Attorney General of Ohio

Richard Cordray

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Mike DeWine

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Marc Feldman

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Robert Owens

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Richard Cordray

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Mike DeWine

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Marc Feldman

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Robert Owens

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Richard Cordray

1. November 2017 · action

   Resigned as CFPB Director in November 2017, before his term expired, to run for governor.

   House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, per CNN Money: Personal political ambitions · the source

   Source: money.cnn.com

2. 2016 · ruling

   As CFPB Director, Cordray's single-director enforcement action against PHH Corp. (raising an initial $6 million fine to $109 million) was found by a D.C. Circuit panel to be an abuse of discretion; the same panel's ruling in PHH Corp. v. CFPB held the bureau's single-director structure unconstitutional.

   Sources: reason.com · housingwire.com

3. October 2010 · action

   His office filed suit against GMAC Mortgage and parent Ally Financial alleging fraudulent 'robo-signing' affidavits to mislead courts in hundreds of Ohio foreclosure cases, and took formal legal action against 14 foreclosure-rescue scam operations targeting Ohio homeowners during his tenure.

   Source: Ohio sues loan servicer for fraudulent practices involving hundreds of Ohio foreclosures

4. August 2010 · action

   About 60% of his 2010 campaign fundraising came from the state Democratic Party, labor unions and law firms retained by his office as outside 'special counsel'; DeWine's campaign characterized this as 'almost exclusively' from those sources, which PolitiFact rated Half True.

   PolitiFact, August 30, 2010: Half True · the source

   Source: Mike DeWine says Attorney General Richard Cordray's campaign is funded 'almost exclusively' by party, labor unions and special counsels

5. 2010 · action

   As Ohio Attorney General (2009-2011), sued or settled with major Wall Street firms and recovered roughly $2 billion for Ohio pension funds, investors, schools and cities, including a $475 million Merrill Lynch settlement, $400 million from Marsh & McLennan, and roughly $725 million from AIG.

   Sources: cnbc.com · npr.org

6. July 2009 · action

   Became the first state attorney general in the nation to sue a mortgage loan servicer (GMAC Mortgage/Ally Financial) over foreclosure practices, and pressed Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and Wells Fargo to meet with his office.

   Source: Ohio AG Cordray Files Suit Against GMAC Mortgage for Fraudulent Foreclosures

7. 2002 · action

   As Franklin County Treasurer, set new records for delinquent property-tax collection through a tax-lien-certificate sale program, land-bank creation, and personal-finance education initiatives; every state audit of his office came back clean.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

8. December 1993 · action

   As Solicitor General, defended the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board's denial of a Ku Klux Klan cross-display permit at the Ohio Statehouse; lost at both the federal district court and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the case was later decided against the state's position by the U.S. Supreme Court, 7-2, in June 1995, after Cordray had left the office.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

9. 1992 · action

   Lost his first bid for federal office, the 1992 U.S. House race in Ohio's 15th District, to Republican Deborah Pryce in a three-way contest, taking 37.9% of the vote to Pryce's 44.1%, with independent Linda Reidelbach drawing 17.9%.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Mike DeWine

1. 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 source

   Sources: ohiocapitaljournal.com · wvxu.org

2. 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

3. 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 source

   Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

4. 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 source

   Sources: courtnewsohio.gov · courtnewsohio.gov

5. 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

6. 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 source

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

7. 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 source

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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 source

    Source: Four More Years of 'Pay-to-Play' if DeWine Returns as Ohio AG, Says Dem Challenger

13. 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

14. 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.

    Source: Ohio's brief in No. 14-556 (Obergefell v. Hodges)

15. 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.

    Source: Ohio's Sen. DeWine loses pivotal election

16. 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 source

    Source: upi.com

17. 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 source

    Source: factcheck.org

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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 source

    Source: en.wikipedia.org

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

Marc Feldman

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Robert Owens

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Richard Cordray

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OhioSOS, as of July 2010: raised , cash on hand $3,500,000.

Source: Who has the money? Cordray outraises DeWine in September

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Mike DeWine

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OhioSOS, as of August 2010: raised , cash on hand $2,100,000.

Source: Mike DeWine says Attorney General Richard Cordray's campaign is funded 'almost exclusively' by party, labor unions and special counsels

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Marc Feldman

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Robert Owens

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