Election 1998

Follow the money, 1998

3 races and 4 candidates with a figure filed in the records behind this page. Each figure is printed as filed, with the filing link.

Candidates run alphabetically by surname inside each race. Ohio rotates ballot order by precinct, so no order here is the ballot's.

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U.S. Senate (Ohio)

November 3, 1998

Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filedRaised, as filed: Boyle $2.2M, Voinovich $6.1M; as of December 31, 1998.RaisedBoyle (D)Mary O. Boyle: raised $2.2M as filed with the FEC, as of 1998-12-31$2.2MVoinovich (R)George Voinovich: raised $6.1M as filed with the FEC, as of 1998-12-31$6.1MSpentBoyle (D)Mary O. Boyle: spent $2.2M as filed with the FEC, as of 1998-12-31$2.2MVoinovich (R)George Voinovich: spent $6.8M as filed with the FEC, as of 1998-12-31$6.8MCash on handBoyle (D)Mary O. Boyle: cash on hand $983 as filed with the FEC, as of 1998-12-31$983Voinovich (R)George Voinovich: cash on hand $639K as filed with the FEC, as of 1998-12-31$639K
Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filedRaised, as filed: Boyle $2.2M, Voinovich $6.1M; as of December 31, 1998.Source: FEC filings · as of 1998-12-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filed
GroupItemUSDNote
RaisedBoyle (D)2,233,970
RaisedVoinovich (R)6,098,620
SpentBoyle (D)2,236,137
SpentVoinovich (R)6,756,712
Cash on handBoyle (D)983
Cash on handVoinovich (R)638,703
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemizedNo filing in this race breaks itemized contributions down by state.None found in the records checked
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemizedNo filing in this race breaks itemized contributions down by state.Source: fec.gov · as of 2026-10-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemized
Status
None found in the records checked

Mary O. Boyle

Democratic

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
FEC C00283127 $2,233,970$2,236,137$983December 31, 1998

Filing: fec.gov

From inside Ohio

None found in the records checked

Top donor entries, as filed

None found in the records checked

Outside spending, for and against

None found in the records checked

George Voinovich

Republican

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
FEC $6,098,620$6,756,712$638,703December 31, 1998

Filing: fec.gov

From inside Ohio

None found in the records checked

Top donor entries, as filed

None found in the records checked

Outside spending, for and against

None found in the records checked

Secretary of State of Ohio

November 3, 1998

The records behind this page carry money entries for 1 of the 2 candidates. No filed figure is published here for Ken Blackwell. An absent figure is an absence in these records, not a filing of zero.

Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filedRaised, as filed: Blackwell not yet researched, Tavares $794K; as of December 31, 1998.RaisedBlackwell (R)Ken Blackwell: raised not yet researchedNot yet researchedTavares (D)Charleta Tavares: raised $794K as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State, as of 1998-12-31$794KSpentBlackwell (R)Ken Blackwell: spent not yet researchedNot yet researchedTavares (D)Charleta Tavares: spent not yet researchedNot yet researchedCash on handBlackwell (R)Ken Blackwell: cash on hand not yet researchedNot yet researchedTavares (D)Charleta Tavares: cash on hand not yet researchedNot yet researched
Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filedRaised, as filed: Blackwell not yet researched, Tavares $794K; as of December 31, 1998.Source: Ohio Secretary of State campaign finance filings · as of 1998-12-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filed
GroupItemUSDNote
RaisedBlackwell (R)Not yet researched
RaisedTavares (D)794,425
SpentBlackwell (R)Not yet researched
SpentTavares (D)Not yet researched
Cash on handBlackwell (R)Not yet researched
Cash on handTavares (D)Not yet researched
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemizedNo filing in this race breaks itemized contributions down by state.None found in the records checked
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemizedNo filing in this race breaks itemized contributions down by state.Source: fec.gov · as of 2026-10-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemized
Status
None found in the records checked

Ken Blackwell

Republican

Totals as filed

None found in the records checked

From inside Ohio

None found in the records checked

Top donor entries, as filed

None found in the records checked

Outside spending, for and against

None found in the records checked

Charleta Tavares

Democratic

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
OhioSOS $794,425December 31, 1998

Filing: ballotpedia.org

From inside Ohio

None found in the records checked

Top donor entries, as filed

None found in the records checked

Outside spending, for and against

None found in the records checked

Auditor of State of Ohio

November 3, 1998

The records behind this page carry money entries for 1 of the 2 candidates. No filed figure is published here for Jim Petro. An absent figure is an absence in these records, not a filing of zero.

Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filedRaised, as filed: Petro not yet researched, Strike $252K; as of December 31, 1998.RaisedPetro (R)Jim Petro: raised not yet researchedNot yet researchedStrike (D)Louis N. Strike: raised $252K as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State, as of 1998-12-31$252KSpentPetro (R)Jim Petro: spent not yet researchedNot yet researchedStrike (D)Louis N. Strike: spent $208K as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State, as of 1998-12-31$208KCash on handPetro (R)Jim Petro: cash on hand not yet researchedNot yet researchedStrike (D)Louis N. Strike: cash on hand not yet researchedNot yet researched
Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filedRaised, as filed: Petro not yet researched, Strike $252K; as of December 31, 1998.Source: Ohio Secretary of State campaign finance filings · as of 1998-12-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filed
GroupItemUSDNote
RaisedPetro (R)Not yet researched
RaisedStrike (D)252,462.67
SpentPetro (R)Not yet researched
SpentStrike (D)208,070.10
Cash on handPetro (R)Not yet researched
Cash on handStrike (D)Not yet researched
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemizedNo filing in this race breaks itemized contributions down by state.None found in the records checked
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemizedNo filing in this race breaks itemized contributions down by state.Source: fec.gov · as of 2026-10-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemized
Status
None found in the records checked

Jim Petro

Republican

Totals as filed

None found in the records checked

From inside Ohio

None found in the records checked

Top donor entries, as filed

None found in the records checked

Outside spending, for and against

None found in the records checked

Louis N. Strike

Democratic

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
OhioSOS $252,463$208,070December 31, 1998

Filing: data.ohiosos.gov

From inside Ohio

Across the 1 donor entry below whose location the records establish: $20,000 in state (100.0%), $0 out of state (0.0%).

A share of the donor entries listed on this page, not of the money raised.

Top donor entries, as filed

  • Ohio State UAW CAP Council · $20,000 · PAC · In state

    United Auto Workers' Ohio political action arm

    Source: data.ohiosos.gov

Outside spending, for and against

None found in the records checked

The biggest donor entries across every race

One row per donor entry on record for this cycle, largest filed amount first. Some entries the records themselves describe as an aggregate across a cycle rather than a single filed contribution; each row's source says which. An amount reported, committed or refunded rather than filed comes after every filed one, with its basis beside it.

The biggest single donor entries across every race, as filedThe biggest single donor entries across every race, as filedOhio State UAW CAP Councilto Louis N. StrikeOhio State UAW CAP Council: $20K to Louis N. Strike$20K
The biggest single donor entries across every race, as filedSource: FEC filings · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
The biggest single donor entries across every race, as filed
GroupItemUSDNote
Ohio State UAW CAP Council, to Louis N. Strike20,000
DonorAmountToRaceThroughSource
Ohio State UAW CAP Council · In state $20,000 Louis N. Strike Auditor of State of Ohio PAC data.ohiosos.gov

Races with no filed figure in these records

These races are on this cycle's ballot and carry no money entry in the records behind this page. An absent figure is an absence in these records, not a filing of zero.

Sources

  1. MARY BOYLE FOR U S SENATE COMMITTEE -- Committee overview (1998 cycle) · FEC.gov · accessed 2026-09-21
  2. VOINOVICH, GEORGE V -- Candidate overview · FEC.gov · accessed 2026-09-21
  3. https://www.fec.gov/
  4. Charleta B. Tavares · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-21
  5. Campaign Finance Data Portal, File Transfer Page · Ohio Secretary of State · accessed 2026-09-21
  6. https://www.fec.gov/data/

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