Attorney General of Ohio

Keith Faber

• Thanks to the strong charter school reforms put in place while I was Senate President and the diligent work of Auditor Yost and his staff, ECOT was caught and is out of business

  His 2018 campaign for Auditor of State · 2018

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, May 17, 2018 · the check

• Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers

  A statement as president of the Ohio Senate · January 2013

  PolitiFact rated this False, February 4, 2013 · the check

• During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army — more per capita than any other state

  A statement as president of the Ohio Senate · 2013

  PolitiFact rated this True, June 5, 2013 · the check

John Kulewicz

None found in the records checked

Keith Faber

1. October 20, 2022 · statement

   At a Westerville Tea Party event, floated a speculative theory that Cuyahoga County's elections board could be diverting special ballot-printing paper to enable fraudulent ballot production; no evidence was produced and county officials disputed it.

   Cuyahoga County Elections Director Anthony Perlatti, reported by Ohio Capital Journal: his office does no such thing · the source

   Source: 'Special paper.' Ohio Auditor floats theory of election fraud

2. February 2022 · ruling

   As a Republican member of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, voted to approve maps the Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly ruled unconstitutional, leading the Court to order Faber and fellow commissioners to a hearing on why they should not be held in contempt.

   Source: Ohio Supreme Court orders elected officials on redistricting commission to hearing on contempt

3. 2022 · action

   His office's statewide audit uncovered more than $5 billion in fraud and improper payments in Ohio's unemployment compensation system during the COVID-19 pandemic, including over 80,000 claims paid to incarcerated people and more than 140,000 paid to deceased individuals.

   Source: 'Epic' COVID fraud galls state watchdogs: 'The system failed at almost every conceivable level'

4. 2020 · action

   His office’s Special Investigations Unit reported about $6.9 billion in fraud and improper payments identified in Ohio’s unemployment compensation system during the COVID-19 pandemic. The figure comes from the auditor’s own office and Ohio Republican Party materials rather than an independent tally.

   Sources: ohiogop.org · ohioauditor.gov

5. 2019 · action

   Since taking office as Auditor of State in 2019, his office has reported between about 129 and 157 convictions of public officials on more than 360 criminal charges, and the recovery of more than $28.5 million in misused public funds through findings for recovery. The counts come from his own office and from the Ohio Republican Party rather than an independent tally, and they differ between releases: one gives 129 convictions, another 168 convictions and $17.9 million in restitution.

   Sources: ohiogop.org · ohioauditor.gov

6. 2019 · action

   As Auditor of State, pushed a streamlined public-records mediation process through the Ohio Court of Claims and an increase in performance audits of state agencies.

   Sources: ohioauditor.gov · ohioauditor.gov

7. 2013 · action

   As president of the Ohio Senate (2013 to 2016), helped secure workers compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder for police officers. The Ohio Fraternal Order of Police cited that work when it endorsed him in 2026.

   Source: signalohio.org

John Kulewicz

1. June 2026 · action

   Filed an ethics complaint with the Ohio Inspector General against the JobsOhio board chair Josh Rubin over a $100 million state grant connected to a lobbyist tied to American Electric Power.

   Keith Faber, his opponent in the race: flinging mud at the wall to see what will stick · the source

   Source: wvxu.org

Keith Faber

OhioSOS, as of June 5, 2026: raised $483,000, cash on hand $2,460,000.

Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

OhioSOS, as of June 5, 2026: raised $149,002, cash on hand $2,540,000.

Source: ohiocpa.com

OhioSOS, as of June 30, 2026: raised $1,555,188, spent $641,354.

Source: transparencyusa.org

OhioSOS, as of September 3, 2026: raised $1,142,006, spent $214,791, cash on hand $3,340,340.

Sources: data.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · ohiosos.gov

OhioSOS, as of December 31, 2022: raised $1,024,487, spent $1,082,339, cash on hand $1,027,348.

Source: Campaign Finance Cover Page Search (official filings for 'Friends of Faber,' Auditor race)

Top donors, as filed

• Ohio Republican State Central and Executive Committee State Candidate Fund · $102,849 · party committee · In state

  Party committee

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• Ohio Republican PAC · $62,565 · party committee · In state

  Party committee

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• Summit County Republican Central Committee State Candidate Fund · $58,000 · party committee · In state

  Party committee

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• Michael D. and Margaret K. Valentine · $54,818 · campaign committee · In state

  Cincinnati; Valentine Research, a radar-detector manufacturer

  Source: Campaign Finance Contributions Search

• First Financial Bank · $49,378 · other

  Bank

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• Kristin M. Weaver · $20,000 · campaign committee

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio Foundation PAC · $16,616 · PAC · In state

  Building and construction trades

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• Ohio State Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters PCE · $16,000 · PAC · In state

  Building and construction trades

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• William Austin · $16,000 · campaign committee

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• Patrick Preston · $15,615 · campaign committee

  Source: transparencyusa.org

• Jeffrey Edwards · $15,500 · campaign committee

  Source: transparencyusa.org

John Kulewicz

OhioSOS, as of June 5, 2026: raised $570,000, cash on hand $298,000.

Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

OhioSOS, as of June 5, 2026: raised $224,709, cash on hand $393,889.

Source: ohiocpa.com

OhioSOS, as of August 19, 2026: raised $265,600, cash on hand $659,430.

Source: cms.stateaffairs.com

OhioSOS, as of September 3, 2026: raised $948,314, spent $405,653, cash on hand $896,326.

Sources: data.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · ohiosos.gov