Person
Nan Whaley
- Public service
- Elected to the Dayton City Commission in 2005, serving two terms before becoming mayor in 2014.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Public service
- Deputy to Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Education
- B.S. in chemistry, University of Dayton; M.P.A. in urban studies, Wright State University.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Home
- The Five Oaks neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- $5.6MRaised, as filed · June 30, 2022
- Not yet researchedCash on hand
- 40%Latest poll · Marist Poll, October 20, 2022
- 4Positions in their words · 4 issues
- none on fileClaims checked
- 1Offices held · Former Mayor of Dayton, Ohio, 2014–2022
9 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: What they have said, checked, Endorsements.
What has been checked
- Profile 7 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries The 2022 race is complete; no pending candidacy is published for it.
- Where they stand 4 entries
- What they have said, checked None found in the records checked No fact-checker rated a specific 2022-cycle statement by Whaley as false, misleading or exaggerated in the records checked; the 2022 governor's race drew comparatively little national fact-checker attention because it was not considered competitive. Checked: The research archive's 2022-cycle fact-check pass, which searched Ballotpedia, PolitiFact's Ohio page and personalities index, FactCheck.org, the Washington Post Fact Checker and AP Fact Check
- Record in office 3 entries
- Money 5 entries
- Financial interests 1 entry The research archive found no stock or investment holdings, board memberships or business ownership for Whaley; her income traces to public-sector salary and paid nonprofit consulting.
- Polling and approval 2 entries
- Elections 1 entry Her 2022 gubernatorial candidacy is published.
- Endorsements None found in the records checked The research archive records no endorsement she gave or received in the 2022 cycle in the sources it checked.
- Sources 16 entries
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| elections | researched |
| endorsements | none found |
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Statewide | All of Ohio | Governor of Ohio |
On the ballot
None found in the records checked
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Where they stand
Abortion
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Made abortion rights the central issue of her campaign after Roe v. Wade was overturned: pledged to veto anti-abortion legislation, oppose Ohio's six-week heartbeat abortion ban, appoint an abortion-rights state health director, and support a constitutional amendment to restore Roe-level protections.
Source: wvxu.org
Guns
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Supported universal background checks and red-flag laws; criticized DeWine for signing permitless carry, Stand Your Ground and armed-teacher legislation after having stood with him in 2019, following the Oregon District shooting, on gun-reform proposals that ultimately stalled.
Source: wvxu.org
Marijuana legalization
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Supported legalizing recreational marijuana, citing its disproportionate criminal enforcement against Black Ohioans; as Dayton mayor she had eliminated municipal fines for marijuana possession.
Minimum wage
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
'One Good Job' economic plan aimed at workforce development; proposed raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Source: yahoo.com
What they have said, checked
None found in the records checked
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whaley (D) | 2014-01 | office | Mayor of Dayton, Ohio |
| Whaley (D) | 2015 | action | 2015 (action): Launched Dayton's first bike-share program as mayor. |
| Whaley (D) | 2019-08 | statement | 2019-08 (statement): Became a national voice for gun control after the August 2019 Oregon District mass shooting in Dayton, which killed nine people, pushing the |
| Whaley (D) | 2021-09-08 | ruling | 2021-09-08 (ruling): FBI records unsealed in September 2021 showed federal agents had investigated in 2014 whether then-City-Commissioner Whaley accepted cash br |
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ruling September 8, 2021
FBI records unsealed in September 2021 showed federal agents had investigated in 2014 whether then-City-Commissioner Whaley accepted cash bribes from a demolition contractor, said to have been funneled through a Montgomery County official; she was never charged.
Nan Whaley:
completely false and unsubstantiated
· the sourceSource: ohiocapitaljournal.com
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statement August 2019
Became a national voice for gun control after the August 2019 Oregon District mass shooting in Dayton, which killed nine people, pushing then-Gov. DeWine and the legislature for background-check and red-flag reforms.
Source: washingtonpost.com
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action 2015
Launched Dayton's first bike-share program as mayor.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Money
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 4,000,000 | 71.4% | |
| Raised | Not in the filed totals (derived) | 1,600,000 | 28.6% | Derived: raised exceeds spent plus cash on hand in this filing; the difference is not itemized in the totals filed. |
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of Ohio | OhioSOS | $5,600,000 | $4,000,000 | June 30, 2022 |
Sources: news.ballotpedia.org · cleveland.com
Top donors, as filed
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Barbara K. Fergus · $29,404 · campaign committee · Governor of Ohio
Source: news.ballotpedia.org
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314 Action Victory Fund · $27,409 · PAC · Out of state · Governor of Ohio
Pro-science-candidate PAC
Source: news.ballotpedia.org
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Mario M. Morino · $27,408 · campaign committee · Out of state · Governor of Ohio
Virginia venture philanthropist
Source: news.ballotpedia.org
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Stephen Silberstein · $27,404 · campaign committee · Out of state · Governor of Ohio
California software entrepreneur, national Democratic donor
Source: news.ballotpedia.org
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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Reported that while campaigning in 2022 on requiring nonprofit political spenders to disclose their donors, her 2018 and 2020 Ohio ethics disclosures listed her as a paid consultant and fundraiser for the Ohio Progressive Collaborative, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that does not disclose its donors; she defended the work as voter-registration fundraising and was challenged on it in an April 20, 2022 Democratic primary debate.
April 19, 2022 · Reported by Ohio Capital Journal
Sources: ohiocapitaljournal.com · cincinnati.com
Net worth, as estimated
None found in the records checked.
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Field date | Candidate | Share | Poll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2022 | Nan Whaley | 34 | Siena College Research Institute |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Nan Whaley | 40 | Marist Poll, 1,141 registered voters, +/- 3.9 |
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Marist Poll · October 20, 2022 · Governor of Ohio
DeWine 53 · Whaley 40
1,141 registered voters, +/- 3.9
Source: maristpoll.marist.edu
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Siena College Research Institute · October 2022 · Governor of Ohio
DeWine 58 · Whaley 34
Source: scri.siena.edu
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of Ohio (2022) | Democratic | Lost | 1,545,489 | 37.4% |
Offices held
Mayor of Dayton, Ohio · 2014-01 to 2022-01 · elected
Sources: ballotpedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
Endorsements
None found in the records checked
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Nan Whaley · 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Nan Whaley · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Nan Whaley · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Where Mike DeWine and Nan Whaley stand on the issues facing Ohio's next governor · WVXU · 2022-10-30 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ohio governor 2022: Where do Mike DeWine, Nan Whaley stand on jobs, abortion, marijuana · AP / Yahoo News · accessed 2026-09-19
- Analysis: Guns, and Gov. DeWine's record on them, take center stage in Ohio's gubernatorial race · WVXU · 2022-06-15 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Nan Whaley statement on marijuana legalization · X (Twitter) - @nanwhaley · 2021-10-12 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Background checks, marijuana and criminal justice in Democrats' primary for governor · WCBE/NPR · 2022-04-22 · accessed 2026-09-19
- How Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley became a national voice for gun control · The Washington Post · 2019-08-24 · accessed 2026-09-19
- FBI suspected Dayton Mayor Whaley of bribery in 2014, court documents show · Ohio Capital Journal · 2021-09-08 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Dem Gov interviews: Nan Whaley on vaccines, guns, dark money, and abortion · Ohio Capital Journal · 2022-04-19 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Nan Whaley is campaigning against dark money's influence on politics. In 2018, she worked with one · Cincinnati Enquirer · 2022-02-02 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Nan Whaley raised more than any other Democratic statewide candidate or officeholder in Ohio · Ballotpedia News · 2022-08-22 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Gov. Mike DeWine continues to outraise, outspend Nan Whaley in final weeks of Ohio governor's race · Cleveland.com · 2022-10-27 · accessed 2026-09-19
- The 2022 Elections in Ohio · Marist Poll · 2022-09 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Governor: DeWine 55% Whaley 32% ... US Senate Ryan 46% Vance 43% · Siena College Research Institute · 2022-09-27 · accessed 2026-09-19
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