Category: Ohio

A complaint against former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann alleges he used campaign funds for improper expenses. Statements of receipts and expenditures that Dann’s campaign filed with the secretary of state “contain incomplete, inaccurate and false information concerning expenditures from the fund for travel, food, beverages, cell phones and other expenditures,” Inspector General Thomas P. […]

Here’s follow-up on a case I’ve previously noted involving Ohio state Rep. John Widowfield. Philip Richter, executive director of the Elections Commission, said the matter will be taken up at the group’s meeting next Thursday. Widowfield has asked that the matter be referred to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien for a potential misdemeanor charge, which […]