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Election 2012

Follow the money, 2012

1 race and 1 candidate 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. Senator from Ohio

November 6, 2012

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

Sherrod Brown

Democratic

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
FEC $24,600,000December 31, 2012

Filing: opensecrets.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

Josh Mandel

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

Sources

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 2018 United States Senate election in Ohio · 2012 United States Senate election in Ohio · Josh Mandel

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