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Adding that period's in-kind contributions and other income brings the broader total to roughly $3.28 million; Ballotpedia/Transparency USA's joint tracker gives $3,233,322.04 as of the Oct. 27, 2022 pre-general filing.", "race": "2022-secretary-of-state", "raised": 2919031.5, "sources": [ { "accessed": "2026-09-19", "publisher": "Ohio Secretary of State", "title": "Ohio Campaign Finance Reporting System - Candidate/Committee Search", "url": "https://www6.ohiosos.gov/ords/f?p=CFDISCLOSURE:1" } ], "spent": null }, { "as_of": "2022-12-31", "cash": 345485.12, "committee_id": "LAROSE FOR OHIO", "filer": "OhioSOS", "notes": "The research archive's direct query of the Ohio SOS database, summing monetary contributions on every cover page from Semiannual-July-2021 through Post-General-2022; adding in-kind contributions (about $335,605) and other income (about $27,477) brings the broader total to roughly $3.28 million.", "race": "2022-secretary-of-state", "raised": 2919031.5, "sources": [ "https://www6.ohiosos.gov/ords/f?p=CFDISCLOSURE:1" ], "spent": null }, { "as_of": "2022-12-31", "cash": 345485.12, "committee_id": "LAROSE FOR OHIO", "filer": "OhioSOS", "notes": "The research archive's direct query of the Ohio SOS database, summing monetary contributions on every cover page from Semiannual-July-2021 through Post-General-2022; adding in-kind contributions (about $335,605) and other income (about $27,477) brings the broader total to roughly $3.28 million.", "race": "2022-secretary-of-state", "raised": 2919031.5, "sources": [ "https://www6.ohiosos.gov/ords/f?p=CFDISCLOSURE:1" ], "spent": null }, { "as_of": "2018-12-31", "filer": "OhioSOS", "notes": "Computed directly from the Ohio Secretary of State's own bulk campaign-finance data files for LaRose's committee 'LaRose for Ohio,' report years 2017-2018.", "race": "2018-secretary-of-state", "raised": 2948313.2, "sources": [ "https://www6.ohiosos.gov/ords/f?p=CFDISCLOSURE:72:::NO::P72_GETID:4649" ], "spent": 2809521.83 } ], "id": "frank-larose", "interests": [ { "date": "2023-12-14", "kind": "income", "notes": "From NBC4’s analysis of his December 10, 2023 U.S. Senate financial disclosure, a federal filing for a different office.", "sources": [ "https://www.nbc4i.com/news/your-local-election-hq/documents-show-multimillion-dollar-disparity-among-gop-senate-candidates/" ], "what": "His Ohio state salary as Secretary of State was $199,123.04 in 2023." }, { "date": "2026-04-10", "kind": "reported_conflict", "reported_by": "Signal Ohio", "sources": [ "https://signalohio.org/ohio-treasurer-candidate-showered-with-gifts-from-ceos-fundraisers-lobbyist-disclosures-show/" ], "what": "Signal Ohio’s review of 2026 statewide candidates’ Ohio Ethics Commission financial disclosure statements found that he reported 23 gifts valued at $75 or more on his April 2026 filing, the second-highest count among the 2026 statewide candidates reviewed. 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