United States Senator from Ohio
November 7, 2000 · general election · 4 candidates with a page
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by surname. Ohio rotates the order candidates appear in by precinct, so no order on this page is the order on a ballot.
- Real estate developer.
- Director of state programs at the National Institute for Civil Discourse after leaving the Ohio House.
- Served as acting chief of the Bureau of Consumer Services in the Ohio Department of Public Welfare, then in the Ohio Department of Finance.
6 of 11 sections researched · 8 sources
- Served as Greene County, Ohio prosecuting attorney, 1977 to 1981.
- Represented Ohio in the U.S. House, 1983-1991, and the U.S. Senate, 1995-2007; served as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1991-1994.
- B.S. in education, Miami University, 1969; J.D., Ohio Northern University College of Law, 1972.
10 of 11 sections researched · 61 sources
- Career environmental engineer and consultant
- B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in environmental engineering; born March 7, 1947 in Springfield, Ohio
- Active in the Natural Law Party of Ohio; ran for Ohio Senate in 1996, Lieutenant Governor in 1998, U.S. Senate in 2000, Governor in 2002 and Secretary of State in 2006
4 of 11 sections researched · 3 sources
- Later elected to Gahanna, Ohio city council
4 of 11 sections researched · 1 source
Ted Celeste
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Mike DeWine
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John Eastman
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John McAlister
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The race in pictures
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A note on our coverage
Read before the columns: where one candidate has more entries than another, this says which of the two reasons it is.
Endorsements received: Mike DeWine has 1 entry, John Eastman has 0 entries, John McAlister has 0 entries and Ted Celeste has 0 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Where they stand: Mike DeWine has 13 entries, John Eastman has 0 entries, John McAlister has 0 entries and Ted Celeste has 0 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Mike DeWine's record in office has 24 entries, Ted Celeste's has 1, John Eastman's has 0 and John McAlister's has 0. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Sources: Mike DeWine has 67 entries, Ted Celeste has 5 entries, John Eastman has 3 entries and John McAlister has 1 entry. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
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- Ted Celeste: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- Mike DeWine: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- John Eastman: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- John McAlister: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
Where they stand
Their own words, by issue, with the date, the venue and the link. A paraphrase is marked as one.
Consumer protection
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Campaigned on continuing his first-term Economic Crimes Unit and new telecommunications-fraud subpoena authority against scam artists targeting Ohioans, including the elderly.
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Criminal justice
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
currently delays of up to six months
Source: GOP challenger Mike DeWine says BCI tests delayed 'up to 6 months' under Cordray
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Economic development
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Touted his administration's economic-development record as governor, above all landing Intel's $20 billion semiconductor factory near Columbus, along with other large manufacturing investment (Honda, Ford), as proof of job creation.
Source: ballotpedia.org
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Embryonic stem-cell research
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Opposed expanded federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, framed around protecting embryos, contrasting with Brown's support for expanding it.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Guns
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
In the aftermath of the Columbine shooting, supported closing the 'gun show loophole' -- voting to require background checks on firearms purchases at gun shows and opposing efforts to loosen gun-show licensing restrictions, a moderate-for-his-party position he made part of his 2000 re-election record.
Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Health care
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
On health care backed Medicare modernization including a prescription-drug benefit for seniors.
Source: ontheissues.org
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Iraq War
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Argued U.S. forces should stay in Iraq 'until the Iraqis are able to secure their own country,' rejecting Brown's call for a withdrawal timetable.
Source: npr.org
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Medicaid expansion
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
After years opposing the ACA and Medicaid expansion as attorney general and initially calling expansion 'financially unsustainable' while proposing a federal-waiver 'third way,' announced in July 2018 that a DeWine-Husted administration would keep the expanded Medicaid coverage, citing its role in addiction treatment.
Source: politifact.com
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
After years opposing the ACA and Medicaid expansion as attorney general and initially calling expansion 'financially unsustainable' while proposing a federal-waiver 'third way,' announced in July 2018 that a DeWine-Husted administration would keep the expanded Medicaid coverage, citing its role in addiction treatment.
Source: politifact.com
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Opioid crisis
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
A 12-point plan on the opioid crisis: create a Cabinet-level position for the issue, expand drug courts to every county, increase drug-trafficking task forces, add prevention education at every school grade level, and direct money recovered from his office's lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors toward treatment.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
A 12-point plan on the opioid crisis: create a Cabinet-level position for the issue, expand drug courts to every county, increase drug-trafficking task forces, add prevention education at every school grade level, and direct money recovered from his office's lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors toward treatment.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Sports betting
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
What I did not anticipate — and I should have — is the massive, massive amount of money that these gambling companies would come in … and they flood the airways
Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Taxes
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Highlighted tax cuts he signed as governor: budgets cutting Ohio income taxes by a cumulative $2.2 billion, eliminating the state income tax for filers earning up to $25,000, and cutting the top income-tax bracket, eliminated entirely in the 2021 budget.
Source: ballotpedia.org
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
What they have said, checked
Newest first. Each check is shown in the checker's own rating word, with their name, the date and the link.
Ted Celeste
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
None found in the records checked
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Record in office
Dated actions. Any evaluation of an action is printed with the name of whoever made it and the link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celeste (D) | 1990 | office | Ohio State University Board of Trustees |
| Celeste (D) | 2007-01 | office | Ohio House of Representatives, 24th District |
| Celeste (D) | 1990 | action | 1990 (action): Served nine years on the Ohio State University Board of Trustees and was elected board chair in May 1998, a position overseeing a university |
| DeWine (R) | 2019-01 | office | Governor of Ohio |
| DeWine (R) | 2011 | office | Attorney General of Ohio |
| DeWine (R) | 2011 | office | Attorney General of Ohio |
| DeWine (R) | 2011-01 | office | Attorney General of Ohio |
| DeWine (R) | 2011-01 | office | Attorney General of Ohio |
| DeWine (R) | 1983 | bill | 1983 (bill): As a U.S. Representative and Senator, was the primary sponsor of 22 bills enacted into law, including the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Rest |
| DeWine (R) | 1995 | action | 1995 (action): Served on the Senate Appropriations, Judiciary, Health/Education/Labor/Pensions (HELP) and Select Intelligence Committees during his first t |
| DeWine (R) | 1995 | vote | 1995 (vote): Voted against affirmative-action hiring requirements tied to federal funds (1995), a position that drew criticism from civil-rights and Demo |
| DeWine (R) | 1996 | vote | 1996 (vote): Voted for the 1996 federal welfare overhaul and related 1995-1996 welfare block-grant and state-waiver measures, a signature part of his fir |
| DeWine (R) | 1999 | vote | 1999 (vote): Rated 0% by NARAL Pro-Choice America for his voting record, reflecting a consistently anti-abortion-rights record including his 1999 vote fo |
| DeWine (R) | 2002-10 | vote | 2002-10 (vote): Voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution, a vote that became a major political liability as the war gre |
| DeWine (R) | 2005 | action | 2005 (action): One of seven Republican senators (with seven Democrats) who negotiated the 'Gang of 14' compromise preventing Senate Republican leadership f |
| DeWine (R) | 2006-07 | statement | 2006-07 (statement): His campaign ran an ad ('Weakening Security') claiming Brown 'voted to slash national intelligence programs' and opposed the death penalty f |
| DeWine (R) | 2006-07-20 | statement | 2006-07-20 (statement): His campaign ran a national-security ad depicting what it confirmed was a digitally altered 9/11 World Trade Center image; the ad was pulled |
| DeWine (R) | 2006-11 | action | 2006-11 (action): Lost his 2006 U.S. Senate re-election bid to Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown by a wide margin, 56.16% to 43.82%, amid a national Democratic wa |
| DeWine (R) | 2013-07 | action | 2013-07 (action): Announced his office would defend Ohio's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, appealed an adverse district-court ruling to the Sixth Cir |
| DeWine (R) | 2014 | action | 2014 (action): As Attorney General, ran the Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative; by the 2014 campaign, 8,001 kits had been submitted statewide and 4,108 |
| DeWine (R) | 2014 | action | 2014 (action): During the 2014 campaign, opponent David Pepper alleged a pattern in which law firms won a share of DeWine's debt-collection and special-cou |
| DeWine (R) | 2018 | action | 2018 (action): Campaign received about $12,500 in contributions from donors tied to ECOT, the online charter school later found to have overstated enrollme |
| DeWine (R) | 2018 | action | 2018 (action): Campaign received about $12,500 in contributions from donors tied to ECOT, the online charter school later found to have overstated enrollme |
| DeWine (R) | 2018-02 | action | 2018-02 (action): As Attorney General, announced completion of Ohio's Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative: roughly 13,931 previously untested rape kits subm |
| DeWine (R) | 2018-02 | action | 2018-02 (action): As Attorney General, filed suit against opioid distributors, following a 2017 suit against opioid manufacturers, over practices Ohio's filin |
| DeWine (R) | 2018-02 | action | 2018-02 (action): As Attorney General, announced completion of Ohio's Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative: roughly 13,931 previously untested rape kits subm |
| DeWine (R) | 2018-02 | action | 2018-02 (action): As Attorney General, filed suit against opioid distributors, following a 2017 suit against opioid manufacturers, over practices Ohio's filin |
| DeWine (R) | 2019-07 | bill | 2019-07 (bill): Signed House Bill 6, Ohio's nuclear and coal-plant subsidy law, in July 2019. Calendar and text records show he met repeatedly with FirstEne |
| DeWine (R) | 2021 | vote | 2021 (vote): As a Republican member of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, voted multiple times in 2021-2022 to approve congressional and state legislativ |
| DeWine (R) | 2022-03-15 | bill | 2022-03-15 (bill): Signed 2022 legislation eliminating the training and background-check requirement for concealed carry ('permitless carry') and removing Ohio |
| DeWine (R) | 2022-07 | action | 2022-07 (action): Signed a law banning abortion around six weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest, which took effect after the June 2022 Dobbs decision; |
| DeWine (R) | 2022-09 | statement | 2022-09 (statement): Refused to debate Democratic nominee Nan Whaley in the 2022 general election, arguing there was no need to debate given his lead in the poll |
Ted Celeste
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1990 · action
Served nine years on the Ohio State University Board of Trustees and was elected board chair in May 1998, a position overseeing a university system with a roughly $1.6 billion annual budget and about 55,000 students.
Source: news.osu.edu
Mike DeWine
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September 2022 · statement
Refused to debate Democratic nominee Nan Whaley in the 2022 general election, arguing there was no need to debate given his lead in the polls, even as a Suffolk University poll found 84 percent of Ohio voters wanted to see statewide debates.
Multiple Ohio editorial boards and commentators, per the Ohio Capital Journal and WVXU:
Incredibly disappointing
· the sourceSources: ohiocapitaljournal.com · wvxu.org
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July 2022 · action
Signed a law banning abortion around six weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest, which took effect after the June 2022 Dobbs decision; the Ohio Capital Journal reported on resulting cases, including a 10-year-old rape victim who had to leave the state for care.
Sources: ohiocapitaljournal.com · ohiocapitaljournal.com
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March 15, 2022 · bill
Signed 2022 legislation eliminating the training and background-check requirement for concealed carry ('permitless carry') and removing Ohioans' duty to retreat before using lethal force, after proposing tougher gun measures following the 2019 Dayton mass shooting.
Nan Whaley and gun-safety advocates, per the Ohio Capital Journal:
cowardly inaction
· the sourceSource: ohiocapitaljournal.com
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2021 · vote
As a Republican member of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, voted multiple times in 2021-2022 to approve congressional and state legislative district maps that the Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly struck down, 4-3, as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.
The Ohio Supreme Court, in case rulings summarized by Court News Ohio:
unduly favored a political party in violation of the Ohio Constitution
· the sourceSources: courtnewsohio.gov · courtnewsohio.gov
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July 2019 · bill
Signed House Bill 6, Ohio's nuclear and coal-plant subsidy law, in July 2019. Calendar and text records show he met repeatedly with FirstEnergy executives and then-House Speaker Larry Householder around the time the bill was crafted, and FirstEnergy secretly funneled about $2.5 million to help his 2018 campaign; DeWine says the money did not influence his decision to sign the bill.
Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com
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February 2018 · action
As Attorney General, filed suit against opioid distributors, following a 2017 suit against opioid manufacturers, over practices Ohio's filings said fueled the state's overdose crisis.
Richard Cordray, June 4, 2018, per PolitiFact:
Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis.
· the sourceSource: en.wikipedia.org
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February 2018 · action
As Attorney General, filed suit against opioid distributors, following a 2017 suit against opioid manufacturers, over practices Ohio's filings said fueled the state's overdose crisis.
Richard Cordray, June 4, 2018, per PolitiFact:
Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis.
· the sourceSource: en.wikipedia.org
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February 2018 · action
As Attorney General, announced completion of Ohio's Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative: roughly 13,931 previously untested rape kits submitted by local police departments were tested, resulting in the indictment of an estimated 700 alleged offenders and 8,617 DNA profiles uploaded to CODIS with 5,098 matches.
Source: ohioattorneygeneral.gov
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February 2018 · action
As Attorney General, announced completion of Ohio's Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative: roughly 13,931 previously untested rape kits submitted by local police departments were tested, resulting in the indictment of an estimated 700 alleged offenders and 8,617 DNA profiles uploaded to CODIS with 5,098 matches.
Source: ohioattorneygeneral.gov
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2018 · action
Campaign received about $12,500 in contributions from donors tied to ECOT, the online charter school later found to have overstated enrollment; the contribution was donated to the Boys and Girls Club once the issue became public. DeWine's office had also filed a complaint in 2018 to recover public funds from individuals and companies tied to ECOT.
Sources: politifact.com · daytondailynews.com
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2018 · action
Campaign received about $12,500 in contributions from donors tied to ECOT, the online charter school later found to have overstated enrollment; the contribution was donated to the Boys and Girls Club once the issue became public. DeWine's office had also filed a complaint in 2018 to recover public funds from individuals and companies tied to ECOT.
Sources: politifact.com · daytondailynews.com
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2014 · action
During the 2014 campaign, opponent David Pepper alleged a pattern in which law firms won a share of DeWine's debt-collection and special-counsel work shortly after making large campaign contributions, tallying donations from firms later selected for the panel at $359,000 since 2010.
DeWine's campaign, per the Washington Examiner:
has no idea who contributes" [to his campaign] and "plenty of people gave money and didn't get work
· the sourceSource: Four More Years of 'Pay-to-Play' if DeWine Returns as Ohio AG, Says Dem Challenger
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2014 · action
As Attorney General, ran the Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative; by the 2014 campaign, 8,001 kits had been submitted statewide and 4,108 tested, producing 1,474 CODIS database matches.
Source: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Announces Completion of Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative
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July 2013 · action
Announced his office would defend Ohio's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, appealed an adverse district-court ruling to the Sixth Circuit in January 2014, and, two days after his November 2014 re-election, won a Sixth Circuit ruling upholding the ban.
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November 2006 · action
Lost his 2006 U.S. Senate re-election bid to Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown by a wide margin, 56.16% to 43.82%, amid a national Democratic wave and Ohio Republican scandals; his job approval rating stood at about 38% going into that race.
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July 20, 2006 · statement
His campaign ran a national-security ad depicting what it confirmed was a digitally altered 9/11 World Trade Center image; the ad was pulled and replaced after the physical impossibility was flagged.
U.S. News & World Report reporting, per UPI:
Digitally altered still photo with smoke added, showing the undamaged South Tower smoking while the North Tower -- hit first in the real attack -- appeared intact.
· the sourceSource: upi.com
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July 2006 · statement
His campaign ran an ad ('Weakening Security') claiming Brown 'voted to slash national intelligence programs' and opposed the death penalty for terrorists.
FactCheck.org, July 2006:
Misleading -- the cited votes were on failed amendments from 1993-1997; Brown supported the final appropriations bills in nearly every instance.
· the sourceSource: factcheck.org
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2005 · action
One of seven Republican senators (with seven Democrats) who negotiated the 'Gang of 14' compromise preventing Senate Republican leadership from eliminating the judicial filibuster via the 'nuclear option'; drew criticism from conservative activists and became a rallying point for his 2006 primary challengers.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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October 2002 · vote
Voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution, a vote that became a major political liability as the war grew increasingly unpopular through 2005-2006.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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1999 · vote
Rated 0% by NARAL Pro-Choice America for his voting record, reflecting a consistently anti-abortion-rights record including his 1999 vote for a ban on the procedure termed 'partial-birth' abortion in the bill's own title.
NARAL Pro-Choice America:
rated 0%
· the sourceSource: en.wikipedia.org
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1996 · vote
Voted for the 1996 federal welfare overhaul and related 1995-1996 welfare block-grant and state-waiver measures, a signature part of his first-term record and 2000 re-election platform.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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1995 · vote
Voted against affirmative-action hiring requirements tied to federal funds (1995), a position that drew criticism from civil-rights and Democratic-aligned groups.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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1995 · action
Served on the Senate Appropriations, Judiciary, Health/Education/Labor/Pensions (HELP) and Select Intelligence Committees during his first term -- the first Ohio senator to sit on Appropriations in nearly six decades -- and co-chaired the Senate Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children and the Senate Great Lakes Task Force.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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1983 · bill
As a U.S. Representative and Senator, was the primary sponsor of 22 bills enacted into law, including the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006 and the Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006.
Source: Mike DeWine
John Eastman
Not yet researched
John McAlister
Not yet researched
Money
Totals and donors exactly as filed with the FEC or the Ohio Secretary of State, each figure with its filing link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Ted Celeste
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 477,176 | 6.1% | |
| Raised | Cash on hand | 608 | 0.0% |
Totals as filed
FEC, as of December 2000: raised $477,784, spent $477,176, cash on hand $608.
Source: fec.gov
Top donors, as filed
None found in the records checked
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
Mike DeWine
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 6,965,295 | 89.2% | |
| Raised | Cash on hand | 688,577 | 8.8% | |
| Raised | Not in the filed totals (derived) | 151,091 | 1.9% | Derived: raised exceeds spent plus cash on hand in this filing; the difference is not itemized in the totals filed. |
Totals as filed
FEC, as of December 31, 2000: raised $7,804,963, spent $6,965,295, cash on hand $688,577.
Source: fec.gov
Top donors, as filed
None found in the records checked
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
John Eastman
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
Not yet researched
Top donors, as filed
Not yet researched
Outside spending
Not yet researched
In-state share
Not yet researched
John McAlister
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
Not yet researched
Top donors, as filed
Not yet researched
Outside spending
Not yet researched
In-state share
Not yet researched
The result
Mike DeWine · certified 2000-11-07 · turnout 63.65
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mike DeWine | 2,666,736 | 59.9% |
| Ted Celeste | 1,597,122 | 35.9% |
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Quick answers
When was the 2000 United States Senator from Ohio election?
The election for United States Senator from Ohio was held on November 7, 2000.
Who ran for United States Senator from Ohio in 2000?
On the ballot for United States Senator from Ohio, in surname order: Ted Celeste (Democratic), Mike DeWine (Republican), John Eastman (Natural Law), John McAlister (Libertarian).
Who won the 2000 United States Senator from Ohio election?
Mike DeWine won the election for United States Senator from Ohio. Results as certified: Ted Celeste 35.9%, Mike DeWine 59.9%.
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