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we don't have a super PAC, and quite frankly, we don't want one that spends millions to spew out lies

Ted Strickland · Campaign fundraising email · May 2016 · Race: U.S. Senator from Ohio

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PolitiFact, May 31, 2016 · read the check

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The record does not settle it

Checked against No record settles this sentence: a candidate may not legally control a super PAC, so "we don't have" one is true of every candidate on the Federal Election Commission's record, and "don't want one" is a statement of intent.

The record: Campaign finance data: candidates, committees, receipts and independent expenditures

Context

Strickland made this claim while contrasting his campaign with pro-Portman outside spending, in a fundraising appeal to supporters.

Topics: Campaign finance, 2016 U.S. Senate.

Other claims by Ted Strickland

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Sources

  1. 2016-05-31-ted-strickland-no-super-pac · PolitiFact · 2016-05-31 · accessed 2026-09-19
  2. Campaign finance data: candidates, committees, receipts and independent expenditures · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-10-15

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