Auditor of State of Ohio

John Patrick Carney

• $7 per cup

  2014 Carney campaign television ad attacking Auditor Dave Yost's office spending · September 29, 2014

  Cincinnati CityBeat editorial board rated this rated false/misleading -- the $7,000 figure was Yost's own request to the state Controlling Board covering two days of "coffee breaks," not a per-cup price, and the conference served $3 bottles of soda with the tab covered by registration fees, October 29, 2014 · the check

Dave Yost

None found in the records checked

John Patrick Carney

1. 2014 · vote

   Opposed 2011's Senate Bill 5, the law restricting public-employee collective bargaining that Ohio voters later repealed by a 61%-39% referendum.

   Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters President Mark Sanders, endorsing Carney's 2014 auditor run: John Patrick Carney stood with firefighters and against SB5 · the source

   Source: Auditor Of State Candidate John Patrick Carney Endorsed By The Ohio Association Of Professional Fire Fighters

Dave Yost

1. February 3, 2023 · ruling

   Text messages introduced at the February 2023 federal racketeering trial of Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges indicated Yost privately viewed the House Bill 6 bailout as a bad bill but did not publicly oppose it because of financial and political support he had received from FirstEnergy and Borges; Yost had accepted $24,208 from FirstEnergy and Borges and donated that amount to charity in October 2020 after federal HB6 arrests were made.

   Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

2. July 12, 2022 · statement

   Before a suspect was arrested, repeatedly and publicly cast doubt on the case of a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim who had to travel to Indiana for an abortion because of Ohio's six-week ban; a Columbus man was charged with the rape within about a day of those comments.

   Dave Yost, quoted by FOX19: not a whisper · the source

   Sources: fox19.com · cnn.com

3. February 19, 2021 · action

   Secured Ohio's $24.7 million share of a $573 million national settlement with consulting firm McKinsey & Co. over its role in fueling the opioid epidemic.

   Source: irontontribune.com

4. August 2020 · action

   Negotiated an $808 million settlement with the three largest opioid distributors, Cardinal Health, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen, structured so the companies also paid the state's attorney fees on top of the settlement.

   Source: wkyc.com

5. May 2018 · action

   As Ohio Auditor of State, his office's audit of the online charter school ECOT found it had submitted data inflating student attendance -- one student was logged with nearly 8,900 instructional hours, more than exist in a year -- and referred the findings to the U.S. Attorney's office and the Franklin County prosecutor for possible criminal charges.

   Source: wksu.org

6. 2018 · action

   Accepted at least $29,000 in campaign contributions from ECOT founder Bill Lager and ECOT-affiliated officials while his office had regulatory and audit responsibility over the school; after his office's May 2018 audit, he donated the ECOT-linked contributions to three Ohio charities.

   A Democratic state representative, per the research archive's account of 2017 reporting: Called for Yost to recuse himself from further ECOT-related audit work · the source

   Source: wosu.org

7. September 2014 · statement

   A Carney campaign TV ad claimed his office spent taxpayer money at a "$7 per cup" rate for roughly 1,000 cups of coffee served at a 2012 fraud-and-waste conference; multiple outlets found the $7,000 figure was Yost's request to the state Controlling Board covering two days of "coffee breaks," not a per-cup price, and that the conference served $3 bottles of soda with the tab covered by registration fees.

   Cincinnati CityBeat editorial board, October 29, 2014: rated false/misleading · the source

   Source: CityBeat: No Endorsement for Ohio Auditor

8. January 28, 2014 · action

   His office's special audit of Columbus City Schools, released January 28, 2014, found a "top-down culture of data manipulation and employee intimidation," including changing failing grades and improperly withdrawing and re-enrolling low-performing students; findings were referred to city, county and federal prosecutors.

   Source: Press Conference: Special Audit Results of Columbus City School District

9. March 2013 · action

   Subpoenaed JobsOhio's financial records to audit the roughly $100-228 million a year in liquor profits funding the privatized development agency; Kasich and the GOP-controlled General Assembly subsequently passed legislation exempting JobsOhio from future state-auditor review.

   Source: National Report Criticizes JobsOhio, Other Privatized Agencies

John Patrick Carney

OhioSOS, as of 2015: raised $1,122,595.

Source: Ohio down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Dave Yost

OhioSOS, as of December 31, 2022: raised $7,825,997, spent $3,773,284.

Source: ballotpedia.org

OhioSOS, as of October 17, 2018: raised $3,820,823, spent $2,285,139.

Source: ballotpedia.org

OhioSOS, as of 2015: raised $2,340,446.

Source: Ohio down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Top donors, as filed

• Brian Colleran · $50,000 · campaign committee · In state

  Co-operates Foundations Health Solutions, 57 Ohio nursing homes, with his wife

  Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

• Lee Schear · $47,000 · campaign committee · In state

  Owner of Dayton-based NCP Finance, operating as 'Cash Max' and similar payday and vehicle-title lending storefronts

  Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

• American Electric Power PAC · $14,500 · PAC · In state

  Electric utility

  Source: en.wikipedia.org

• Bruce Soll · $5,000 · campaign committee · In state

  Limited Brands general counsel

  Source: GOP campaign bankroll dwarfs Democrats in Ohio

• NiSource Inc. PAC · $5,000 · PAC · In state

  Utility holding company

  Source: en.wikipedia.org

• U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi's campaign · $5,000 · campaign committee · In state

  Congressional campaign committee

  Source: GOP campaign bankroll dwarfs Democrats in Ohio