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Election 2016

Follow the money, 2016

1 race and 2 candidates with a figure filed in the records behind this page. Each figure is printed as filed, with the filing link. An amount reported, committed or refunded rather than filed, or lent by the candidate, says so beside it and comes after every filed one.

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 8, 2016

The records behind this page carry money entries for 2 of the 5 candidates. No filed figure is published here for Thomas William Connors, Joseph DeMare, Scott Rupert. 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: Connors not yet researched, DeMare not yet researched, Portman $19.8M, Rupert not yet researched, Strickland $10.7M; as of December 31, 2016.RaisedConnors (I)Thomas William Connors: raised not yet researchedNot yet researchedDeMare (G)Joseph DeMare: raised not yet researchedNot yet researchedPortman (R)Rob Portman: raised $19.8M as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$19.8MRupert (I)Scott Rupert: raised not yet researchedNot yet researchedStrickland (D)Ted Strickland: raised $10.7M as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$10.7MSpentConnors (I)Thomas William Connors: spent not yet researchedNot yet researchedDeMare (G)Joseph DeMare: spent not yet researchedNot yet researchedPortman (R)Rob Portman: spent $25.3M as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$25.3MRupert (I)Scott Rupert: spent not yet researchedNot yet researchedStrickland (D)Ted Strickland: spent $10.6M as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$10.6MCash on handConnors (I)Thomas William Connors: cash on hand not yet researchedNot yet researchedDeMare (G)Joseph DeMare: cash on hand not yet researchedNot yet researchedPortman (R)Rob Portman: cash on hand $382K as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$382KRupert (I)Scott Rupert: cash on hand not yet researchedNot yet researchedStrickland (D)Ted Strickland: cash on hand $169K as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$169K
Money, raised, spent and cash on hand, as filedRaised, as filed: Connors not yet researched, DeMare not yet researched, Portman $19.8M, Rupert not yet researched, Strickland $10.7M; as of December 31, 2016.Source: FEC filings, committees S0OH00133; C00573212 · as of 2016-12-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
GroupItemUSDNote
RaisedConnors (I)Not yet researched
RaisedDeMare (G)Not yet researched
RaisedPortman (R)19,849,495
RaisedRupert (I)Not yet researched
RaisedStrickland (D)10,736,947
SpentConnors (I)Not yet researched
SpentDeMare (G)Not yet researched
SpentPortman (R)25,276,524
SpentRupert (I)Not yet researched
SpentStrickland (D)10,567,811
Cash on handConnors (I)Not yet researched
Cash on handDeMare (G)Not yet researched
Cash on handPortman (R)381,764
Cash on handRupert (I)Not yet researched
Cash on handStrickland (D)169,136
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 2026-11-04 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
Status
None found in the records checked

Thomas William Connors

Independent

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

Joseph DeMare

Green

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

Rob Portman

Republican

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
FEC S0OH00133 $19,849,495$25,276,524$381,764December 31, 2016

Filings: fec.gov · projects.propublica.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

$36.3M supporting, reported, not filed.

  • supporting $36,300,000 reported, not filed · as of November 2016

    Freedom Partners Action Fund · $9,400,000 reported, not filed · support

    Fighting For Ohio Fund · $9,260,000 reported, not filed · support

    Sources: opensecrets.org · opensecrets.org

Scott Rupert

Independent

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

Ted Strickland

Democratic

Totals as filed

FilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
FEC C00573212 $10,736,947$10,567,811$169,136December 31, 2016

Filings: fec.gov · fec.gov

From inside Ohio

None found in the records checked

Top donor entries, as filed

  • New York City-based attorneys, real-estate executives and financial-services professionals · $120,000 · campaign committee

    Fourth-quarter 2015 individual donors, per FEC records analyzed by the Washington Free Beacon

    Source: freebeacon.com

  • Washington, D.C.-based attorneys, lobbyists, consultants and CEOs · $54,000 · campaign committee

    Fourth-quarter 2015 individual donors, per FEC records analyzed by the Washington Free Beacon

    Source: freebeacon.com

Outside spending, for and against

$5.9M supporting and $30.4M opposing, reported, not filed.

  • supporting $5,900,000 reported, not filed · opposing $30,400,000 reported, not filed · as of November 2016

    Senate Majority PAC · $9,960,000 reported, not filed · support

    Source: opensecrets.org

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. A loan a candidate made to their own campaign is not a donation, so it is left out of this list and shown with the candidate's other entries.

The biggest single donor entries across every race, as filedThe biggest single donor entries across every race, as filedNew York City-based attorneys, real-estate executives andfinancial-services professionalsto Ted StricklandNew York City-based attorneys, real-estate executives and financial-services professionals: $120K to Ted Strickland$120KWashington, D.C.-based attorneys, lobbyists, consultants and CEOsto Ted StricklandWashington, D.C.-based attorneys, lobbyists, consultants and CEOs: $54K to Ted Strickland$54K
The biggest single donor entries across every race, as filedSource: FEC filings · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
GroupItemUSDNote
New York City-based attorneys, real-estate executives and financial-services professionals, to Ted Strickland120,000
Washington, D.C.-based attorneys, lobbyists, consultants and CEOs, to Ted Strickland54,000
DonorAmountToRaceThroughSource
New York City-based attorneys, real-estate executives and financial-services professionals $120,000 Ted Strickland U.S. Senator from Ohio campaign committee freebeacon.com
Washington, D.C.-based attorneys, lobbyists, consultants and CEOs $54,000 Ted Strickland U.S. Senator from Ohio campaign committee freebeacon.com

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. PORTMAN, ROB - Candidate overview, 2016 cycle · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-19
  2. Ohio's Senate Race - 2016 cycle (itemizer) · ProPublica · accessed 2026-09-19
  3. Ohio Senate race attracts highest outside spending in Congress, big share of dark money · OpenSecrets News · 2016-06 · accessed 2026-09-19
  4. Ohio Senate 2016 Race summary · OpenSecrets · accessed 2026-09-19
  5. Strickland Capitalizes on Big-Money Donors in New York, Washington · Washington Free Beacon · accessed 2026-09-19
  6. STRICKLAND FOR SENATE - committee overview · FEC.gov · accessed 2026-09-19
  7. https://www.fec.gov/
  8. https://www.fec.gov/data/

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