Person
Josh Mandel
10 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: Financial interests.
What has been checked
- Profile 4 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries The 2014 race is complete; no pending candidacy is published for it.
- Where they stand 2 entries
- What they have said, checked 4 entries No fact-checker rating dated to the 2014 Ohio Treasurer race was found in the records checked; PolitiFact's list of Mandel ratings jumps from February 2013 to April 2022.
- Record in office 3 entries
- Money 1 entry
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval 1 entry
- Elections 1 entry
- Endorsements given 1 entry
- Sources 8 entries
On the ballot
None found in the records checked
Where they stand
Fiscal management
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Framed the race around his first-term record as fiscal steward of the state's investments and unclaimed-funds programs, an office responsible for managing more than $160 billion in financial assets and an investment portfolio exceeding $15 billion.
Government transparency
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Committed to, and after re-election delivered, OhioCheckbook.com, a government-spending transparency website launched in December 2014 that put state spending information online for the first time in Ohio's history, deliberately timed after the election so it would not look politically motivated.
Source: Josh Mandel
What they have said, checked
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voted six times to raise his own pay
PolitiFact rated this False, October 29, 2012 · the check
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We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes
PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, October 10, 2012 · the check
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sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries
PolitiFact rated this Pants on Fire, August 13, 2012 · the check
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will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history
PolitiFact rated this Pants on Fire, July 20, 2012 · the check
Said about Josh Mandel
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would have voted 'no' on the auto rescue
PolitiFact rated this False, May 18, 2012 · the check
Record in office
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June 30, 2014 · action
Benjamin Suarez, a North Canton businessman, was convicted by a federal jury of witness tampering in connection with a scheme reimbursing his employees and their spouses for contributions to Mandel's 2012 Senate campaign; his company's CFO pleaded guilty to the underlying straw-donor scheme. Mandel was not personally charged.
Sources: Ben Suarez sentenced to 15 months in prison · Josh Mandel Fundraising Scheme Results in Conviction
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August 2013 · action
Associated Press reporting found Mandel had not attended over a year's worth of meetings of the state Board of Deposit, the body that selects Ohio's depository banks, which he personally chairs as Treasurer, while appointing former campaign staffers to high-ranking Treasury jobs.
Source: Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel's Car Use Might Be Violation of FEC Laws
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2012 · action
The STAR Ohio local-government investment fund maintained Standard & Poor's AAAm rating (the highest money-market-fund rating S&P issues) throughout his first term; the rating had actually been in place continuously since 1995.
PolitiFact, October 27, 2011:
Half True
· the sourceSource: Josh Mandel
Money
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasurer of Ohio | OhioSOS | $5,866,317 | $2,900,000 | April 3, 2015 |
Sources: Ohio down ballot state executive elections, 2014 · Mandel has 2-to-1 advantage in campaign funds over Pillich in Ohio treasurer's race
Outside spending
None found in the records checked.
Financial interests
Not yet researched
Polling and approval
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Columbus Dispatch · November 2014 · Treasurer of Ohio
Mandel 53 · Pillich 47
likely voters
Source: Josh Mandel
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasurer of Ohio (2014) | Republican | Won | 1,724,060 | 56.6% |
Offices held
Treasurer of Ohio · 2011-01-10 to 2019-01 · elected
Source: Josh Mandel
Ohio House of Representatives, 17th District · 2007 to 2011 · elected
Source: Josh Mandel
Endorsements
Endorsements received
Ohio Right to Life · organization · 2014
Source: Josh Mandel
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Josh Mandel
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Josh Mandel · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Josh Mandel · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Factual omissions from Josh Mandel · Akron Beacon Journal · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel's Car Use Might Be Violation of FEC Laws · HuffPost · 2013-08-28 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Josh Mandel Fundraising Scheme Results in Conviction · Ohio Democratic County Chairs Association · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ben Suarez sentenced to 15 months in prison · Canton Repository · 2014-11-14 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Mandel has 2-to-1 advantage in campaign funds over Pillich in Ohio treasurer's race · Cleveland.com · 2014-06 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ohio down ballot state executive elections, 2014 · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Josh Mandel says Sherrod Brown voted six times to raise his own pay · PolitiFact · 2012-10-29 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Josh Mandel dings Sherrod Brown for missing 350 votes · PolitiFact · 2012-10-10 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Josh Mandel TV ad says Sherrod Brown sent billions of tax dollars to foreign countries · PolitiFact · 2012-08-13 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Josh Mandel's campaign says Affordable Care Act will likely go down as biggest tax increase in history · PolitiFact · 2012-07-20 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Sherrod Brown campaign says Josh Mandel opposes auto rescue · PolitiFact · 2012-05-18 · accessed 2026-09-19
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