Yesterday was the deadline for the 2017 Annual Campaign Finance Reports. Here are some figures for the statewide offices and Ohio General Assembly. A trend that I noticed is Democrats out raised Republicans in many cases. Republicans still carry the cash-on-hand advantage.

Gubernatorial GOP Primary

Committee Name	Total Contributions	Balance On Hand
DEWINE HUSTED FOR OHIO	$1,988,447.89	$10,563,173.98
TAYLOR ESTRUTH FOR OHIO	$364,488.50	$3,508,205.05

 

Gubernatorial Democratic Primary

Committee Name	Total Contributions	Balance On Hand
CORDRAY/SUTTON COMMITTEE	$2,011,373.99	$2,010,159.85
FRIENDS OF JOE SCHIAVONI	$261,219.03	$276,661.51
FRIENDS OF CONNIE PILLICH & SCOTT SCHERTZER	$482,856.53	$911,655.54

O’Neill & Kucinich didn’t form committees until 2018.

Attorney General

Committee Name	Total Contributions	Balance On Hand
DETTELBACH FOR OHIO	$1,082,136.91	$1,528,348.02
DAVE YOST FOR OHIO	$648,284.82	$2,035,518.30

 

Secretary of State

Committee Name	Total Contributions	Balance On Hand
KATHLEEN CLYDE COMMITTEE	$415,567.27	$634,478.60
LAROSE FOR OHIO	$365,160.57	$839,100.84

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Treasurer

Committee Name	Total Contributions	Balance On Hand
ROB RICHARDSON FOR OHIO	$519,536.62	$376,327.55
SPRAGUE FOR OHIO	$282,174.00	$518,191.79
CITIZENS FOR O’BRIEN (SANDRA)	$150.00	$799.94

 

Auditor

Committee Name	Total Contributions	Balance On Hand
ZACK SPACE FOR OHIO	$254,390.00	$225,033.00
FRIENDS OF FABER	$222,862.00	$675,486.78

 

Top 5 Incumbent General Assembly Members

Committee Name	Total Contributions	Balance On Hand
FRIENDS OF RYAN SMITH	$377,775.00	$322,696.88
FRIENDS OF LARRY HOUSEHOLDER	$288,089.81	$719,645.38
CITIZENS FOR OBHOF	$239,017.79	$84,393.61
CITIZENS FOR GARDNER COMMITTEE	$192,557.79	$124,643.15
FRIENDS OF TOM PATTON	$158,612.79	$60,098.83