Mike DeWine: During the 2014 campaign, opponent David Pepper alleged a pattern in which law firms won a share of DeWine's debt-collection and special-counsel work shortly after making large campaign contributions, tallying donations from firms later selected for the panel at $359,000 since 2010.

This is one of 24 dated entries in Mike DeWine's record in office on this site, filed as a action dated 2014. The sentence above is the entry as this site states it; anyone else's reading of it is listed below in their words.

Date

2014

Evaluations

DeWine's campaign, per the Washington Examiner

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/four-more-years-of-pay-to-play-if-dewine-returns-as-ohio-ag-says-dem-challenger

Said

has no idea who contributes" [to his campaign] and "plenty of people gave money and didn't get work

Url

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/four-more-years-of-pay-to-play-if-dewine-returns-as-ohio-ag-says-dem-challenger

Kind

action

What

During the 2014 campaign, opponent David Pepper alleged a pattern in which law firms won a share of DeWine's debt-collection and special-counsel work shortly after making large campaign contributions, tallying donations from firms later selected for the panel at $359,000 since 2010.

• Record in office on Mike DeWine's page

1. Four More Years of 'Pay-to-Play' if DeWine Returns as Ohio AG, Says Dem Challenger · Washington Examiner · 2014 · accessed 2026-09-19