Treasurer of State of Ohio
November 2, 2010 · general election · 3 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.
- Executive director of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, an education-focused nonprofit organization.
- President of the Franklin County Board of Commissioners since January 2017.
- B.A. in political science, University of Toledo, 1995; M.P.A., Central Michigan University, 2004.
9 of 11 sections researched · 8 sources
- Endorsed for state treasurer by the North Central Ohio Tea Party and by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which the party described as the highest endorsement a Libertarian candidate had received from a major Ohio newspaper
4 of 11 sections researched · 2 sources
- Member of Lyndhurst, Ohio city council, elected 2003, serving on its finance committee.
- B.A., Ohio State University, 2000; J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
- Served eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve as an intelligence specialist, including a deployment to Haditha, Iraq; reached the rank of sergeant.
10 of 11 sections researched · 15 sources
Kevin Boyce
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Matthew Cantrell
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| profile | researched |
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Josh Mandel
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The race in pictures
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Field date | Candidate | Share | Poll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2010 | Josh Mandel | 40 | Columbus Dispatch Poll, likely voters |
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.
We have checked 2 claims by Kevin Boyce, 1 by Josh Mandel and 0 by Matthew Cantrell. The gap is in our research, not in them.
Endorsements received: Josh Mandel has 1 entry, Kevin Boyce has 0 entries and Matthew Cantrell 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: Josh Mandel has 3 entries, Kevin Boyce has 2 entries and Matthew Cantrell has 0 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Josh Mandel's record in office has 5 entries, Kevin Boyce's has 3 and Matthew Cantrell's has 0. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Sources: Josh Mandel has 9 entries, Kevin Boyce has 5 entries and Matthew Cantrell has 2 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Jump to a candidate
- Kevin Boyce: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- Matthew Cantrell: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- Josh Mandel: 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.
Fiscal management
Kevin Boyce
None found in the records checked
Matthew Cantrell
Not yet researched
Josh Mandel
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Framed the race around his first-term record as fiscal steward of the state's investments and unclaimed-funds programs, an office responsible for managing more than $160 billion in financial assets and an investment portfolio exceeding $15 billion.
Fiscal oversight
Kevin Boyce
None found in the records checked
Matthew Cantrell
Not yet researched
Josh Mandel
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Positioned himself as a fiscal watchdog for state investment funds, criticizing Treasurer Kevin Boyce's spending and management of the office, and cast himself as an outsider reformer against an incumbent installed by appointment rather than election.
Source: Josh Mandel
Government transparency
Kevin Boyce
None found in the records checked
Matthew Cantrell
Not yet researched
Josh Mandel
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Committed to, and after re-election delivered, OhioCheckbook.com, a government-spending transparency website launched in December 2014 that put state spending information online for the first time in Ohio's history, deliberately timed after the election so it would not look politically motivated.
Source: Josh Mandel
Job creation
Kevin Boyce
Our most important work has been creating and retaining almost 55,000 Ohio jobs
Source: Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce takes credit for creating and saving tens of thousands of jobs
Matthew Cantrell
Not yet researched
Josh Mandel
None found in the records checked
Public finance
Kevin Boyce
I’ve even cut my own salary — twice
Matthew Cantrell
Not yet researched
Josh Mandel
None found in the records checked
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.
Kevin Boyce
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Our most important work has been creating and retaining almost 55,000 Ohio jobs
PolitiFact rated this Pants on Fire, September 7, 2010 · the check
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I've even cut my own salary -- twice
PolitiFact rated this True, August 11, 2010 · the check
Matthew Cantrell
Not yet researched
Josh Mandel
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PolitiFact rated this False, October 14, 2010 · the check
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyce (D) | 2000 | office | Columbus City Council |
| Boyce (D) | 2009-01-08 | office | Ohio State Treasurer |
| Boyce (D) | 2009-01 | action | 2009-01 (action): Boyce's chief financial officer, Amer Ahmad, whom Boyce hired in 2008 and elevated to deputy treasurer in 2009, used his position from Janua |
| Boyce (D) | 2009-06 | action | 2009-06 (action): As Treasurer, voluntarily reduced his own gross salary twice: first to $107,874 in June 2009 (five unpaid furlough days) and again in 2010 t |
| Boyce (D) | 2010-09-07 | statement | 2010-09-07 (statement): Claimed in an August 2010 campaign email that his office's most important work had been creating and retaining almost 55,000 Ohio jobs; Poli |
| Mandel (R) | 2011-01-10 | office | Treasurer of Ohio |
| Mandel (R) | 2007 | office | Ohio House of Representatives, 17th District |
| Mandel (R) | 2007 | bill | 2007 (bill): Authored H.B. 151 as his first piece of legislation in the Ohio House, an initiative to require Ohio's public pension funds to divest from c |
| Mandel (R) | 2010-10-14 | statement | 2010-10-14 (statement): His campaign aired a TV ad alleging Treasurer Kevin Boyce gave a bank lobbyist's wife a "sensitive job" in the treasurer's office that was "" |
| Mandel (R) | 2012 | action | 2012 (action): The STAR Ohio local-government investment fund maintained Standard & Poor's AAAm rating (the highest money-market-fund rating S&P issues) th |
| Mandel (R) | 2013-08 | action | 2013-08 (action): Associated Press reporting found Mandel had not attended over a year's worth of meetings of the state Board of Deposit, the body that select |
| Mandel (R) | 2014-06-30 | action | 2014-06-30 (action): Benjamin Suarez, a North Canton businessman, was convicted by a federal jury of witness tampering in connection with a scheme reimbursing hi |
Kevin Boyce
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September 7, 2010 · statement
Claimed in an August 2010 campaign email that his office's most important work had been creating and retaining almost 55,000 Ohio jobs; PolitiFact found most of the credit belonged to other state agencies administering the bond-funded programs and that more than half the jobs counted were indirect or projected rather than actual positions.
PolitiFact, September 7, 2010:
Pants on Fire
· the sourceSource: Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce takes credit for creating and saving tens of thousands of jobs
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June 2009 · action
As Treasurer, voluntarily reduced his own gross salary twice: first to $107,874 in June 2009 (five unpaid furlough days) and again in 2010 to $105,757 (ten unpaid furlough days), rather than receive the statutory $109,986 salary.
PolitiFact, August 11, 2010:
True
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January 2009 · action
Boyce's chief financial officer, Amer Ahmad, whom Boyce hired in 2008 and elevated to deputy treasurer in 2009, used his position from January 2009 to January 2011 to steer state investment and bond business to a financial firm run by an associate in exchange for more than $500,000 in bribes, later pleading guilty to bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.
Source: Former Ohio Deputy Treasurer Pleads Guilty to His Role in Kickback and Money Laundering Scheme
Matthew Cantrell
Not yet researched
Josh Mandel
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June 30, 2014 · action
Benjamin Suarez, a North Canton businessman, was convicted by a federal jury of witness tampering in connection with a scheme reimbursing his employees and their spouses for contributions to Mandel's 2012 Senate campaign; his company's CFO pleaded guilty to the underlying straw-donor scheme. Mandel was not personally charged.
Sources: Ben Suarez sentenced to 15 months in prison · Josh Mandel Fundraising Scheme Results in Conviction
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August 2013 · action
Associated Press reporting found Mandel had not attended over a year's worth of meetings of the state Board of Deposit, the body that selects Ohio's depository banks, which he personally chairs as Treasurer, while appointing former campaign staffers to high-ranking Treasury jobs.
Source: Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel's Car Use Might Be Violation of FEC Laws
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2012 · action
The STAR Ohio local-government investment fund maintained Standard & Poor's AAAm rating (the highest money-market-fund rating S&P issues) throughout his first term; the rating had actually been in place continuously since 1995.
PolitiFact, October 27, 2011:
Half True
· the sourceSource: Josh Mandel
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October 14, 2010 · statement
His campaign aired a TV ad alleging Treasurer Kevin Boyce gave a bank lobbyist's wife a "sensitive job" in the treasurer's office that was "known only" at a mosque, implying Boyce, a Christian, had mosque ties; the Ohio Elections Commission found probable cause the ad deceptively depicted Boyce.
PolitiFact, October 14, 2010:
False
· the sourceSource: GOP challenger Josh Mandel says Treasurer Kevin Boyce made a state job known only at a mosque
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2007 · bill
Authored H.B. 151 as his first piece of legislation in the Ohio House, an initiative to require Ohio's public pension funds to divest from companies doing business with Iran.
Source: Josh Mandel
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 |
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| None found in the records checked |
Kevin Boyce
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
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Totals as filed
OhioSOS, as of November 2010: raised $1,900,000.
Source: Race for Ohio treasurer may be one to watch on Election Day
Top donors, as filed
None found in the records checked
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
Matthew Cantrell
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
Josh Mandel
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|
Totals as filed
OhioSOS, as of November 2010: raised $4,900,000.
Source: Race for Ohio treasurer may be one to watch on Election Day
Top donors, as filed
None found in the records checked
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
The result
Josh Mandel · turnout 49.22
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Mandel | 2,050,142 | 54.5% |
| Kevin Boyce | 1,525,992 | 40.6% |
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 2010 Ohio State Treasurer election · Kevin Boyce · Josh Mandel · 2012 United States Senate election in Ohio
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- Kevin Boyce · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
- Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce takes credit for creating and saving tens of thousands of jobs · PolitiFact · 2010-09-07 · accessed 2026-09-21
- Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce twice cut his own pay · PolitiFact · 2010-08-11 · accessed 2026-09-21
- Former Ohio Deputy Treasurer Pleads Guilty to His Role in Kickback and Money Laundering Scheme · U.S. Department of Justice · accessed 2026-09-21
- Race for Ohio treasurer may be one to watch on Election Day · Dayton Daily News · accessed 2026-09-21
- GOP challenger Josh Mandel says Treasurer Kevin Boyce made a state job known only at a mosque · PolitiFact · 2010-10-14 · accessed 2026-09-21
- Ohio Tea Party Groups, Newspapers and More Endorse Libertarian Candidates · Independent Political Report · accessed 2026-09-24
- Josh Mandel · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Josh Mandel · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Factual omissions from Josh Mandel · Akron Beacon Journal · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel's Car Use Might Be Violation of FEC Laws · HuffPost · 2013-08-28 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Josh Mandel Fundraising Scheme Results in Conviction · Ohio Democratic County Chairs Association · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ben Suarez sentenced to 15 months in prison · Canton Repository · 2014-11-14 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Mandel has 2-to-1 advantage in campaign funds over Pillich in Ohio treasurer's race · Cleveland.com · 2014-06 · accessed 2026-09-19
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Quick answers
When was the 2010 Treasurer of State of Ohio election?
The election for Treasurer of State of Ohio was held on November 2, 2010.
Who ran for Treasurer of State of Ohio in 2010?
On the ballot for Treasurer of State of Ohio, in surname order: Kevin Boyce (Democratic), Matthew Cantrell (Libertarian), Josh Mandel (Republican).
Who won the 2010 Treasurer of State of Ohio election?
Josh Mandel won the election for Treasurer of State of Ohio. Results as certified: Kevin Boyce 40.6%, Josh Mandel 54.5%.
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