Person
Jim Petro
- Work
- Assistant prosecuting attorney in Franklin County; assistant director of law for the city of Cleveland; private law practice.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Public service
- Elected to Rocky River City Council in 1977 and later served as the city's law director and prosecuting attorney.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Education
- B.A., Denison University; J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Not yet researchedRaised, as filed
- Not yet researchedCash on hand
- no poll on fileLatest poll
- 2Positions in their words · 2 issues
- none on fileClaims checked
- 5Offices held · Former Attorney General of Ohio, 2003–2007
7 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: What they have said, checked, Money, Polling and approval, Endorsements given.
What has been checked
- Profile 8 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries
- Where they stand 2 entries
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office 4 entries
- Money Not yet researched
- Financial interests 1 entry
- Polling and approval Not yet researched
- Elections 2 entries
- Endorsements given Not yet researched
- Sources 9 entries
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
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| Statewide | All of Ohio | Attorney General of Ohio |
On the ballot
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Where they stand
Public corruption
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Ran on his record as Auditor of State, emphasizing his office's work rooting out public corruption and fraud, presenting it as evidence of his fitness to be the state's chief law-enforcement officer.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Public corruption and waste
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Ran for a second term on his first-term record of investigative audits of private foster-care agencies uncovering questioned costs in the millions of dollars, and on his office's broader corruption-fighting identity, which over his full tenure was credited with contributing to the criminal conviction of 110 public officials in Ohio.
Source: ohiohighered.org
What they have said, checked
Not yet researched
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petro (R) | 1981 | office | Ohio House of Representatives, 6th District |
| Petro (R) | 1987 | office | Ohio House of Representatives, 6th District |
| Petro (R) | 1991 | office | Cuyahoga County Commissioner |
| Petro (R) | 1995-01 | office | Auditor of State of Ohio |
| Petro (R) | 2003-01 | office | Attorney General of Ohio |
| Petro (R) | 1995 | action | 1995 (action): As Auditor of State, his tenure is credited with contributing to the criminal conviction of an unprecedented 110 public officials in Ohio; r |
| Petro (R) | 1997-10-03 | ruling | 1997-10-03 (ruling): Gannett Satellite Information Network sued Petro under Ohio's Public Records Act for working papers related to his Mahoning Valley Sanitary |
| Petro (R) | 1998 | action | 1998 (action): A Montgomery County Children Services Agency performance audit covering July 1997-June 1998 found $3,023,923 in questioned costs tied to ove |
| Petro (R) | 2000 | action | 2000 (action): Received the Ethics in Government and Excellence in Government Finance awards from the Government Finance Officers Association, along with t |
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action 2000
Received the Ethics in Government and Excellence in Government Finance awards from the Government Finance Officers Association, along with the Achievement of the Year award and the Snodgrass Award for Leadership from the National Association of Government Accountants.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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action 1998
A Montgomery County Children Services Agency performance audit covering July 1997-June 1998 found $3,023,923 in questioned costs tied to overstated Title IV-E reimbursement claims and misuse of foster-care funds; individual agencies were charged with specific findings, including one with $1,209,680 in questioned costs for unallowed investments, a sports car and plastic-surgery expenses, and SAFY of Ohio, Inc. with $5,106,893 in excessive management fees paid to its parent company.
Sources: scribd.com · scribd.com
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ruling October 3, 1997
Gannett Satellite Information Network sued Petro under Ohio's Public Records Act for working papers related to his Mahoning Valley Sanitary District investigation; the Ohio Supreme Court ruled against him, finding he had waived any applicable exemption, and awarded attorney fees to the newspapers.
Ohio Supreme Court, State ex rel. Gannett Satellite Info. Network, Inc. v. Petro:
ordered the records released and awarded attorney fees to the newspapers
· the sourceSource: courtlistener.com
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action 1995
As Auditor of State, his tenure is credited with contributing to the criminal conviction of an unprecedented 110 public officials in Ohio; ran what is described as the largest state auditing agency in the United States, second in size only to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Money
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Outside spending
Financial interests
Disclosed holdings
None found in the records checked.
Disclosed income
None found in the records checked.
Reported conflicts
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As Attorney General, accused Tom Noe of stealing as much as $4 million from a $50 million rare-coin investment fund the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation had placed with him; a later audit found only $42 million of the $55 million invested was accounted for in coins. Marc Dann, his eventual AG successor, charged Petro had been alerted by the SEC roughly two years before the scandal broke to concerns about BWC investment practices and failed to act. Noe and his wife had made political contributions benefiting Petro among other Ohio Republican statewide officials. This concerns Petro's post-2002 AG tenure, not the 1995-2002 Auditor years or the 2002 campaign itself.
2005 · Reported by Marc Dann, per Wikipedia; FindLaw legal commentary
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
Net worth, as estimated
None found in the records checked.
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General of Ohio (2002) | Republican | Won | 2,007,411 | 64.1% |
| Auditor of State of Ohio (1998) | Republican | Won | 1,975,793 | 62.4% |
Offices held
Ohio House of Representatives, 6th District · 1981 to 1984 · elected
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Ohio House of Representatives, 6th District · 1987 to 1990 · elected
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Cuyahoga County Commissioner · 1991 to 1995 · elected
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Auditor of State of Ohio · 1995-01 to 2003-01 · elected
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Attorney General of Ohio · 2003-01 to 2007-01 · elected
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Endorsements
Not yet researched
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Jim Petro · 2002 Ohio Attorney General election · Coingate scandal · Marc Dann · 1998 Ohio State Auditor election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Jim Petro · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
- 2002 Ohio Attorney General election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
- Coingate scandal · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
- Marc Dann · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
- 1998 Ohio State Auditor election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
- Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro Wraps Up Public Service Career · Ohio Higher Ed · accessed 2026-09-21
- Montgomery County Children Services Agency performance audit, FY1997-98 · Ohio Auditor of State, via Scribd · accessed 2026-09-21
- Parmadale, Inc. 1998 agreed-upon-procedures audit · Ohio Auditor of State, via Scribd · accessed 2026-09-21
- State ex rel. Gannett Satellite Info. Network, Inc. v. Petro (1997) · Ohio Supreme Court, via CourtListener · accessed 2026-09-21
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