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By Lynn Hulsey, Staff Writer Updated 11:59 AM Tuesday, April 21, 2009

DAYTON — Ohio Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, submitted some documents requested by the Ohio Secretary of State in her residency investigation of him, although he did not provide water, phone or tax records and he blacked out information on most of what he gave her.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s office released the documents on Monday, April 20, after Husted submitted them on Friday.

The documents include a single Dayton Power and Light bill from April 2 showing his monthly usage as 197 kilowatt hours at his home at 148 Sherbrooke Drive, Kettering.

The average residential user consumes 940 to 1,200 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month, depending on whether the home is heated by gas or electricity, said Kelly Millhouse, spokeswoman for Dayton Power and Light.

Husted did not submit his water bills, but records obtained from Montgomery County show his usage at the Kettering home since 2002 was far below the 1,600 cubic foot average for his Castle Hills residential neighborhood.

Average quarterly usage at his property was 500 cubic feet between 2002 and October 2008.

Husted could not be reached for comment on Monday.

The investigation centers on whether Husted lives in Kettering, where he is registered to vote. Husted, who was speaker of the Ohio House until January, has said his legal residence is Kettering but his state job frequently keeps him in Franklin County, where he stays with his family in his wife’s Upper Arlington home.

In a letter addressed to Montgomery County Board of Elections Director Steve Harsman, Husted objects to how he is being treated in the investigation. “I must strenuously object to the unprecedented manner in which my situation is being handled and the extraordinary length of time this has taken,” Husted wrote in the April 17 letter, which he also sent to Brunner.

Husted also said he is “offended” that Brunner asked for documentation of his residency, rather than accepting his sworn testimony on the matter. The documents submitted by Husted include his driver’s license, a bank statement, vehicle registration, a variety of letters, retirement fund documents, pay stubs and a bank statement, all showing his Kettering address, but with financial information, such as the amount on his electric and cable bills, blacked out.

Brunner’s spokesman, Jeff Ortega, said most of the information was already redacted when Husted submitted it. Brunner’s office only removed a small amount of information, things like as Social Security or account numbers.

Ortega said the office is reviewing the documents, drafting a response to Husted and writing a letter to the county board of elections.

Brunner had been asked to break the board’s February tie vote on the residency question but told the Dayton Daily News that she would be referring the documents and residency question back to the board for further review. The board has not been formally asked by her to reconsider the matter.

Board chairman Greg Gantt and member Dennis Lieberman declined comment on the Husted documents until that notification has occurred.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-7455 or lhulsey@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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