Ohio Congressional Democrats Pre-Primary spending

This was a short reporting period covering 01/01/2008 through 02/13/2008. Incumbents are designated with an asterisk(*). Please see notes at bottom of chart.

If you don’t see a candidate listed here, it is because I could not find a report. Candidates who don’t raise or spend over $5,000 are not required to file reports. Reports from those below that limit are voluntary.

Name District
Donations
Cash on Hand
Debts or note
Steve Driehaus OH-01
$35,882.25
$430,279.76
Steve Black OH-02
$28,485.00
$10,446.46
see note
Victoria Wulsin OH-02
$55,346.04
$17,0906.30
Jane Mitakides OH-03
$35,908.61
$75,289.57
$50,000 personal
Charlie Wilson* OH-06
$14,610.00
$29,4928.29
$191,650.00
Dave Woolever OH-07
$650.00
$28.77
See note  
Bill Conner OH-07
$765.06
$6,395.23
Debts $10,500.00
Sharen Neuhardt OH-07
$69,572.95
$38,843.00
Marcy Kaptur* OH-09
$3,520.00
$846,226.48
Barbara Ferris OH-10
$16,720.00
$11,300.85
$7,400.00
Joe Cimperman OH-10
$257,769.00
$215,463.88
Tom O’Grady OH-10
$8,252.00
$11,037.53
Rosemary Palmer OH-10
$4,255.00
$13,934.44
$106,359.00 self
Dennis Kucinich* OH-10
$686,990.10
$329,808.91
Stephanie Tubbs Jones* OH-11
$7,678.00
$47,344.94
see note
Betty Sutton* OH-13
$17,700.00
$16,6412.87
$13,000 PAC
Bill O’Neill OH-14
$35,440.00
$94,111.10
Mary Jo Kilroy OH-15
$117,725.68
$710,082.85
$62,464.80 see note
John Boccieri OH-16
$82,058.00
$332,341.10
Tim Ryan* OH-17
$11,150.00
$321,426.70
Zack Space* OH-18
$113,102.74
$811,173.05
$11,106.88

1. Dave Woolever gave his campaign a loan of $5,000.00 and has $12,800 in other obligations.

2. Zack Space returned $4,800 in contributions. Of that total, $1,700 was from a contribution that was over limit and $3,100 was from two lobbyists.

3. Rosemary Palmer made loans to her campaign of $106,359.00

4. Mary Jo Kilroy loaned her campaign $35,000.00 and owes $27,464.80 in legal fees.

5. The filing from the campaign of Stephanie Tubbs Jones lists a disbursement of $3,500 noted as “FEC fine, audit 2005/2006 election cycle.” In addition, her report lists the cost of sending staffers to an FEC required compliance seminar. These are ordered by the FEC as a condition of settling campaign finance complaints. On May 3, 2004, her campaign settled a complaint from the FEC with a fine of $2,500.

It should also be noted that she spent has spent significant time and money campaigning on behalf of Senator Clinton as well as a $2,000 donation.

6. An FEC report states that Steve Black donated $195,000.00 to his campaign on 2/15/2008. However, this contribution is not reflected in his filing (closing date 2/1/308) which lists a balance of $58,320.00 from a loan he made to his campaign in June of last year.