Governor of Ohio

Mike DeWine

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Nan Whaley

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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

Nan Whaley

1. September 8, 2021 · ruling

   FBI records unsealed in September 2021 showed federal agents had investigated in 2014 whether then-City-Commissioner Whaley accepted cash bribes from a demolition contractor, said to have been funneled through a Montgomery County official; she was never charged.

   Nan Whaley: completely false and unsubstantiated · the source

   Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

2. August 2019 · statement

   Became a national voice for gun control after the August 2019 Oregon District mass shooting in Dayton, which killed nine people, pushing then-Gov. DeWine and the legislature for background-check and red-flag reforms.

   Source: washingtonpost.com

3. 2015 · action

   Launched Dayton's first bike-share program as mayor.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Mike DeWine

OhioSOS, as of June 30, 2022: raised $15,081,386, spent $6,800,936.

Sources: news.ballotpedia.org · news.ballotpedia.org

Top donors, as filed

• Ohio Republican State Central & Executive Committee State Candidate Fund · $1,959,075 · party committee · In state

  Party committee

  Source: news.ballotpedia.org

• Ohio Republican PAC · $520,784 · PAC · In state

  Party committee

  Source: news.ballotpedia.org

• John A. Payiavlas · $44,804 · campaign committee · In state

  Cleveland-area bail-bonds and entertainment businessman

  Source: news.ballotpedia.org

• Eric Wagenbrenner · $35,650 · campaign committee · In state

  Columbus real-estate developer, Wagenbrenner Companies

  Source: news.ballotpedia.org

Outside spending

• · as of December 20, 2022

  Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

Nan Whaley

OhioSOS, as of June 30, 2022: raised $5,600,000, spent $4,000,000.

Sources: news.ballotpedia.org · cleveland.com

Top donors, as filed

• Barbara K. Fergus · $29,404 · campaign committee

  Source: news.ballotpedia.org

• 314 Action Victory Fund · $27,409 · PAC · Out of state

  Pro-science-candidate PAC

  Source: news.ballotpedia.org

• Mario M. Morino · $27,408 · campaign committee · Out of state

  Virginia venture philanthropist

  Source: news.ballotpedia.org

• Stephen Silberstein · $27,404 · campaign committee · Out of state

  California software entrepreneur, national Democratic donor

  Source: news.ballotpedia.org