Entire #OHSEN Field Still Trying To Buy Ohio’s Senate Seat, Report Abysmal Pre-Primary Fundraising Totals
March 7, 2024
Cleveland.com: Millionaire Republican Candidates Dip Further Into Personal Funds To Bankroll Campaigns In Election’s Final Weeks
Columbus, OH – The “millionaire Republican candidates” running in the #OHSEN primary are still trying to buy Ohio’s Senate seat and posted abysmal pre-primary fundraising totals yesterday. Moreno, LaRose, and Dolan’s laughably terrible totals – and the new multi-million dollar checks they’re writing themselves – prove again that they’re trying to buy Ohio’s Senate seat using personal wealth, out-of-state billionaire PAC money, and their parents’ cash.
Here’s a reminder of who is funding the #OHSEN field’s campaigns:
- Bernie Moreno has dumped in $4.2 million of his own cash to try to buy Ohio’s Senate seat, writing himself another $1.2 million check this year after last year’s $3 million check – all after he said it’s “not right” for wealthy people to “write a big fat check” and that he wouldn’t “take [his] personal wealth and buy a Senate seat.”
- Frank LaRose loaned himself a “highly unusual” and “myster[ious]” $250,000 last year. LaRose has been relying on out-of-state billionaire Richard Uihlein to bankroll his flailing campaign – new reports show a Uihlein affiliated PAC donated $1 million to a pro-LaRose PAC this year. Uihlein himself gave the pro-LaRose PAC $3 million last year. Uihlein also funded LaRose’s failed August amendment to silence Ohioans and benefit special interests.
- Matt Dolan has put in $9 million of his personal fortune into the race. Buying Ohio’s Senate seat is a family affair, given the PAC supporting his campaign has received $2 million from Dolan’s parents.
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