COLUMBUS– Today, the John Patrick Carney campaign for Ohio Auditor of State announced that it pulled in more than $206,000 since mid-June, with a cash on hand balance exceeding $943,000. This compares to about $169,000 raised by incumbent Auditor Dave Yost’s campaign, marking the fourth time Rep. Carney has outraised Auditor Yost.
Today, the Republican Governors Association and the Ohio Republican Party launched a shameless personal attack at me and my family.
Their own emails show that it was an effort to uncover “dirt” about me from 2012. Instead, they uncovered nothing.
Former Student Reveals He Was Paid To Alter State Tests
COLUMBUS – New allegations concerning the Dayton Horizon Science Academy in a report aired on WHIO-TV Friday night and in a Dayton Daily News story on Sunday. Both reports featured testimony of a graduate at Dayton Horizon Science Academy. Hakkimte Sun, a former student of Dayton Horizon Science Academy, told reporters he was paid by administrators to fill in answers on hundreds of State standardized tests.
DeWine’s Office Tries to Distract from Growing Pay-To-Play Scandal
COLUMBUS – After a string of negative news stories about how Mike DeWine has personally met with lobbyists of firms seeking State contracts and documents showing changed scoring sheets to rig bids to benefit an inexperienced DeWine donor, today Mike DeWine’s office suddenly rushed out a press release claiming to have a record year in collections the last fiscal year, which ended a month ago.
Akron Beacon Journal // July 23, 2014
The occupants come and go, Republicans and Democrats, yet so much about the Ohio attorney general’s office remains the same, especially the connection between raising political money and awarding contracts for legal work. The past decade, Richard Cordray has received criticism for presiding over such a link. So has Jim Petro, and now Mike DeWine, the current holder of the office.
