamilton native and master’s student at Miami University.
Here’s their current fundraising at a glance:
Nick von Stein
Political Party: Democrat Running for: 8th Congressional District, currently held by Rep. John Boehner Raised between April 1 and June 30: $3,279.01 Spent during that period: $8,502.65 Raised to date: $12,630 Cash on hand: $6,848.11 Debts: none
Interesting contributions: von Stein raised $850 from three southwest Ohio donors as well as $24.01 from Act Blue.
Interesting expenditures: Spent most of his money on consulting with Bentley Davis of Cincinnati; spent $954.74 on “Labels, tee-shirts and printing costs.” Also spent $1,970.25 on brochure printing costs.
John Boehner
Political Party: Republican
Running for: incumbent in 8th Congressional District
Raised between April 1 and June 30: $992,526.18
Spent during that period: $-768,997.09
Raised to date: $3,316,133.46
Cash on hand: $2,263,643.60
Debts: none
Interesting contributions: Donors include some of southwest Ohio’s financial heavy hitters, including 10 members of the Lindner family. Political Action Committees representing Cargill, Coal, Occidental Petroleum, the National Turkey Federation also gave to Boehner. And, as a result of the legal ruling in Boehner’s longstanding battle with Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., so did McDermott’s Legal Expense Trust - to the tune of $1.15 million so far this campaign. That “offset” was the reason Boehner’s campaign reported negative expenditures in this quarter.
Interesting expenditures: Boehner appears to have had fundraisers at Bobby Van’s Steakhouse in Washington, D.C., Brown’s Run Country Club in Middletown and Cantina Marina in Washington, D.C. He also apparently chartered air planes at least twice with Empower Aviation in Hamilton. And he spent $3,600 on Friends of John Boehner shirts. And he gave $4,000 on April 15 to U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y.. On May 1, Fossella was pulled over for drunk driving. Fossella later decided not to run for re-election following revelations that he fathered a child outside his marriage.
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TweetMcDermott shows Boehner the money
Tucked deep within House Minority Leader John Boehner’s mammoth Federal Elections Commission filing is this “receipt”: Boehner received $1.09 million this quarter, $1.15 million total from Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., part of a legal ruling against McDermott earlier this year.
That’s why Boehner’s report shows that he spent $-768,997.09 this quarter. He marks McDermott’s money as an “offset” to what otherwise would’ve been $324,506.92 spent this year.
That “offset” is the result of the final ruling stemming from a lawsuit that originated in 1996, after a Florida couple recorded a call on Boehner’s cell phone that was picked up by a radio scanner. The call, between House Republican leaders, dealt with an ethics case against then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The couple sent the tapes to McDermott, who leaked them to two newspapers.
Boehner sued and a federal court found McDermott had no right to release the calls. In December, the U.S. Supreme Court opted not to take up the case.
A U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia issued the order on Tuesday, April 1.
In all, Boehner has raised $3.3 million this campaign cycle, including $992,526.18 between April 1 and June 30. He has $2.26 million in the bank.
His opponent, Democrat Nick von Stein, raised $3,279.01 between April 1 and June 30 and has raised $12,630 so far this campaign. He has $6,848.11 in the bank.
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TweetOhio Right to Life PAC endorses McCain
The Ohio Right to Life Society PAC has endorsed Republican John McCain for president.
While the endorsement, released on Tuesday, July 15, wasn’t unexpected, it appeared to be a sign that social conservatives, an important part of the Republican base, are lining up behind McCain, despite some past reservations.
Mike Gonidakis, Ohio Right to Life executive director, was part of a small group of social conservatives who met privately with McCain in Cincinnati last month.
“The glaring difference between Sen. McCain’s strong pro-life record versus Sen. (Barack) Obama’s support for abortion on demand should serve as a wakeup call to everyone who believes in our mission,” Gonidakis said in a press release.
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TweetSupport for McCain, Obama shows gender, racial divide
Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 9 points - 50-41 percent - in a new national poll that shows a racial and gender divide in the race for president.
On a week when both Obama and McCain are speaking to the national NAACP convention in Cincinnati, the Quinnipiac University poll, released Tuesday, July 15, shows black voters supporting Obama 94-1 percent, while McCain leads 49-42 percent among white voters.
Among women, Obama leads 55-36 percent while McCain has a 47-44 percent percent edge among men.
Obama and McCain each got 44 percent from independent voters.
The poll, taken Tuesday, July 8, through Sunday, July 13, with 1,725 likely voters nationwide has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
Click here to see the full poll results.
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