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Betty Montgomery: As sitting Auditor of State when the Coingate scandal broke, had accepted campaign contributions from GOP fundraiser Tom Noe before his rare-coin investment fraud became public; she -- with Attorney General Jim Petro and Secretary of State Ken Blackwell -- returned a combined $17,100 in Noe-connected donations after the scandal broke.

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As sitting Auditor of State when the Coingate scandal broke, had accepted campaign contributions from GOP fundraiser Tom Noe before his rare-coin investment fraud became public; she -- with Attorney General Jim Petro and Secretary of State Ken Blackwell -- returned a combined $17,100 in Noe-connected donations after the scandal broke.

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