All 68 donors for Vivek Ramaswamy, with their interests

Donor interests

All 68 donors for Vivek Ramaswamy, with their interests

2026 Governor of Ohio race · as of September 23, 2026

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What this is

These are the 68 donors in Vivek Ramaswamy's donor-interest record for the 2026 Governor of Ohio race, largest filed amount first. Each one opens to what the donor does, what it lobbies for, and each of Vivek Ramaswamy's stated positions that would change its money, in either direction, with the sources for both.

Every donor, largest first

By filed amount, ties by name; an amount reported, committed or refunded comes after every filed one. Each one opens to every position of the candidate's that would change its money, in either direction.

Jeff Yass · $20.0M · 3 alignments
$20,000,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Managing director and co-founder of Susquehanna International Group (SIG), a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania trading firm.
Three contributions to V-PAC: Victors, Not Victims on FEC filings: $10,000,000 on 2025-03-06 (mid-year 2025 report), $5,000,000 on 2026-01-12 and $5,000,000 on 2026-03-27 (April 2026 quarterly). Signal Cleveland reported on 2026-08-27, citing Politico, a further contribution of at least $10 million; it is in no filing yet, since the July-September report is due 2026-10-15. Separately, FEC filings show him as the largest donor to American Exceptionalism PAC, the 2023-24 super PAC that backed Ramaswamy's presidential run (at least $4,868,281 in 2023), and $750,000 to the Republican Governors Association (2025-05-21 and 2026-04-24, IRS Form 8872).

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · signalcleveland.org · ohiocapitaljournal.com · docquery.fec.gov · forms.irs.gov · forms.irs.gov · lda.gov

Interests on record
- Funder of school-choice political committees: $41.7 million to Students First PAC from 2010 to 2022 and $5 million to the School Freedom Fund in November 2021; Wikipedia also records $15 million to Club for Growth Action in 2026. Ohio spent $1.09 billion on private school vouchers in fiscal 2025, the second full year of near-universal EdChoice eligibility.
  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ohiocapitaljournal.com
- SIG holds more than $2 billion in Strategy (a bitcoin-holding company) and more than $2 billion in Coinbase, as reported by The American Prospect.
  Source: prospect.org
- A major investor in TikTok's parent through SIG; no Ohio state-policy link to this holding was found.
  Source: en.wikipedia.org
- The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under Susquehanna.
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

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Empower parents with transparency and meaningful choices over where and how their children learn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand school choice; the launch materials listed universal school choice, and The Plan pledges parents meaningful choices over where and how their children learn.

How it would reach them: Ohio's EdChoice scholarship pays $6,166 (K-8) or $8,408 (9-12) toward tuition at participating private schools. Any expansion would change state spending on tuition, not Yass's own money; no Ohio school, business or contract of his was found. The overlap is with a policy cause he funds, not a financial interest.
Timing: Position public at the launch on 2025-02-24; first V-PAC contribution 2025-03-06.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · education.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

A thoughtful & powerful bill here in Ohio. We need to think creatively about hedging against government-created inflation risks & keeping our state at the cutting edge of innovation, rather than playing from behind. Kudos to @steve4ohiohouse for thinking outside the box.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Praised Ohio House Bill 18, the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act, on X.

How it would reach them: HB 18 as introduced would let the Treasurer put up to 10 percent of interim money from the General Revenue Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund and Deferred Prizes Trust Fund into digital assets that are exchange-traded products with a 12-month average market capitalization of at least $750 billion, and says the five retirement boards are not barred from exchange-traded products. A later substitute version (LSC comparative synopsis, House Technology and Innovation Committee) instead creates an Ohio Strategic Reserve Fund credited with shares of interest from three state funds, drops the 10 percent cap and requires a contracted qualified custodian. The bill remains in House committee. Any effect on SIG's Strategy and Coinbase positions would come through bitcoin and crypto-exchange prices, not an Ohio contract. The holdings figures rest on one advocacy-leaning source.
Timing: Post dated 2025-01-25; first V-PAC contribution 2025-03-06.

Sources: x.com · cdn.syndication.twimg.com · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov

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Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a Pennsylvania address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-03-06 onward.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Ross Stevens · $6.0M · 4 alignments
$6,000,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Founder and chief executive of Stone Ridge Holdings Group, New York, and founder and executive chairman of its affiliate NYDIG, which builds power and compute infrastructure for AI, high-performance computing and bitcoin mining and runs a bitcoin trading and financing platform.
FEC receipts to V-PAC: $1,000,000 on 2025-01-30 and $4,000,000 on 2025-02-04 (mid-year 2025 report) and $1,000,000 on 2026-05-01 (July 2026 quarterly). The $14 million figure on the existing record (The American Prospect and EXPOSEDbyCMD) is matched by no FEC receipt to V-PAC or any other committee under his name; FEC also shows $250,000 from him to Club for Growth Action on 2025-10-24.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · yahoo.com · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- NYDIG: vertically integrated power and compute infrastructure with a development pipeline of more than 3 GW, and a platform for bitcoin trading, structuring and financing.
  Sources: nydig.com · nydig.com
- Stone Ridge Energy: about $9 billion of upstream oil and gas assets bought since 2021 and more than 11 GW of natural gas supply; recent acquisitions in Oklahoma and Colorado. No Ohio wells or sites were found.
  Source: stoneridgeam.com
- The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under Stone Ridge or NYDIG.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: Financial services issues (no bill named) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Every Sternhell Group report for NYDIG from 2025-Q1 through 2026-Q2 lists only 'Issues related to financial services' under FIN, with no bill number. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

A thoughtful & powerful bill here in Ohio. We need to think creatively about hedging against government-created inflation risks & keeping our state at the cutting edge of innovation, rather than playing from behind. Kudos to @steve4ohiohouse for thinking outside the box.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Praised Ohio House Bill 18, the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act, on X.

How it would reach them: HB 18 as introduced would let the Treasurer put up to 10 percent of interim money from the General Revenue Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund and Deferred Prizes Trust Fund into digital assets that are exchange-traded products with a 12-month average market capitalization of at least $750 billion, and says the five retirement boards are not barred from exchange-traded products. A later substitute version (LSC comparative synopsis, House Technology and Innovation Committee) instead creates an Ohio Strategic Reserve Fund credited with shares of interest from three state funds, drops the 10 percent cap and requires a contracted qualified custodian. The bill remains in House committee. New public-fund demand for bitcoin products would reach NYDIG's bitcoin trading, financing and mining lines through the bitcoin market, not through any Ohio contract; no Ohio contract or site was found.
Timing: Post dated 2025-01-25; first contribution 2025-01-30.

Sources: x.com · cdn.syndication.twimg.com · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: Would apply to Ohio production and permitting. Stone Ridge Energy's disclosed acquisitions are in Oklahoma and Colorado, so the position would not reach its wells directly; the overlap is with the gas-production and gas-fired-compute business generally.
Timing: Natural gas plank on the home page from the 2026-01-05 capture; coal op-ed 2025-04-28; contributions 2025-01-30 to 2026-05-01.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · stoneridgeam.com · web.archive.org

Cuts against their interests Industry

If any one of these three conditions is not met, the data center won't be built. Period.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Ohioans-First Data Center Pledge: no property-tax abatements, resident electricity paid by the data center, full environmental standards, or the project is not built.

How it would reach them: NYDIG develops high-density compute for AI and high-performance computing. Any Ohio site would face full property tax with no abatement and the cost of nearby residents' electricity, which would raise its cost relative to other states. No NYDIG site in Ohio was found, so no direct reach.
Timing: Pledge published 2026-08-06, after all three contributions.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · nydig.com

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Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a New York address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions from 2025-01-30.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Elon Musk · $5.0M · 3 alignments
$5,000,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX; xAI, the AI company he founded, became a wholly owned SpaceX subsidiary in February 2026. He and Ramaswamy co-led the Department of Government Efficiency until Ramaswamy left in January 2025.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2026-05-08 (July 2026 quarterly), filed with employer 'Space Exploration Technologies Corporation', CEO, Austin, Texas.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · ohiocapitaljournal.com · yahoo.com

Interests on record
- SpaceX's Starlink holds a provisional Ohio BEAD broadband award of $51,663,130 for 31,264 locations, its second-largest provisional BEAD grant as of the list; the program is run by BroadbandOhio inside the Ohio Department of Development, a governor's agency. SpaceX's federal lobbying filings list BEAD in 2026 Q2.
  Sources: telecompetitor.com · broadbandbreakfast.com
- Tesla sells directly to Ohio consumers under a carve-out in the state's 2014 dealer law that other manufacturers do not have; Rivian sued the Ohio BMV registrar over the law on 2025-08-04. Tesla Motors is an active Ohio lobbying employer; its only 2025-2026 Ohio bill filing was HB 54, the transportation budget (Jan-Apr 2025).
  Sources: techcrunch.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Federal lobbying in 2025: SpaceX $2.94 million and Tesla $1.57 million as reported on LD-2 filings; xAI filed none.
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Supports: SpaceX: S. 933, NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025 (later styled NASA Authorization Act of 2026); CJS appropriations H.R. 5342 / S. 2354 (FY2026) and H.R. 8845 (FY2027) (2025-Q2 to 2026-Q2). Invariant's reports for SpaceX state the firm lobbied to 'Support commercial launch provisions' in S. 933 and in the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bills for FY2026 and FY2027. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: SpaceX: National Security Space Launch program competition; FY26 and FY27 NDAA and Defense appropriations (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). SpaceX's in-house reports list 'promoting competition in the National Security Space Launch Program' with the FY26 and FY27 National Defense Authorization and Defense Appropriations bills, plus commercial satellite communications. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: SpaceX: H.R. 1338, SAT Streamlining Act; S. 447, ORBITS Act of 2023; satellite spectrum and broadband infrastructure (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q1). SpaceX's in-house TEC entries list satellite broadband policy, satellite spectrum, broadband infrastructure and the SAT Streamlining Act (H.R. 1338) in every 2025 quarter and in 2026-Q1, and S. 447 in 2025-Q1. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: SpaceX: Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program (2026-Q2). Invariant's 2026-Q2 report for SpaceX lists 'Educate Members on the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program' under TEC. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: SpaceX: H.R. 6131, Commercial Space Act of 2023; FAA launch and reentry licensing (2025-Q1 to 2025-Q3). Miller Strategies and SpaceX's own reports list H.R. 6131, the Commercial Space Act of 2023, with FAA space launch and reentry regulatory matters and the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: SpaceX: H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025-Q2). SpaceX's 2025-Q2 in-house report lists H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, among its BUD entries next to FY26 appropriations bills. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Supports: Tesla: U.S. Supreme Court No. 26-136, Tesla, Inc. v. Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC (petitioner, not amicus) (2026-07-27). Tesla's certiorari petition asks whether courts may review a Patent and Trademark Office decision denying inter partes review on grounds the petition calls contrary to statute, such as expected time to trial in separate litigation. (federal)
  Sources: supremecourt.gov · supremecourt.gov
- Lobbies on: Tesla: Clean energy tax credits (IRC 45X, 48E, 45Y, 25E, 30C, 48C, 45W), foreign-entity-of-concern rules and domestic content bonus (2025-Q1). Tesla's 2025-Q1 in-house report lists general corporate tax policy, clean energy tax credits by code section (45X, 48E, 45Y, 25E, 30C, 48C, 45W), foreign entities of concern, critical minerals and battery components, and the domestic content bonus. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Tesla: H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21): clean energy credits, critical minerals and battery components, permitting, Highway Trust Fund, NEVI/CFI, spectrum auction authority (2025-Q2 to 2026-Q2). From 2025-Q2 onward Tesla's reports list H.R. 1 under TAX and BUD with critical minerals and battery components, clean energy tax credits (Q2), permitting reform, the Highway Trust Fund, NEVI/CFI charging programs and spectrum auction authorities; Cassidy & Associates lists H.R. 1 with transportation electrification. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Tesla: EV charging (NEVI), EV fees and Highway Trust Fund reform (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q1). Tesla's AUT entries list EV charging infrastructure, the National Electric Vehicle Initiative, and from 2025-Q2 'EV Fees/Highway Trust Fund Reform'; Cassidy lists 'Issues regarding fees associated with electric vehicles.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Tesla: S. 315 / H.R. 979, AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (2025-Q1 to 2025-Q4). Tesla's 2025 in-house AUT entries list S. 315 and H.R. 979, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act; Cassidy's reports list H.R. 979 as well. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Tesla Motors: HB 54 - Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Tesla Motors as an employer lobbying on HB 54 in the Jan-Apr25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Tesla Motors: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). Tesla Motors reported lobbying on 1 distinct bills or resolutions (4 agent-period rows) and 0 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Cuts against their interests Industry

data centers would be required to pay 100% of their property taxes without abatements, and these property tax revenues would directly fund property tax rebates for homeowners.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Ohioans-First Data Center Pledge: no property-tax abatements, resident electricity paid by the data center, full environmental standards.

How it would reach them: Any xAI or Tesla data center in Ohio would pay full property tax with no abatement and cover nearby residents' electricity; the pledge would make an Ohio build costlier than in states offering abatements. No planned Ohio site was found, so no direct reach.
Timing: Pledge published 2026-08-06, after the 2026-05-08 contribution.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · en.wikipedia.org

For their interests Industry

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Cut red tape and state regulation; at the launch he proposed removing ten rules for every new one.

How it would reach them: General deregulation would apply to any Tesla or SpaceX operation in Ohio. The Cincinnati Enquirer launch report paraphrases the ten-for-one rule; it is not a verbatim quote. No stated position was found on the two Ohio matters that touch his companies most directly: the dealer-law carve-out and the state's administration of the Starlink BEAD award; the campaign has no broadband or electric-vehicle plank.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2026-05-08.

Sources: yahoo.com · web.archive.org · techcrunch.com

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Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a Texas address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2026-05-08.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Ratmir Timashev · $5.0M · 2 alignments
$5,000,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Founder and former chief executive of Veeam Software. In February 2026 he launched OH.io, a Columbus venture platform pledging more than $100 million over five years to bring 100 software startups' sales teams to Columbus; he sits on the advisory council of Ohio State's Center for Software Innovation and on the Columbus Partnership, the region's CEO-led economic development coalition.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2026-05-12 (July 2026 quarterly), filed as self-employed entrepreneur, Greenwich, Connecticut.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · yahoo.com

Interests on record
- OH.io hires Columbus-based sales and go-to-market teams embedded with each startup; the startups give no equity and instead share a portion of closed revenue. A flagship hub called The Grid is planned in Columbus, and the Timashev building on Ohio State's campus is part of the plan.
  Source: ohiotechnews.com
- Ohio State graduate; $110 million pledge to Ohio State (2023); resides in Connecticut per the FEC filing.
  Source: en.wikipedia.org
- The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under Veeam. Veeam reported $160,000 of federal lobbying in the second half of 2025 and $300,000 in the first half of 2026, on cybersecurity and data resilience.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: Veeam Software: Federal cybersecurity, data resilience and backup procurement; DoD authorization and appropriations (2025-Q3 to 2026-Q2). Veeam's in-house reports list cybersecurity and procurement issues related to data resilience and system backup under HOM, CPI, SCI and BUD, and Department of Defense authorization and appropriations under DEF; 2026 reports add the integrity of AI systems. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Veeam Software: H.R. 8413, SECURE Data Act; H.R. 9310, DHS Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 8495, FSGG Appropriations, 2027 (2026-Q2). Hill East Group's 2026-Q2 report for Veeam lists federal data protection and resilience with H.R. 9310, H.R. 8495 and H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Attract the industries of the future with low-cost, dependable energy.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Make Ohio the leading state to start and grow a business; draw industries of the future; cut regulation; make state agencies faster at licensing and permitting.

How it would reach them: OH.io's model depends on startups choosing Columbus for staff. A state income-tax phase-out would reach the Ohio-resident employees those startups hire; it would not reach Timashev's own income, since he is filed at a Connecticut address and a nonresident's gains on intangible investments are not allocated to Ohio (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Business plank on the launch-day home page (2025-02-21 capture); OH.io launched February 2026; contribution 2026-05-12.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · fox19.com · ohiotechnews.com · codes.ohio.gov

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We have too many of them. They need to be consolidated.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Consolidate Ohio's public universities; by July 2026 he said he meant consolidating duplicative programs, not closing schools.

How it would reach them: His giving to Ohio State is philanthropic, not a financial interest. The statements name no Ohio State program, so whether consolidation would touch the Center for Software Innovation cannot be read from them.
Timing: Statement quoted 2026-03-19, narrowed July 2026; contribution 2026-05-12.

Sources: wvxu.org · en.wikipedia.org
Utilities and power companies with Ohio operations, to the Republican Governors Association · $1.2M · 2 alignments
$1,202,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Six electric and gas companies that the Energy and Policy Institute counts as Ohio utilities: American Electric Power, Duke Energy, NiSource, AES, CenterPoint and Vistra. The RGA's independent committee, RGA Right Direction PAC, released an ad against Acton on September 12, 2026.
Contributions to the Republican Governors Association from January 2025 through June 30, 2026, per its IRS Form 8872 filings as republished by ProPublica: American Electric Power $375,000 ($250,000 on 2025-08-11; $125,000 on 2026-03-06); Vistra Operations $551,500 ($100,000, $200,000, three of $500 and $250,000 on 2026-06-29); Duke Energy $100,000 (2026-03-04); NiSource Corporate Services $95,000 (2025-12-31); AES Corporation $50,000 and AES Clean Energy $5,500; CenterPoint Energy $25,000 (2025-12-22). An AES Restaurant Group row ($50,000) is a different company and is excluded. The Energy and Policy Institute counted $947,000 as of May 2026, before Vistra's June 29 contribution.

Sources: projects.propublica.org · projects.propublica.org · energyandpolicy.org · rga.org

Interests on record
- Rates and riders before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for the distribution utilities, and power prices and data-center load for the generator; the Energy and Policy Institute counted these gifts to both governors associations while both candidates campaigned on lowering energy bills.
  Source: energyandpolicy.org
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: Gas- and coal-fired generation and faster permitting would add to what a generator such as Vistra can build and sell; for the distribution utilities the effect runs through power prices and their own generation holdings, which differ by company.
Timing: Natural gas plank from 2026-01-05; contributions 2025-02-19 to 2026-06-29.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · energyandpolicy.org

Mixed Industry

data centers would be required to pay 100% of their property taxes without abatements, and these property tax revenues would directly fund property tax rebates for homeowners.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Ohioans-First Data Center Pledge: data centers pay full property tax with no abatements, supply free electricity to a surrounding 'benefit zone' through power generated behind their own meter, meet all air and water standards, and new approvals pause by executive order until the pledge is law.

How it would reach them: Requiring data centers to generate behind their own meter and credit nearby residents would move load and revenue between utilities, generators and the data centers; which way depends on how credits are set.
Timing: Pledge 2026-08-06; contributions before it.

Source: vivekforohio.com
William Ackman · $1.0M · 1 alignment
$1,000,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Founder of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, New York.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2026-06-08 (July 2026 quarterly), filed with employer Pershing Square Capital Management, investment manager, New York. FEC filings also show $250,000 from him to American Exceptionalism PAC on 2023-08-22, the super PAC that backed Ramaswamy's presidential run.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · docquery.fec.gov · yahoo.com

Interests on record
- No Ohio business, contract or Ohio-specific holding was found; the Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under Pershing.
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Pershing Square reported $220,000 of federal lobbying in the first half of 2026, on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; none in 2025.
  Source: lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: Pershing Square: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (no bill named) (2026-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Miller Strategies' 2026-Q1 and Q2 reports for Pershing Square list 'General issues related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac' under HOU. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

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Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a New York address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2026-06-08.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Sports Betting Alliance · $650K · 1 alignment
$650,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

An advocacy organization for legal, regulated online sports betting and online gaming whose members are Bet365, BetMGM, DraftKings, Fanatics and FanDuel.
Two contributions to V-PAC: $500,000 on 2025-06-26 (mid-year 2025 report) and $150,000 on 2026-01-09 (April 2026 quarterly), Arlington, Virginia.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · sportsbettingalliance.org · signalohio.org

Interests on record
- Ohio taxes sports betting revenue at 20 percent (raised from 10 percent in 2023). Gov. DeWine proposed 40 percent in February 2025; the alliance testified against the increase on HB 96 and the final FY2026-27 budget kept 20 percent.
  Sources: sportsbettingdime.com · legislature.ohio.gov
- Online casino legalization: the alliance and Fanatics testified as proponents of SB 197 and HB 298 (2025), with concerns about license counts, fees and tax terms; neither bill has passed. Running mate Rob McColley said in May 2025, as Senate President, that views on online casino games had shifted and the Senate would discuss them.
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov · statenews.org
- Prediction markets: the Ohio Casino Control Commission moved to fine Kalshi $5 million for sports event contracts, and Sen. Bill DeMora's SB 430 would treat sports event contracts as sports gaming. DraftKings and FanDuel list prediction markets and CFTC event contracts among federal lobbying issues.
  Source: gamingamerica.com
- The alliance, DraftKings, FanDuel and FBG Enterprises (Fanatics) are each active Ohio lobbying employers.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Supports: HB 298 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes (2025-05-27). Supported legalizing online casino gaming and stated concerns about the limited number of licenses, license fees and a restriction on player incentives. The House Finance Committee record lists Scott Ward (Sports Betting Alliance) as a proponent witness on HB 298 on 2025-05-27. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (2025-03-05). Testified against the executive budget proposal to raise the sports-betting tax rate from 20% to 40%. The House Ways and Means Committee record lists Scott Ward (Sports Betting Alliance) as an opponent witness on HB 96 on 2025-03-05. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (2025-05-14). Asked the Senate to keep the House version of the budget, which had removed the proposed sports-betting tax increase. The Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee record lists Scott Ward (Sports Betting Alliance) as an interested party witness on HB 96 on 2025-05-14. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 197 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes (2025-05-22). Supported legalizing online casino gaming while stating concerns with the bill's tax and licensure provisions. The Senate Select Committee on Gaming record lists Scott Ward (Sports Betting Alliance) as a proponent witness on SB 197 on 2025-05-22. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 286 - Limit purposes for which internet gaming tax revenue may be used. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Sports Betting Alliance as an employer lobbying on HB 286 in the May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 150 - Increase sports gaming tax; allocate for athletics, sports venues. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Sports Betting Alliance as an employer lobbying on SB 150 in the May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). Sports Betting Alliance reported lobbying on 5 distinct bills or resolutions (37 agent-period rows) and 0 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Sports Betting Alliance (federal): Sports wagering and responsible gaming (no bill filed) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Checkmate Government Relations' reports for the Alliance state 'There is not a bill that is currently filed. Issues related to sports wagering and responsible gaming.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Sports Betting Alliance (federal): Federal gaming policy and competition; sports betting regulation (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q1). Carmen Group and Crossroads Strategies list 'Federal gaming policy and competition issues' and Continental Strategy lists 'Regulatory and policy issues surrounding sports betting.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Supports: Member FanDuel: HB 298 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes (2025-05-27). Testified in support of legalizing online casino gaming, citing an estimated $600 million in state revenue. The House Finance Committee record lists Cesar Fernandez (FanDuel) as a proponent witness on HB 298 on 2025-05-27. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: Member Fanatics: HB 184 - Prescribe limitations on intercollegiate athlete contracts (2025-06-18). Supported the college athlete name-image-likeness contract bill and asked the Senate committee to amend it. The Senate Judiciary Committee record lists Edwin Saucedo (Fanatics) as an interested party witness on HB 184 on 2025-06-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Member Fanatics: HB 298 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes (2025-05-27). Testified in support of legalizing and taxing online casino gaming (Fanatics Betting and Gaming). The House Finance Committee record lists Brandt Iden (Fanatics) as a proponent witness on HB 298 on 2025-05-27. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Member Fanatics: SB 197 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes (2025-05-28). Testified in support of legalizing and taxing online casino gaming (Fanatics Betting and Gaming). The Senate Select Committee on Gaming record lists Brandt Iden (Fanatics) as a proponent witness on SB 197 on 2025-05-28. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Member DraftKings: HB 298 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list DraftKings, Inc. as an employer lobbying on HB 298 in the May-Aug25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Member DraftKings: HB 344 - Regards electronic instant bingo, lottery terminals; levy a tax. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list DraftKings, Inc. as an employer lobbying on HB 344 in the May-Aug25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Member DraftKings: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list DraftKings, Inc. as an employer lobbying on HB 96 in the May-Aug25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Member DraftKings: SB 197 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list DraftKings, Inc. as an employer lobbying on SB 197 in the May-Aug25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Member DraftKings (federal): H.R. 1440, Discriminatory Gaming Tax Repeal Act of 2025 (federal wagering excise tax) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). DraftKings' in-house reports and those of Invariant and Michael Best list H.R. 1440 and 'Issues related to the federal excise tax on legal sports wagering.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Member DraftKings (federal): Wagering-loss deduction bills after P.L. 119-21: H.R. 4630 / S. 2773 WAGER Act, S. 2230 FULL HOUSE Act, H.R. 4304 FAIR BET Act (2025-Q3 to 2026-Q2). Invariant's reports say it monitored 'legislation to restore full deductibility of wagering losses against winnings,' naming H.R. 4630, S. 2230 and H.R. 4304; DraftKings' 2025-Q3 report lists the FAIR BET Act and FULL HOUSE Act and its 2026-Q2 report lists 'Wagering loss deduction and gambling form tax filing deadlines.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Member DraftKings (federal): P.L. 119-21 (H.R. 1) implementation; sports betting prop bets (2025-Q3 to 2026-Q1). Brownstein Hyatt and DraftKings list 'P.L. 119-21 (H.R. 1): One Big Beautiful Bill implementation' and 'Sports Betting Prop Bets' under GAM. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Member DraftKings (federal): CFTC event contracts and prediction markets (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Invariant lists 'Monitor CFTC activity on event contracts' (2025) and 'legislative and regulatory proposals on event contracts' (2026); Delta Strategy Group lists federal action on event markets; DraftKings' 2026-Q2 report lists 'Discussions about prediction markets.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

I think there's a different tone and tenor about some of these things than maybe there was ten years ago.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: No position: the campaign has taken no public position on online casino games or other gambling expansion and did not answer press questions on it; running mate McColley's May 2025 remarks, made before he joined the ticket, were that views had shifted and the Senate would discuss the idea.

How it would reach them: The alliance's members would be the likely license holders under SB 197 or HB 298, so any legalization would reach them directly; the quote is McColley's, not the candidate's, and no ticket position exists to compare.
Timing: McColley remarks 2025-05-14; contributions 2025-06-26 and 2026-01-09; campaign non-answer reported 2026-08-03.

Sources: yahoo.com · statenews.org · legislature.ohio.gov
Ohio Republican State Central & Executive Committee (state candidate fund) · $593K · 0 alignments
$593,222 as filed · party committee · In state

The Ohio Republican Party's state candidate fund, the account that pays the in-kind staff support. The party endorsed him on 2025-05-09.
All of it in-kind: payroll, staff salary and insurance plus one $10,000 communications-consulting item, in 30 rows the campaign reports from 2025-07-15 to 2026-06-30 (the party's own filings report $595,578.76 in 77 in-kind rows). Nothing is dated in the July or August 2026 monthly reports. Ohio caps cash from a party candidate fund to a statewide campaign at $937,123.77 per election period; the limits chart applies that cap to cash, not in-kind.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · ohiosos.gov · 13abc.com

Interests on record
- The fund took in $3,135,611.22 in 2025-2026 (through 2026-06-23). Its largest sources were Jon Husted for Ohio ($503,750, a sum the fund also paid back to Husted's committee), Ohio House Republican caucus committees ($535,000), the Senate Republican caucus committee ($265,000), and James F. Dicke II, chairman of Crown Equipment ($99,694.02); others include Matthew Scantland (AndHealth), Kara Trott (Quantum Health), Robert Castellini (Castellini Company), Carl Lindner III (American Financial) and David Herche (Enerfab).
  Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
ABC Supply Co Inc · $500K · 2 alignments
$500,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

North America's largest wholesale distributor of roofing supplies and one of the largest distributors of siding, windows and other building products.
One corporate contribution to V-PAC on 2025-03-20 (mid-year 2025 report), Beloit, Wisconsin.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Building-products distribution to roofers and builders; its Ohio branch count was not verified. The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under ABC Supply, and no 2025-2026 federal lobbying filing names it.
  Sources: abcsupply.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their level before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest rollback in Ohio history by the campaign's description.

How it would reach them: Lower carrying costs for Ohio homeowners would tend to add to demand for roofing and siding sold through Ohio branches; nothing found reaches the company's own money directly. The campaign's property tax plan page names homeowners and farmers, excludes new construction and honors existing debt; it does not say whether commercial, industrial, rental or utility parcels are covered, and gives no baseline year or bill text.
Timing: Property-tax elimination talk at the launch 2025-02-24; rollback wording from 2026-01-07; contribution 2025-03-20.

Source: vivekforohio.com

For their interests Industry

I'm going to relieve and cut a lot of that red tape, create a home construction boom.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Cut local red tape that blocks starter-home construction to create a home construction boom.

How it would reach them: More new-home construction would add to the market for roofing and siding; no specific zoning bill was named, and the source is a conservative-leaning outlet.
Timing: Interview 2026-09-11, published 2026-09-21; contribution 2025-03-20.

Sources: dailycaller.com · abcsupply.com
Axium Packaging LLC (attributed to Paul Judge, president) · $500K · 3 alignments
$500,000 as filed · super PAC · In state

A New Albany, Ohio maker of plastic packaging for personal care, home, food and beverage brands, owned by the Judge Family Group; JobsOhio's release names Paul Judge as chief executive.
Two V-PAC receipts filed as partnership contributions attributed to Paul Judge, president, New Albany, Ohio: $25 on 2025-10-14 and $499,975 on 2025-11-04 (year-end 2025 report; aggregate $500,000). Paul Judge, filed as president of Axium, also gave $16,615.50 to the candidate committee (through 2025-08-27).

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- JobsOhio announced on 2025-10-13 a $45 million investment and 70 new jobs in Jersey Township; the Ohio Tax Credit Authority on 2025-10-08 approved a Job Creation Tax Credit of 1.23 percent for eight years (2026-2033) on a commitment to 70 jobs, $3.64 million in new payroll and $62,088,712 in retained payroll.
  Sources: jobsohio.com · dam.assets.ohio.gov
- Ohio manufacturing real property and industrial energy costs. The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under Axium, and no 2025-2026 federal lobbying filing names it.
  Sources: axiumpackaging.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their level before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest rollback in Ohio history by the campaign's description.

How it would reach them: Would reduce the tax on the company's Ohio plants and warehouses only if the rollback reaches industrial parcels. The campaign's property tax plan page names homeowners and farmers, excludes new construction and honors existing debt; it does not say whether commercial, industrial, rental or utility parcels are covered, and gives no baseline year or bill text.
Timing: Rollback wording from 2026-01-07; contributions 2025-10-14 and 2025-11-04.

Source: vivekforohio.com

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address; an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds. Axium Packaging is an LLC, so its income is taxed on its owners' returns.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-10-14 and 2025-11-04.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

Attract the industries of the future with low-cost, dependable energy.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Attract industry with low-cost, dependable energy and expanded natural gas.

How it would reach them: Lower industrial electricity and gas prices would reduce operating cost at its Ohio facilities; the effect depends on utility rates set by the PUCO and the market, not on the company alone.
Timing: Energy plank on the home page from 2026-01-05; contributions October-November 2025.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · axiumpackaging.com
David F. Herche (HBH Holdings / Enerfab) · $250K · 2 alignments
$250,000 as filed · super PAC · In state

Chairman of HBH Holdings, the Cincinnati parent of Enerfab, an industrial fabrication, construction and maintenance contractor whose customers include power generation and utilities.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2025-05-16 (mid-year 2025 report), filed with employer HBH Holdings, executive, Cincinnati. The Ohio Republican Party's state candidate fund, which pays in-kind staff support to the campaign, reports $30,000 from him (filed as Enerfab Inc, chairman) on 2025-05-01.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov

Interests on record
- Industrial construction and fabrication for power and process industries. The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under Enerfab or HBH, and no 2025-2026 federal lobbying filing names either.
  Sources: hbhholdingsinc.com · enerfab.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: More Ohio generation and gas projects would add to the market for industrial fabrication and construction services; no state contract with Enerfab or HBH was found, so the reach is through customers' projects.
Timing: Nuclear line at the launch 2025-02-24; coal op-ed 2025-04-28; natural gas plank from 2026-01-05; contribution 2025-05-16.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · enerfab.com

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address; an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2025-05-16.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Donald Kenney Jr. · $250K · 2 alignments
$250,000 as filed · super PAC · In state

Filed as self-employed in real estate at 470 Olde Worthington Road, Westerville, the same building DRK and Company Realty lists as its office (Suite 101); DRK was founded by Donald R. Kenney and manages more than four million square feet. The filing does not itself name DRK.
Three contributions to V-PAC ($100,000 and $50,000 on 2025-06-24, $100,000 on 2025-09-29), filed as self-employed, real estate, Westerville, Ohio. Three other contributors filed at the same business address gave $50,000 each on 2025-06-24.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Ohio commercial and multifamily real property, per the filed occupation. The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under DRK.
  Sources: drk-realty.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their level before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest rollback in Ohio history by the campaign's description.

How it would reach them: Would reduce the tax on Ohio real property he owns only to the extent the rollback reaches commercial or multifamily parcels. The campaign's property tax plan page names homeowners and farmers, excludes new construction and honors existing debt; it does not say whether commercial, industrial, rental or utility parcels are covered, and gives no baseline year or bill text.
Timing: Rollback wording from 2026-01-07; contributions 2025-06-24 and 2025-09-29.

Source: vivekforohio.com

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address; an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions mid-2025.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Fund for Economic Independence · $250K · 0 alignments
$250,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A tax-exempt organization formed in June 2024 at an Alexandria, Virginia mailbox address, with Stephen Roberts listed as principal officer on its IRS e-Postcard; its website carries only a name, address and 'Paid for by' line. It reported gross receipts under $50,000 for its 2023-24 tax period and ran about $600,000 of October 2025 television and streaming ads praising Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2026-03-25 (April 2026 quarterly), Alexandria, Virginia.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · laurabelin.substack.com

Interests on record
- No Ohio business, lobbying registration or stated policy platform was found; the Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under its name. It does not disclose donors.
  Sources: fundforeconomicindependence.com · bleedingheartland.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
The Scotts Company (Scotts Miracle-Gro) · $250K · 3 alignments
$250,000 as filed · super PAC · In state

Marysville, Ohio maker of consumer lawn, garden and pest-control products and indoor and hydroponic gardening equipment; an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2026-01-30 (April 2026 quarterly), filed as an entity taxed as a corporation, Marysville, Ohio.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · en.wikipedia.org

Interests on record
- Ohio headquarters and manufacturing real property in Marysville; The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is an active Ohio lobbying employer that reported lobbying on SB 56 (marijuana), SB 86 (hemp), HB 96, SB 143, HB 688 and SB 33 in 2025-2026.
  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Federal lobbying of $670,000 in 2025 on the SAFE Banking Act, the Section 280E cannabis tax rule and the research credit.
  Source: lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as an employer lobbying on HB 96 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 143 - Prohibit employment application question re: criminal background. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as an employer lobbying on SB 143 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 33 - Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as an employer lobbying on SB 33 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 56 - Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as an employer lobbying on SB 56 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 86 - Regulate and tax intoxicating hemp, drinkable cannabinoid product. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as an employer lobbying on SB 86 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 688 - Prohibit employment application question re: criminal background. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as an employer lobbying on HB 688 in the Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company reported lobbying on 6 distinct bills or resolutions (136 agent-period rows) and 0 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Federal: H.R. 1996 / S. 910, SAFE Banking Act (cannabis banking) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Fulcrum Public Affairs' reports for Scotts list 'Issues related to HR 1996 and S910, the SAFE Banking Act' under BAN in every quarter from 2025-Q1 through 2026-Q2. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: IRC section 280E (cannabis business deductions); S. 2860, SAFER Banking Act; TCJA extension (2025-Q1 to 2025-Q2). Brownstein Hyatt's 2025-Q1 and Q2 reports list 'Issues related to cannabis and S.2860 The Safer Banking Act Issues related to IRC Section 280E General corporate tax issues TCJA Extension.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: R&D tax credit; water and pesticide issues (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Fulcrum's reports list 'Issues related to R&D tax credit' under TAX and 'Issues related to water and pesticides' under ENV. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their level before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest rollback in Ohio history by the campaign's description.

How it would reach them: Would reduce the tax on its Marysville property only if the rollback reaches commercial and industrial parcels. The campaign's property tax plan page names homeowners and farmers, excludes new construction and honors existing debt; it does not say whether commercial, industrial, rental or utility parcels are covered, and gives no baseline year or bill text.
Timing: Rollback wording from 2026-01-07; contribution 2026-01-30.

Source: vivekforohio.com

For their interests Industry

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax.

How it would reach them: The personal income tax phase-out would not reach a corporation's own tax; it would reach the company's Ohio-resident employees and individual shareholders.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2026-01-30.

Source: vivekforohio.com

Mixed Industry

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: No position on Ohio's adult-use marijuana law; he did not answer a 2026 cannabis questionnaire. Running mate McColley defended SB 56's changes to the voter-approved law.

How it would reach them: Scotts reported Ohio lobbying on SB 56 and SB 86 and federal lobbying on cannabis banking and tax rules; its filings state no position, and the ticket's only statement is the running mate's, so no match or conflict can be read.
Timing: Questionnaire non-answer reported 2026-07-07; contribution 2026-01-30.

Sources: themarijuanaherald.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
Janet Lanterman · $225K · 0 alignments

$225,000 as filed · super PAC · In state

Filed as retired; the filing names no business or employer, and none is profiled here.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2025-04-30 (mid-year 2025 report), filed as retired, Perrysburg, Ohio.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Oil, gas and coal executives (11 individuals, not counting Mel Kurtz) · $223K · 2 alignments
$222,590 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Owners and executives of energy producers and service firms, in their business capacity; several are Ohio producers in Washington County.
Net contributions to the candidate committee from 12 individuals filed with oil and gas, pipeline, coal and power employers, including Quasar Energy Group, Artex Oil, Kroll Energy, Double Eagle, Alliance Resource Partners and REX. Mel Kurtz ($33,230 net) has his own entry and is subtracted here, so this entry is $222,590.10 across the other 11.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Oil and gas production and coal. The Ohio Oil and Gas Association's 2025-2026 testimony (HB 142, SB 103, HB 170, SB 219, HB 15, SB 2) is the industry's Ohio agenda; membership of these firms was not checked.
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: More production, pipelines and gas- or coal-fired generation would add to these firms' markets; Acton has called for a fracking ban, per trade press.
Timing: Coal op-ed 2025-04-28; natural gas plank from 2026-01-05; contributions 2025-2026.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · web.archive.org

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy is calling on the General Assembly to enact a fully-funded 90-day suspension of Ohio's motor fuel tax now.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Suspend Ohio's motor fuel taxes for 90 days.

How it would reach them: Lower pump prices for 90 days could add slightly to fuel demand; the effect on producers is indirect.
Timing: Plan 2026-09-21.

Source: vivekforohio.com
Lawrence S. Connor (The Connor Group) · $207K · 2 alignments
$206,768 as filed · super PAC · In state

Founder and managing partner of The Connor Group, a Miamisburg, Ohio real estate investment firm with about $4 billion in assets; an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2025-11-12 (year-end 2025 report), filed with employer The Connor Group, managing partner, Miamisburg, Ohio.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Ohio real property; The Connor Group is an active Ohio lobbying employer that reported lobbying on HB 96 (the FY2026-27 budget) and HB 730 (capital reappropriations).
  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 730 - Make capital reappropriations for biennium ending June 30, 2028. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list The Connor Group as an employer lobbying on HB 730 in the Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list The Connor Group as an employer lobbying on HB 96 in the Jan-Apr25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). The Connor Group reported lobbying on 2 distinct bills or resolutions (2 agent-period rows) and 0 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their level before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest rollback in Ohio history by the campaign's description.

How it would reach them: Would reduce the tax on the firm's Ohio properties only if the rollback reaches rental or commercial parcels; a homeowner-only rollback would not reach it directly. The campaign's property tax plan page names homeowners and farmers, excludes new construction and honors existing debt; it does not say whether commercial, industrial, rental or utility parcels are covered, and gives no baseline year or bill text.
Timing: Rollback wording from 2026-01-07; contribution 2025-11-12.

Source: vivekforohio.com

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address; an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2025-11-12.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
FRX Management Holdings of Ohio LLC (attributed to Rebecca Myers, partner) · $150K · 1 alignment
$150,000 as filed · super PAC · In state

The Ohio arm of FarmaceuticalRX, a medical marijuana operator with a cultivation and processing plant in East Liverpool and a dispensary in Elyria.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2026-06-17 (July 2026 quarterly), filed as a partnership contribution attributed to Rebecca Myers, partner, East Liverpool, Ohio.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Ohio cannabis licensing, taxation and regulation. The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under FRX; the Ohio Cannabis Coalition, an industry group whose membership list was not checked for FRX, testified for HB 160 (hemp and adult-use changes) and against HB 198 (hemp products) in 2025.
  Sources: reviewonline.com · nlrb.gov · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Supports: Industry group Ohio Cannabis Coalition (FRX membership not verified): HB 160 - Revise liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws (2025-04-30). Testified in support of HB 160 with a focus on intoxicating hemp products. The House Judiciary Committee record lists David Bowling (OHCANN) as a proponent witness on HB 160 on 2025-04-30. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: Industry group Ohio Cannabis Coalition (FRX membership not verified): HB 198 - Regulate manufacture, sale of inhalable, ingestible hemp products (2025-05-07). Opposed HB 198 (regulation of inhalable and ingestible hemp products). The House Judiciary Committee record lists David Bowling (OHCANN (Ohio Cannabis Coalition)) as an opponent witness on HB 198 on 2025-05-07. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Industry group Ohio Cannabis Coalition (FRX membership not verified): SB 56 - Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Cannabis Coalition (OHCANN) as an employer lobbying on SB 56 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Industry group Ohio Cannabis Coalition (FRX membership not verified): SB 86 - Regulate and tax intoxicating hemp, drinkable cannabinoid product. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Cannabis Coalition (OHCANN) as an employer lobbying on SB 86 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: No position on Ohio's adult-use marijuana law; he did not answer a 2026 cannabis questionnaire and said in 2023 he voted against Issue 2. Running mate McColley defended SB 56's changes to the voter-approved law.

How it would reach them: Any change to Ohio's cannabis law or tax would reach a licensed operator directly; the ticket has stated no plan to compare.
Timing: Questionnaire non-answer reported 2026-07-07; contribution 2026-06-17.

Source: themarijuanaherald.com
Executives of the Cleveland Browns, Haslam Sports Group and Cincinnati Bengals (4 individuals) · $120K · 1 alignment
$119,730 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Executives of the two Ohio NFL franchises and the Browns' owner group, in their business capacity.
Net contributions to the candidate committee through 2026-08-28 from four individuals filed as executives of the Cleveland Browns, Haslam Sports Group and the Cincinnati Bengals. One filer's net total ($43,230.50) is above the two-period maximum with no matching refund in the files read; no conclusion is drawn.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- The Browns and the Bengals are Ohio lobbying employers; the JLEC activity files show them lobbying HB 96 (the FY2026-27 budget, which enacted a $600 million state grant for the Browns' Brook Park stadium project), SB 150 (a higher sports-gaming tax earmarked for athletics and sports venues), HB 255 (an Ohio Sports Commission), HB 563 (ticket sales) and HB 147.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Direct

But I'm going to be very pragmatic in how we do that on a case-by-case basis as well.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Public funding of pro sports stadiums, including the Browns' Brook Park project: a 'pragmatic', case-by-case approach within a general pro-liberty view.

How it would reach them: State stadium grants go to the franchises' projects; a case-by-case stance neither commits to nor rules out support. He said he expected the Browns financing to be settled before he could take office.
Timing: Interview published 2025-03-10; contributions 2025 to 2026-08-28.

Sources: signalcleveland.org · statenews.org
American Exceptionalism PAC · $117K · 0 alignments

$116,816 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A super PAC, now inactive, whose largest donors in 2023 were Jeff Yass (five contributions of $250,000 to $2,718,281), Thomas Klingenstein ($1,000,000), a related public-policy committee ($300,000), William Ackman ($250,000) and Howard Lutnick ($150,000).
One committee receipt on 2024-12-20, V-PAC's only receipt before 2025 (year-end 2024 report). The committee (FEC C00833749, Alexandria, Virginia) was the super PAC backing Ramaswamy's 2024 presidential campaign; it raised $8,872,226.96 in the 2024 cycle and last filed on 2025-01-03.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Thomas Peterffy (Interactive Brokers) · $117K · 1 alignment
$116,615 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Founder, chairman and largest shareholder of Interactive Brokers, an electronic brokerage.
$100,000 to V-PAC on 2026-03-17 (April 2026 quarterly), filed as chairman, Interactive Brokers Group, Palm Beach, Florida; plus $16,615 to the candidate committee (2025-03-31), one election period's maximum.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · transparencyusa.org · en.wikipedia.org

Interests on record
- No Ohio business, contract or lobbying registration was found; the Ohio lobbying-employer searches for Interactive Brokers return none, and no 2025-2026 federal lobbying filing names the firm (newest 2000).
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

No link found

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a Florida address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-17.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Energy PACs: American Electric Power, Vistra, Utility Scale Solar Energy Coalition of Ohio, Ohio Oil and Gas Producers Fund, Cleveland-Cliffs · $102K · 2 alignments
$101,583 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Political committees of an Ohio electric utility (AEP), a Texas power generator (Vistra), a solar developers' coalition, an oil and gas producers' fund, and an Ohio steelmaker (Cleveland-Cliffs).
AEP Committee for Responsible Government $17,000 (2026-05-05 to 2026-06-27); two Vistra employee PACs $33,230 (2025-07-14 and 2026-07-31); Utility Scale Solar Energy Coalition of Ohio PAC $16,615.67 (2026-07-31); Ohio Oil and Gas Producers Fund $15,622.57 (2025-11-21 to 2026-07-14, including in-kind); two Cleveland-Cliffs PACs $19,115 (2025-03-27 to 2026-06-05); per the Secretary of State files. AEP also gave $375,000 to the Republican Governors Association in 2025-2026 (IRS Form 8872).

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · forms.irs.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- JLEC activity files: AEP lobbied HB 173 and SB 108 (behind-the-meter utility services), HB 303 and SB 231 (community energy), HB 265, HB 158 and SB 2; Vistra lobbied HB 15, SB 2, HB 96, HB 173 and SB 294; the solar coalition lobbied SB 294, HB 15, HB 96 and SB 2; Cleveland-Cliffs lobbied SB 2 and HB 15; the Ohio Oil and Gas Association testified for HB 142, SB 103, HB 170, SB 219, HB 15 and SB 2.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Supports: Ohio Oil and Gas Association (the producers fund's affiliation not confirmed): HB 142 - Regards natural gas company rate plans, property valuation (2025-05-14). The House Energy Committee record lists Rob Brundrett (Ohio Oil and Gas Association) as a proponent witness on HB 142 on 2025-05-14. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Ohio Oil and Gas Association (the producers fund's affiliation not confirmed): HB 15 - Amend competitive retail electric service law (2025-02-12). The House Energy Committee record lists Rob Brundrett (Ohio Oil and Gas Association) as a proponent witness on HB 15 on 2025-02-12. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Ohio Oil and Gas Association (the producers fund's affiliation not confirmed): HB 170 - Establish process to regulate carbon capture (dates on record: 2025-04-30, 2026-02-17, 2026-05-12). First entry on record: The House Natural Resources Committee record lists Stephanie Kromer (Ohio Oil & Gas Association) as a proponent witness on HB 170 on 2025-04-30. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Ohio Oil and Gas Association (the producers fund's affiliation not confirmed): HB 227 - Modify excavation requirements (dates on record: 2025-05-14, 2025-11-05). First entry on record: The House Commerce and Labor Committee record lists Rob Brundrett (Ohio Oil and Gas Association) as a proponent witness on HB 227 on 2025-05-14. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: Ohio Oil and Gas Association (the producers fund's affiliation not confirmed): HB 54 - Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium (2025-03-04). Joint letter from utility and telecom associations requesting removal of HB 54 language on abandoned utility lines. The Senate Transportation Committee record lists Charley Moses, et al. (Ohio Telecom Association, Ohio Gas Association, Ohio Cable Telecom Association, Ohio Oil and Gas Association) as an interested party witness on HB 54 on 2025-03-04. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: Ohio Oil and Gas Association (the producers fund's affiliation not confirmed): HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (dates on record: 2025-05-14, 2025-05-28). First entry on record: Supported several budget proposals and highlighted additional items for Senate consideration. The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee record lists Stephanie Kromer (Ohio Oil & Gas Association) as an interested party witness on HB 96 on 2025-05-14. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Ohio Oil and Gas Association (the producers fund's affiliation not confirmed): SB 103 - Allow alternative rate plans for certain natural gas companies (dates on record: 2025-03-19, 2025-10-01, 2025-10-29). First entry on record: The Senate Public Utilities Committee record lists Rob Brundrett (Ohio Oil and Gas Association) as a proponent witness on SB 103 on 2025-03-19. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Ohio Oil and Gas Association (the producers fund's affiliation not confirmed): SB 2 - Increase power generation; improve Ohio's electric grid (2025-02-18). The Senate Energy Committee record lists Rob Brundrett (Ohio Oil & Gas Association) as a proponent witness on SB 2 on 2025-02-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: Gas and coal generators (Vistra), gas producers and heavy power users (Cleveland-Cliffs) sit on the side of the platform's gas, coal and permitting planks; the solar coalition's business is not named in the platform.
Timing: Contributions 2025-03-27 to 2026-07-31; natural gas plank from 2026-01-05.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · web.archive.org

Mixed Industry

data centers would be required to pay 100% of their property taxes without abatements, and these property tax revenues would directly fund property tax rebates for homeowners.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Ohioans-First Data Center Pledge: data centers pay full property tax with no abatements, supply free electricity to a surrounding 'benefit zone' through power generated behind their own meter, meet all air and water standards, and new approvals pause by executive order until the pledge is law.

How it would reach them: Behind-the-meter generation at data centers, credited to nearby residents, is the subject of HB 173 and SB 108, which AEP and Vistra lobbied; utilities, generators and industrial users could each gain or lose depending on how the credits are set. Their stances are not on record.
Timing: Pledge 2026-08-06; contributions before and after.

Source: vivekforohio.com
Gaurab Chakrabarti (Solugen) · $100K · 1 alignment
$100,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Co-founder and chief executive of Solugen, a Houston maker of bio-based chemicals for oil and gas, fuels, water treatment, cleaning, agriculture and personal care, with plants in Texas and Minnesota; no Ohio facility is listed.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2025-06-30 (mid-year 2025 report), filed as CEO/founder, Solugen Inc, Sugar Land, Texas.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Federal: $600,000 of lobbying in 2025, stating support for bio-based chemicals at the Defense Department in the NDAA and appropriations bills. No Ohio lobbying registration.
  Sources: solugen.com · lda.gov · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Supports: Department of Defense use of bio-based chemicals; FY2026 NDAA (S. 2296) and Defense appropriations (H.R. 4016 / S. 2572); FY2027 bills (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Solugen's in-house reports read 'Support the use of bio-based chemicals in the Department of Defense, generally,' and name S. 2296 and H.R. 4016 / S. 2572 in 2025-Q3 and Q4. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: EPA premanufacture notice for glucaric acid under TSCA (P.L. 114-182) (2025-Q1 to 2025-Q2). Solugen's 2025-Q1 and Q2 reports list the Premanufacture Notice decision for glucaric acid under the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act and EPA's chemical review process. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

No link found

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a Texas address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2025-06-30.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Konstantin Sokolov (IJS Investments) · $100K · 1 alignment
$100,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Founder of IJS Investments, a Chicago private-equity firm investing in telecommunications, energy and financial services.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2026-02-27 (April 2026 quarterly), filed as executive, IJS Investments LLC, North Bay Village, Florida.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- No Ohio business, contract or lobbying registration was found for IJS Investments.
  Sources: ijs-investments.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

No link found

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a Florida address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2026-02-27.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Jeffrey W. Edwards (Edwards Companies; Installed Building Products) and spouse · $66K · 3 alignments
$66,463 as filed · campaign committee · In state

President of Edwards Companies, a privately held Columbus firm in real estate development and construction, and chairman, chief executive and president of Installed Building Products (NYSE: IBP), one of the largest installers of insulation in new homes; his Columbus Partnership biography names his wife as Lisa.
$16,615.67 from each spouse on 06/27/2025 and again on 05/29/2026 (his employer filed as Edwards Companies, president; hers as homemaker; same Columbus addresses): $66,462.68, the two-period maximum for each. No refund.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · columbus.org

Interests on record
- Real estate development and construction, including downtown Columbus apartments, and new residential construction, the market for Installed Building Products' insulation and other installed products.
  Source: columbus.org
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Columbus); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-06-27 and 2026-05-29.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their level before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest rollback in Ohio history by the campaign's description.

How it would reach them: A rollback would lower carrying costs on covered parcels; the plan names homeowners and farmers and does not say whether rental or commercial parcels are covered, and new construction is excluded.
Timing: Rollback wording from 2026-01-07; contributions 2025-06-27 and 2026-05-29.

Source: vivekforohio.com

For their interests Industry

I'm going to relieve and cut a lot of that red tape, create a home construction boom.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Cut local red tape that blocks starter-home construction to create a home construction boom.

How it would reach them: More new-home construction would add to the market for insulation installed in new homes and to development work; no specific zoning bill was named.
Timing: Interview 2026-09-11, published 2026-09-21; contributions 2025-06-27 and 2026-05-29.

Sources: dailycaller.com · columbus.org
George R. Oberer Jr. (Oberer Companies) and spouse · $66K · 3 alignments
$66,462 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Chief executive since 1985 of the Oberer Companies of Dayton, which build homes and develop single- and multifamily communities, commercial projects and property management; his father's obituary lists him as George (Amy) Oberer Jr.
$16,615.50 from each spouse on 04/21/2025 and again on 05/29/2026, at the same Xenia address (his employer filed as Oberer Homes, owner; hers as homemaker): $66,462. No refund.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · oberer.com · routsong.com

Interests on record
- Homebuilding and land development in the Miami Valley, which is exposed to local zoning and approvals and to property taxes on lots and homes.
  Source: oberer.com
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Xenia); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-04-21 and 2026-05-29.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

I'm going to relieve and cut a lot of that red tape, create a home construction boom.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Cut local red tape that blocks starter-home construction to create a home construction boom.

How it would reach them: Fewer local barriers to starter-home construction would apply to a homebuilder and land developer; no specific zoning bill was named.
Timing: Interview 2026-09-11, published 2026-09-21; contributions 2025-04-21 and 2026-05-29.

Sources: dailycaller.com · oberer.com

Mixed Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their level before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest rollback in Ohio history by the campaign's description.

How it would reach them: Lower property taxes would reduce homeowners' carrying costs, which bears on what buyers can pay; the plan excludes new construction, the builder's product.
Timing: Rollback wording from 2026-01-07; contributions 2025-04-21 and 2026-05-29.

Source: vivekforohio.com
Raj Vattikuti (Vattikuti Ventures) · $65K · 1 alignment
$65,496 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Founder of Covansys (an IT services firm acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation) and of Altimetrik; chairman of Vattikuti Ventures.
$50,000 to V-PAC on 2026-06-30 (July 2026 quarterly), filed as executive chairman, Vattikuti Ventures, Surfside, Florida; plus $15,495.87 to the candidate committee (through 2025-06-04). FEC filings also show $100,000 from him to American Exceptionalism PAC on 2023-09-19.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · transparencyusa.org · docquery.fec.gov

Interests on record
- No Ohio business, contract or lobbying registration was found, and no 2025-2026 federal lobbying filing names Vattikuti Ventures or Covansys.
  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

No link found

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a Florida address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025 and 2026-06-30.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
The Bipartisan Network PAC · $60K · 1 alignment
$60,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A Washington super PAC (FEC C00826719). Its itemized 2026-cycle receipts are $750,000 each from John and Laura Arnold (February 2026) and $15,000 from Safer Kentucky PAC. The affiliated Bipartisan Network LLC was founded by Holly Harris, former president of the Justice Action Network, a criminal-justice advocacy group.
Two committee contributions to V-PAC: $10,000 on 2025-09-18 and $50,000 on 2025-11-18 (year-end 2025 report, line 11C).

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · influencewatch.org

Interests on record
- The Justice Action Network's own 2025 report lists Ohio HB 29 of the 135th General Assembly (driver's-license suspensions for unpaid fines and fees) among bills it supported. John Arnold, filed as co-founder of Arnold Ventures, also gave $15,300 to the candidate committee; Holly Harris gave $16,615.67 to running mate McColley's Senate committee in 2025. Arnold Ventures reported $240,000 of federal lobbying in 2025 on H.R. 1 tax offsets, Medicare site-neutral billing and permitting.
  Sources: fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · lda.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov
What they lobby for
- Supports: Justice Action Network (founder's former group): HB 29 (135th GA) - driver's license suspension reform for unpaid fines and fees. Justice Action Network's own 2025 state report lists HB 29 of the 135th General Assembly among bills it supported. (Ohio)
  Sources: justiceactionnetwork.org · justiceactionnetwork.org
- Lobbies on: Arnold Ventures (PAC funders' foundation): Tax offsets in H.R. 1, including international tax reforms and the Employee Retention Tax Credit (2025-Q2 to 2026-Q1). FGS Global's reports for Arnold Ventures list 'Tax offsets related to H.R. 1 including international tax reforms and the Employee Retention Tax Credit' from 2025-Q2 through 2026-Q1. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Arnold Ventures (PAC funders' foundation): Medicare site-neutral billing: S. 1629, Same Care, Lower Cost Act; H.R. 1 (2025-Q2 to 2025-Q3). Traction Strategic's 2025-Q2 and Q3 reports list proposals on site neutral billing of Medicare, including S. 1629 and H.R. 1. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Arnold Ventures (PAC funders' foundation): Permitting reform; career education access (2025-Q1 to 2025-Q4). Traction Strategic's 2025 reports list legislative proposals on permitting reform and on access to career education. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

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Enforce stricter bail and sentencing for repeat violent offenders.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Enforce stricter bail and sentencing for repeat violent offenders.

How it would reach them: The PAC states no purpose on its FEC filings; its founder's former group works on criminal-justice changes such as fines-and-fees and reentry, which is a different subject from bail and sentencing for repeat violent offenders. No financial interest is involved.
Timing: Bail plank on the 2026-01-09 Plan capture; contributions September and November 2025.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · web.archive.org
Oleg Nodelman (EcoR1 Capital) · $50K · 1 alignment
$50,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

Founder and portfolio manager of EcoR1 Capital, a biotech-focused investment adviser established in 2013.
One contribution to V-PAC on 2026-03-17 (April 2026 quarterly), filed as self-employed investor, EcoR1, San Francisco.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- No Ohio business or lobbying registration was found, and no 2025-2026 federal lobbying filing names EcoR1. Whether EcoR1 holds Roivant or its subsidiaries was not established.
  Sources: ecor1cap.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

No link found

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach him: filed at a California address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contribution 2026-03-17.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
PMI US Corporate Services Inc. (Philip Morris International) · $50K · 0 alignments
$50,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A US affiliate of Philip Morris International, maker of cigarettes, the IQOS heated-tobacco device and Zyn nicotine pouches (through Swedish Match); an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One corporate contribution to V-PAC on 2025-12-31 (year-end 2025 report), San Rafael, California.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Ohio: reported lobbying on HB 96 (the FY2026-27 budget) and HB 849 (electronic smoking, tobacco, nicotine and vapor products). Federal: $6.92 million of lobbying in 2025 on the Tobacco Control Act and FDA-related riders in agriculture appropriations bills.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list PMI US Corporate Services Inc. as an employer lobbying on HB 96 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 849 - Regards electronic smoking, tobacco, nicotine, vapor products. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list PMI US Corporate Services Inc. as an employer lobbying on HB 849 in the Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). PMI US Corporate Services Inc. reported lobbying on 2 distinct bills or resolutions (21 agent-period rows) and 0 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Federal: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (P.L. 111-31) implementation; FDA Center for Tobacco Products reform; PMTA and MRTPA review (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). PMI US's in-house reports list implementation of P.L. 111-31, 'the importance of tobacco harm reduction and the availability of FDA-authorized smoke-free products', reforms of FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, PMTA and MRTPA submissions, illicit-product enforcement and user fees. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: H.R. 4121 / S. 2256, Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Act, 2026; H.R. 8646, Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Act, 2027: provisions on FDA reform (2025-Q2 to 2026-Q2). PMI US lists the FY2026 and FY2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA appropriations bills by number with 'provisions related to reform of the Food and Drug Administration.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: Federal excise tax on ethanol used in tobacco manufacturing (budget reconciliation 'ethanol tax exemption') (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q1). Corcoran Partners lists 'Budget Reconciliation - Ethanol Tax Exemption' and PMI US lists 'the federal excise tax on ethanol and its application to manufacturing of tobacco products.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025: excise tax drawback (2025-Q1). PMI US's 2025-Q1 report lists H.R. 1968 with 'federal excise tax drawback laws and their application to manufacturing of tobacco products.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
ACT Ohio (Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio Foundation) PAC and PCE · $50K · 1 alignment
$49,847 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The political committees of ACT Ohio, the building-trades unions' statewide foundation; ACT Ohio is an active Ohio lobbying employer.
Three contributions of $16,615.67: from the ACT Ohio Foundation PAC and its PCE on 2025-10-30, and from the foundation's PCE again on 2026-07-31, per the Secretary of State files.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- ACT Ohio testified for HB 246 (E-Verify for construction employers) and reported lobbying on 19 bills.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Supports: HB 246 - Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify (dates on record: 2025-05-14, 2025-10-21). First entry on record: The House Commerce and Labor Committee record lists Matthew Szollosi (ACT Ohio) as a proponent witness on HB 246 on 2025-05-14. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 15 - Amend competitive retail electric service law. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list ACT Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 15 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 288 - Require construction project owners to timely pay contractors. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list ACT Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 288 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 54 - Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list ACT Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 54 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list ACT Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 96 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: Power plants, pipelines and data centers are building-trades work; more generation and faster permitting would add construction hours. The data-center pledge's conditions would apply to any new site.
Timing: Contributions 2025-10-30 and 2026-07-31.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · web.archive.org
Health care PACs: Medical Mutual of Ohio, Ohio Health Care Association · $50K · 1 alignment
$49,846 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The PACs of Medical Mutual, a Cleveland health insurer, and of the Ohio Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes and long-term care providers.
Medical Mutual of Ohio PAC $33,230 (2025-12-11 to 2026-06-27); Ohio Health Care Association PAC $16,615.67 (2026-08-31); per the Secretary of State files.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- JLEC activity files: Medical Mutual lobbied HB 8 (biomarker testing), HB 24 (Medigap), HB 214 and HB 220 (prior authorization), SB 207, SB 160, HB 219 and HB 96; the Ohio Health Care Association lobbied HB 96, SB 390 (nursing facilities in the Medicaid program), HB 530 and SB 314.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Here's the solution: a deal with the federal government that allows states that combat Medicaid fraud to keep a greater share of what they save.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Reattach work requirements to Medicaid (80 hours a month for able-bodied adults), consolidate Medicaid administration spread across up to ten state entities, and seek a federal deal letting Ohio keep more of the money it saves by fighting Medicaid fraud.

How it would reach them: Nursing homes are paid largely through Medicaid, and the health care association lobbied the Medicaid nursing-facility bill SB 390; any change to Medicaid administration or rates would reach its members. Neither group's stance on the campaign's Medicaid proposals is on record.
Timing: Medicaid plan 2026-05-19; contributions 2025-12-11 to 2026-08-31.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com
Chase Herro, Zachary Folkman and Zachary Witkoff (World Liberty Financial co-founders) · $50K · 2 alignments
$49,845 as filed · campaign committee · Out of state

Co-founders of World Liberty Financial, a decentralized-finance venture of the Trump family founded in 2024 that sells the WLFI token and issues the USD1 dollar-pegged stablecoin.
Three contributions of $16,615 each to the candidate committee on 2026-05-05 and 2026-05-06, on the 2026 post-primary report: Chase Herro (employer filed 'co-owner WLFI', Boca Raton, Florida), Zachary Folkman (filed 'business owner, Axiom Management Group', Dorado, Puerto Rico) and Zachary Witkoff (filed 'CEO, SC Financial', Miami Beach, Florida). None was refunded. The first pass's $116,000 is not in the filings or on the pages it cited. The same report lists three more same-day $16,615 rows from contributors with those surnames and no employer filed; they are not attributed here.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org · transparencyusa.org · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Crypto token and stablecoin issuance. The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under World Liberty, and no 2025-2026 federal lobbying filing names it.
  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

A thoughtful & powerful bill here in Ohio. We need to think creatively about hedging against government-created inflation risks & keeping our state at the cutting edge of innovation, rather than playing from behind. Kudos to @steve4ohiohouse for thinking outside the box.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Praised Ohio House Bill 18, the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act, on X.

How it would reach them: HB 18 as introduced would let the Treasurer put up to 10 percent of interim money from the General Revenue Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund and Deferred Prizes Trust Fund into digital assets that are exchange-traded products with a 12-month average market capitalization of at least $750 billion, and says the five retirement boards are not barred from exchange-traded products. A later substitute version (LSC comparative synopsis, House Technology and Innovation Committee) instead creates an Ohio Strategic Reserve Fund credited with shares of interest from three state funds, drops the 10 percent cap and requires a contracted qualified custodian. The bill remains in House committee. Both versions limit purchases to assets or products with a $750 billion-plus market capitalization, which reaches bitcoin products and not WLFI or USD1; any benefit would come through general demand for crypto assets.
Timing: Post dated 2025-01-25; contributions 2026-05-05 and 2026-05-06.

Sources: x.com · cdn.syndication.twimg.com · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov

No link found

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach them: filed at a Florida or Puerto Rico address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions May 2026.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Digital-asset executives other than the World Liberty founders (3 individuals) · $50K · 1 alignment
$49,845 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Executives of a stablecoin issuer and other digital-asset firms, in their business capacity.
Net contributions of about $16,615 each from three individuals filed with Paxos, Luqra and the Digital Sovereignty Alliance (2026). With the three World Liberty co-founders, filers in this group total $99,690.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Crypto and stablecoin businesses; the Ohio Blockchain Council, an active Ohio lobbying employer, testified for HB 116 and HB 18 (state digital-asset reserve and blockchain bills), and Coinbase testified for HB 426 (unclaimed digital assets).
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · legislature.ohio.gov
What they lobby for
- Supports: Ohio Blockchain Council (industry group): HB 116 - Enact the Ohio Blockchain Basics Act (2025-03-25). Testified in support of the Ohio Blockchain Basics Act. The House Technology and Innovation Committee record lists Andrew Burchwell (The Ohio Blockchain Council) as a proponent witness on HB 116 on 2025-03-25. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Ohio Blockchain Council (industry group): HB 18 - Enact the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act (2025-05-27). Testified in support of the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act. The House Technology and Innovation Committee record lists Andrew Burchwell (The Ohio Blockchain Council) as a proponent witness on HB 18 on 2025-05-27. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Ohio Blockchain Council (industry group): SB 57 - Enact the Ohio Bitcoin Reserve Act. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Blockchain Council as an employer lobbying on SB 57 in the Jan-Apr25, Sep-Dec25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Ohio Blockchain Council (industry group): HB 15 - Amend competitive retail electric service law. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Blockchain Council as an employer lobbying on HB 15 in the Jan-Apr25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

A thoughtful & powerful bill here in Ohio. We need to think creatively about hedging against government-created inflation risks & keeping our state at the cutting edge of innovation, rather than playing from behind. Kudos to @steve4ohiohouse for thinking outside the box.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Praised Ohio House Bill 18, the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act, on X; lists bitcoin among the 'sectors of the future'; the campaign accepts cryptocurrency donations.

How it would reach them: HB 18 as introduced would let the Treasurer put up to 10 percent of interim money from the General Revenue Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund and Deferred Prizes Trust Fund into digital assets that are exchange-traded products with a 12-month average market capitalization of at least $750 billion, and says the five retirement boards are not barred from exchange-traded products. A later substitute version (LSC comparative synopsis, House Technology and Innovation Committee) instead creates an Ohio Strategic Reserve Fund credited with shares of interest from three state funds, drops the 10 percent cap and requires a contracted qualified custodian. The bill remains in House committee.
Timing: Post 2025-01-25; contributions 2026.

Sources: x.com · cdn.syndication.twimg.com · vivekforohio.com · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov
Ice Miller PAC and Bricker Graydon State PAC (law firms) · $42K · 0 alignments
$41,660 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The PACs of two Columbus-based law and lobbying firms.
Ice Miller PAC: $34,523.17 gross, less a $15,407.50 refund on 2026-06-04, plus $1,544.50 under a second filed name (net $20,660.17). Bricker Graydon State PAC: $21,000 from 2025-12-26 to 2026-05-29. Ice Miller PAC also gave $25,000 to the Republican Governors Association on 2025-10-07.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Lobbying agents at Bricker Graydon represented 28 employers on 184 bills in 2025-2026, most often HB 96 and HB 11; Ice Miller's agents represented 7 employers on 11 bills, mostly HB 96 and marijuana and hemp bills. Agents were matched to firms by office address and phone prefix; clients are not named.
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: Bricker Graydon agents: Aggregate lobbying by the firm's registered agents, Jan 2025 - Aug 2026. 4 matched agents lobbied for 28 distinct employers on 184 distinct bills or resolutions; bills with the most clients: HB 96 (26 client employers); HB 11 (21 client employers); SB 2 (9 client employers); SB 33 (8 client employers); HB 15 (8 client employers); SB 245 (8 client employers); HB 30 (7 client employers); SB 157 (7 client employers). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Ice Miller agents: Aggregate lobbying by the firm's registered agents, Jan 2025 - Aug 2026. 3 matched agents lobbied for 7 distinct employers on 11 distinct bills or resolutions; bills with the most clients: HB 96 (6 client employers); HB 160 (3 client employers); SB 86 (3 client employers); SB 56 (3 client employers); HB 611 (3 client employers); HB 338 (2 client employers); SB 197 (1 client employers); HB 198 (1 client employers). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Michael DeAscentis II (Lifestyle Communities; Nationwide Energy Partners) and spouse · $35K · 3 alignments
$35,000 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Founder and chief executive of LC (Lifestyle Communities), a Columbus company in apartments, hospitality, home building and energy with more than 15,000 units across six markets; TiffinOhio.net also identifies him as chief executive of Nationwide Energy Partners, a Columbus-area electricity submetering company.
$10,000 from him on 06/06/2025 (filed with Lifestyle Communities, Columbus), then $12,500 from each spouse on 06/05/2026 at the same New Albany address: $35,000. No refund in the expenditure files.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · lifestylecommunities.com · tiffinohio.net · newalbanyfoundation.org

Interests on record
- Rules for submetering, in which a company buys electricity in bulk and resells it to apartment and condominium tenants: Nationwide Energy Partners lobbied HB 173 and SB 108 (behind-the-meter utility services), HB 265 (regulating resellers as public utilities) and HB 15 in 2025-2026. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in April 2026 that resellers of power at a profit are public utilities; HB 173 would have exempted them from the full definition, and Gov. DeWine vetoed it on June 24, 2026.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · tiffinohio.net
- Apartment development and ownership in Ohio and other markets, which is exposed to property taxes and local approvals.
  Source: lifestylecommunities.com
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 173 and SB 108 (136th GA), on entities providing behind-the-meter utility services, HB 265 (regulating resellers of public utility services as public utilities), HB 15 and SB 2: listed on Nationwide Energy Partners' Ohio lobbying activity reports, January 2025 to August 2026, which record no position. TiffinOhio.net reports the company argued HB 173 added consumer protections. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · tiffinohio.net
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Columbus and New Albany); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-06-06 and 2026-06-05.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their level before the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest rollback in Ohio history by the campaign's description.

How it would reach them: A rollback would lower carrying costs if it reaches apartment parcels; the campaign's plan names homeowners and farmers and does not say whether rental or commercial parcels are covered, and new construction is excluded.
Timing: Rollback wording from 2026-01-07; contributions 2025-06-06 and 2026-06-05.

Source: vivekforohio.com

For their interests Industry

I'm going to relieve and cut a lot of that red tape, create a home construction boom.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Cut local red tape that blocks starter-home construction to create a home construction boom.

How it would reach them: Fewer local barriers to new housing would apply to a builder of apartments and homes; no specific zoning bill was named.
Timing: Interview 2026-09-11, published 2026-09-21; contributions 2025-06-06 and 2026-06-05.

Sources: dailycaller.com · lifestylecommunities.com
S. Craig Lindner (American Financial Group) and spouse · $33K · 1 alignment
$33,231 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Co-chief executive and co-president of American Financial Group, the Cincinnati holding company of Great American Insurance, a specialty property and casualty insurer; the University of Cincinnati describes him and his wife Frances as the leaders of the effort that opened the Lindner Center of HOPE, a Mason mental health center, in 2008.
$16,615.67 from each spouse on 07/14/2025, both filed at 301 E. Fourth St., Cincinnati, American Financial Group's headquarters address, with no employer entered. No refund. The campaign paid him $13,888.48 on 08/08/2025 as reimbursement for parking, food, event supplies and personnel services, an expense reimbursement and not a refund. A $5,000 contribution on 06/24/2025 from a Stephen Craig Lindner of Vero Beach, Florida, filed as a divisional subsidiary president in real estate investment, is not counted; whether it is the same person was not established. His brother Carl H. Lindner III, AFG's other co-CEO, gave $16,615.50 on 03/06/2026, separately.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · uc.edu · lindnercenterofhope.org · en.wikipedia.org

Interests on record
- Property and casualty insurance and annuities; insurers are regulated and taxed in Ohio through the Department of Insurance, and the holding company is headquartered in Cincinnati.
  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · uc.edu
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: The contributions were filed at a Cincinnati business address; if the couple are Ohio-domiciled, their capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds. Domicile was not established, and a Florida-addressed contribution under the name Stephen Craig Lindner leaves it open, so this is recorded as sector rather than direct.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-07-14.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Donald Huffines and spouse · $33K · 0 alignments
$33,231 as filed · campaign committee · Out of state

Don Huffines, founder in 1985 of Huffines Communities, a Dallas-Fort Worth residential real estate developer, and a Texas state senator from 2015 to 2019; he became Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on August 1, 2026, by appointment of Gov. Greg Abbott, after the contributions. The comptroller's biography names his wife as Mary Catherine.
$16,615.50 from each spouse on 05/23/2025, filed at the same Dallas home address (his occupation filed as real estate, self-employed; hers as homemaker). Nothing further in the 2026 files through the August monthly report, and no refund. Two other Dallas contributors of the same surname gave $2,000 each the same day and are not counted here.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · comptroller.texas.gov

Interests on record
- None found in Ohio: no Ohio business, lobbying registration or property holding was found; his business and public roles are in Texas.
  Sources: comptroller.texas.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
George Fisher · $33K · 2 alignments
$33,231 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Filed as owner of Cavalier Distributing, a Cincinnati-area beer and beverage distributor with operations listed in Ohio, Indiana and Florida.
Net giving to the candidate committee through 2026-05-29 per the Secretary of State files: $44,915 gross less an $11,684.33 refund, which leaves him at the two-period maximum of $33,231.34 ($16,615.67 per election period). The first pass's $44,915 was the gross figure.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Ohio's beer and wine franchise law: SB 23 (Sen. Andrew Brenner) would exempt many smaller breweries from franchise agreements with distributors. The Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio testified against it on 2026-03-25 and the Ohio Craft Brewers Association for it; the bill has not left committee. The wholesalers' Beer & Wine PAC separately gave the campaign $10,000.
  Sources: statenews.org · legislature.ohio.gov · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Distribution in Ohio; the Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no Cavalier Distributing (its only 'Cavalier' result is the Cleveland basketball team's operating company).
  Sources: cavbeer.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Opposes: Trade group Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio (membership of Cavalier not verified): SB 23 - Revise the Alcohol Franchise Law (2026-03-25). Testified against SB 23 (Alcohol Franchise Law revision), defending the 1974 franchise act governing distributor-supplier contracts. The Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity Committee record lists Jacob Evans (Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio) as an opponent witness on SB 23 on 2026-03-25. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Trade group Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio (membership of Cavalier not verified): HB 160 - Revise liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 160 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Trade group Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio (membership of Cavalier not verified): HB 176 - Establish a universal regulatory sandbox program. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 176 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Trade group Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio (membership of Cavalier not verified): HB 194 - Revise the Alcohol Franchise Law. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 194 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address; an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions through 2026-05-29.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy is calling on the General Assembly to enact a fully-funded 90-day suspension of Ohio's motor fuel tax now.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Suspend Ohio's motor fuel taxes for 90 days, backed by a $750 million appropriation.

How it would reach them: A 90-day suspension of the 38.5-cent gasoline and 47-cent diesel taxes would lower fuel cost for any Ohio delivery fleet for that period.
Timing: Plan announced 2026-09-21, hours after Acton called for a gas tax holiday, and after his giving.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · statenews.org
James Evans (Evans Dealer Group) · $33K · 2 alignments
$33,231 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Filed as an auto dealer with Evans Dealer Group of Dayton, whose stores sell BMW, Infiniti and Volkswagen vehicles in the Dayton area.
$25,000 on 05/13/2025 (no employer filed), of which the campaign refunded $8,384.33 on 06/30/2025, and $16,615 on 06/04/2026 (filed as auto dealer, Evans Dealer Group, Dayton): $33,230.67 net. A second contributor filed with Evans Dealer Group gave $5,000 on 09/30/2025 and is not counted here. A different James E. Evans, a director of American Financial Group in Cincinnati, gave separately.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · evanscars.com

Interests on record
- New- and used-vehicle retailing in the Dayton area; the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association, whose PAC has its own entry, is the trade group for franchised dealers (membership not verified).
  Sources: evanscars.com · www6.ohiosos.gov
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Dayton); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-05-13 and 2026-06-04.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy is calling on the General Assembly to enact a fully-funded 90-day suspension of Ohio's motor fuel tax now.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Suspend Ohio's motor fuel taxes for 90 days, backed by a $750 million appropriation.

How it would reach them: A 90-day suspension of fuel taxes would lower drivers' fuel cost for that period; any effect on vehicle sales is indirect.
Timing: Plan 2026-09-21; contributions 2025-05-13 and 2026-06-04.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · statenews.org
Mel Kurtz (quasar energy group) · $33K · 2 alignments
$33,230 as filed · campaign committee · In state

President and founder of quasar energy group, an Independence, Ohio company that designs, builds, owns and operates anaerobic digesters, which turn organic material into biogas, with design, operations, biomass procurement, laboratory and nutrient-reuse services.
$16,615 on 11/11/2025, then $16,620 and $16,615 on 05/07/2026 (filed as member, Quasar Energy Group, Independence); the campaign refunded $16,620 on 05/11/2026, leaving $33,230 net. This amount is also inside the oil, gas and coal executives entry. A second contributor at the same address gave $16,615 on 11/26/2025 and is not counted here.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · quasareg.com

Interests on record
- Biogas and renewable natural gas from organic waste, and the Ohio market for the gas and power its digesters produce.
  Source: quasareg.com
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Independence); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-11-11 and 2026-05-07.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

Mixed Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: The plank's call to 'deploy innovative energy technologies' could take in digester gas; its call to expand natural gas production would add supply of the fossil gas that pipeline-quality biogas is sold against. Neither names biogas.
Timing: Natural gas plank from 2026-01-05; contributions 2025-11-11 and 2026-05-07.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · energyandpolicy.org · quasareg.com
Jared Maloof (Standard Wellness) · $33K · 2 alignments
$33,157 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Chief executive of Standard Wellness Holdings, a licensed cannabis company with cultivation, processing and dispensary operations in Ohio, Missouri, Utah and Maryland; it had four operating Ohio dispensaries in September 2025.
$10,000 on 05/22/2025, $6,542.41 in kind (food and beverages) on 06/30/2025, and $16,615 on 05/06/2026, filed as CEO, Standard Wellness, Cleveland: $33,157.41. No refund. Three other contributors of the same surname gave separately and are not counted here.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · standardwellness.com

Interests on record
- Ohio's medical and adult-use marijuana law and taxes, and hemp rules: Standard Wellness lobbied SB 56 (revising the marijuana laws and taxes), HB 160 (liquor, hemp and adult-use marijuana), SB 86 (intoxicating hemp) and HB 96 in 2025-2026.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · standardwellness.com
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: SB 56, HB 160, SB 86 and HB 96 (136th GA): listed on Standard Wellness's Ohio lobbying activity reports, January 2025 to August 2026, which record no position. (Ohio)
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Cleveland); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-05-22, 2025-06-30 and 2026-05-06.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

Mixed Industry

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: No position on Ohio's adult-use marijuana law; he did not answer a 2026 cannabis questionnaire and said in 2023 he voted against Issue 2. Running mate McColley defended SB 56's changes to the voter-approved law.

How it would reach them: Any change to Ohio's cannabis law or tax would reach a licensed operator directly; the ticket has stated no plan to compare, and the running mate's defense of SB 56 is his, not the candidate's.
Timing: Questionnaire non-answer reported 2026-07-07; contributions 2025-05-22 to 2026-05-06.

Sources: themarijuanaherald.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
Pansophic Learning US LLC (ACCEL Schools) · $30K · 2 alignments
$30,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A for-profit charter-school management company founded in 2014 by Ron Packard; its ACCEL Schools subsidiary managed 64 of its 73 schools in Ohio as of 2022 and became the state's largest charter operator in 2015 after taking over 40 schools, by Wikipedia's account.
Two partnership contributions to V-PAC attributed to Ron Packard, partner: $5,000 on 2025-06-24 (mid-year 2025 report) and $25,000 on 2026-03-11 (April 2026 quarterly).

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · ohiocapitaljournal.com

Interests on record
- Ohio charter-school funding and regulation: Pansophic Learning and ACCEL Schools are active Ohio lobbying employers that reported lobbying on HB 96, SB 19, SB 127 (closure rules for poor-performing schools), SB 311, HB 455 and HB 114, and lobbied the Department of Education and Workforce.
  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Pansophic Learning / ACCEL Schools as an employer lobbying on HB 96 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 114 - Regards age requirements for kindergarten admission. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Pansophic Learning / ACCEL Schools as an employer lobbying on HB 114 in the Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 127 - Regards closure requirements for poor-performing public schools. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Pansophic Learning / ACCEL Schools as an employer lobbying on SB 127 in the Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 19 - Regards academic intervention, math improvement and intervention. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Pansophic Learning / ACCEL Schools as an employer lobbying on SB 19 in the Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 311 - Regards the operation of public and chartered nonpublic schools. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Pansophic Learning / ACCEL Schools as an employer lobbying on SB 311 in the Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 455 - Regards the operation of public schools and the DEW. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Pansophic Learning / ACCEL Schools as an employer lobbying on HB 455 in the Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Education and Workforce. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list ACCEL Schools, agency "Education and Workforce", with filed descriptions: Decision on ODELA; Conversations about charter schools; Discussions with staff on charter schools (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). Pansophic Learning / ACCEL Schools reported lobbying on 6 distinct bills or resolutions (39 agent-period rows) and 9 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Empower parents with transparency and meaningful choices over where and how their children learn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand school choice; the launch materials listed universal school choice.

How it would reach them: ACCEL's Ohio charter schools are paid per pupil from state funds; policies that widen publicly funded school choice would reach its revenue directly, although the campaign names no charter-funding bill.
Timing: School choice at the launch 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-06-24 and 2026-03-11.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · en.wikipedia.org

Mixed Industry

Raise academic standards with a focus on 3rd-grade literacy, 8th-grade numeracy, and 12th-grade civics.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Raise academic standards (3rd-grade literacy, 8th-grade numeracy, 12th-grade civics) and put academic outcomes before funding debates.

How it would reach them: ACCEL lobbied SB 127 on closure requirements for poor-performing schools; tighter outcome rules would apply to its Ohio schools as to others. Its stance on SB 127 is not on record.
Timing: Standards plank on the 2026-01-09 Plan capture; contributions 2025-06-24 and 2026-03-11.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
Executives of G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers (two individuals) · $28K · 2 alignments
$27,500 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Two members of the family that owns G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, founded in 1925, which bottles and distributes Pepsi products from plants and depots across southern and central Ohio and Kentucky. G&J lists T.R. Gross as a third-generation principal, senior vice president and co-chairman of the board; Michael L. Gross is recorded by his filed employer and title.
Thomas R. Gross Jr. (filed as SVP, G&J Pepsi, Columbus): $10,000 on 06/06/2025 and $5,000 on 04/15/2026. Michael L. Gross (filed as president, Pepsi Cola, New Albany): $10,000 on 06/27/2025 and $2,500 on 05/15/2026. $27,500 in all; no refund.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · gjpepsi.com · gjpepsi.com

Interests on record
- Beverage bottling and distribution, with delivery fleets serving Ohio and Kentucky; no Ohio lobbying registration under a Pepsi name was found.
  Sources: gjpepsi.com · gjpepsi.com
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Columbus and New Albany); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-06-06 to 2026-05-15.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy is calling on the General Assembly to enact a fully-funded 90-day suspension of Ohio's motor fuel tax now.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Suspend Ohio's motor fuel taxes for 90 days, backed by a $750 million appropriation.

How it would reach them: A 90-day suspension of the 38.5-cent gasoline and 47-cent diesel taxes would lower fuel cost for any Ohio delivery fleet for that period.
Timing: Plan 2026-09-21, after the contributions.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · statenews.org
Community Solar Action Fund · $25K · 1 alignment
$25,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A hybrid federal PAC (FEC C00829598) registered in 2022 as Community Solar Action Fund and renamed American Distributed Power PAC for the 2025-26 cycle; the name matches the Coalition for Community Solar Access, a national trade coalition of community solar businesses, but no filing opened states an affiliation.
One committee contribution to V-PAC on 2025-09-30 (year-end 2025 report, line 11C), Washington, DC.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- The Coalition for Community Solar Access is an active Ohio lobbying employer and testified for HB 303, the community energy program and pilot bill, on 2025-10-01 and 2025-11-12.
  Sources: communitysolaraccess.org · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · legislature.ohio.gov
What they lobby for
- Supports: Coalition for Community Solar Access: HB 303 - Establish community energy program and pilot (dates on record: 2025-10-01, 2025-11-12). First entry on record: Testified in support of the community energy program and pilot bill. The House Energy Committee record lists Carlo Cavallaro (CCSA) as a proponent witness on HB 303 on 2025-10-01. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Coalition for Community Solar Access: HB 15 - Amend competitive retail electric service law. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Coalition for Community Solar Access as an employer lobbying on HB 15 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Coalition for Community Solar Access: SB 2 - Increase power generation; improve Ohio's electric grid. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Coalition for Community Solar Access as an employer lobbying on SB 2 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Coalition for Community Solar Access: SB 231 - Establish community energy program and pilot program. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Coalition for Community Solar Access as an employer lobbying on SB 231 in the May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Coalition for Community Solar Access: Executive-agency lobbying: Consumers' Counsel. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Coalition for Community Solar Access, agency "Consumers' Counsel", with filed descriptions: HB303; Community Energy Pilot Program (periods Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Coalition for Community Solar Access: Executive-agency lobbying: Governor. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Coalition for Community Solar Access, agency "Governor", with filed descriptions: HB 15, SB 2 (periods Jan-Apr25). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: The platform names natural gas, coal and nuclear, not solar; no campaign statement on community solar or HB 303 was found.
Timing: Contribution 2025-09-30; natural gas plank from 2026-01-05.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · web.archive.org
J&J Ventures Gaming LLC · $25K · 1 alignment
$25,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A video gaming terminal and amusement operator (J&J Gaming) in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; no Ohio operations are listed.
One partnership contribution to V-PAC on 2025-10-19 (year-end 2025 report), attributed to a partner, Effingham, Illinois.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- J&J Ventures Gaming is an Ohio lobbying employer in the JLEC activity files and testified as a proponent of HB 344 (electronic instant bingo and lottery terminals).
  Sources: jjgaming.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · legislature.ohio.gov
What they lobby for
- Supports: HB 344 - Regards electronic instant bingo, lottery terminals; levy a tax (2025-06-17). Testified in support of HB 344 (electronic instant bingo / lottery terminals) and recommended a strict regulatory structure for distributed gaming. The House Finance Committee record lists Matthew Hortenstine (J&J Ventures Gaming) as a proponent witness on HB 344 on 2025-06-17. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 298 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list J & J Ventures Gaming, LLC as an employer lobbying on HB 298 in the May-Aug25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list J & J Ventures Gaming, LLC as an employer lobbying on HB 96 in the May-Aug25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 197 - Legalize, tax internet gambling; make other Gambling Law changes. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list J & J Ventures Gaming, LLC as an employer lobbying on SB 197 in the May-Aug25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). J & J Ventures Gaming, LLC reported lobbying on 4 distinct bills or resolutions (9 agent-period rows) and 0 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: No position on gambling expansion; the campaign did not answer press questions on it.

How it would reach them: Legal video gaming terminals or electronic bingo in Ohio would open a market for its equipment; with no ticket position there is nothing to match.
Timing: Contribution 2025-10-19; campaign non-answer reported 2026-08-03.

Sources: yahoo.com · legislature.ohio.gov
NextEra Energy Resources LLC · $25K · 2 alignments
$25,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

The competitive power arm of NextEra Energy, developing and operating renewables, nuclear, natural gas and battery storage across North America; an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One corporate contribution to V-PAC on 2025-10-07 (year-end 2025 report), North Palm Beach, Florida.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Ohio: reported lobbying on HB 15 (competitive retail electric service), SB 2 (power generation), SB 294 (energy siting policy) and HB 646 (Data Center Study Commission), and lobbied the Power Siting Board over its denial of the Circleville Solar permit. Federal: a firm working for this unit lobbied to preserve clean-energy tax credits in H.R. 1.
  Sources: nexteraenergyresources.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 15 - Amend competitive retail electric service law. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list NextEra Energy Resources, LLC as an employer lobbying on HB 15 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 2 - Increase power generation; improve Ohio's electric grid. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list NextEra Energy Resources, LLC as an employer lobbying on SB 2 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 294 - Declare the state's energy siting policy. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list NextEra Energy Resources, LLC as an employer lobbying on SB 294 in the Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 646 - Create the Data Center Study Commission. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list NextEra Energy Resources, LLC as an employer lobbying on HB 646 in the May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Power Siting Board. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, agency "Power Siting Board", with filed descriptions: Discussion on Highland County BESS project; Permit denial 21-1090-EL-BGN Circleville Solar; Permit denial 21-1090-EL-BGN:Circleville Solar; Permit denial 21-1090-EL-BGN: Circleville Solar (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Environmental Protection Agency. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, agency "Environmental Protection Agency", with filed descriptions: Air Permit Preliminary Discussions (periods Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). NextEra Energy Resources, LLC reported lobbying on 4 distinct bills or resolutions (18 agent-period rows) and 10 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Supports: Federal (parent company, includes Florida Power & Light): Preserving existing clean-energy tax credits, including in H.R. 1 (P.L. 119-21) (2025-Q1 to 2025-Q4). Pioneer Public Affairs' reports for NextEra Energy Resources LLC read 'Lobbied on issues related to preserving tax credits in current law - including in H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal (parent company, includes Florida Power & Light): IRC 45Y, 48E and 6418 (transferability) in H.R. 1 sections 70512 and 70513 (2025-Q2 to 2026-Q1). The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group lists 'Issues related to IRC sections 45 and 45Y, 48 and 48E, 6418 (H.R. 1 - Sections 70512, 70513)' and Ernst & Young lists wind, solar and storage credits in Title VII of H.R. 1. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal (parent company, includes Florida Power & Light): S. 3605 / H.R. 7450, Disaster Zone Energy Affordability and Investment Act (2026-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Ernst & Young, the Washington Tax & Public Policy Group and the Nickles Group list S. 3605 / H.R. 7450 in 2026, the tax group tying it to IRC sections 45Y, 48E and 6418. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal (parent company, includes Florida Power & Light): H.J. Res. 39, disapproval of Commerce rule on solar duty procedures under Proclamation 10414 (2025-Q1 to 2025-Q4). Harbinger Strategies' 2025 reports list H.J. Res. 39 with 'Issues related to solar power production.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: NextEra develops gas, nuclear and renewable projects. The platform names natural gas, coal and nuclear and not wind or solar; faster permitting would reach any NextEra Ohio project, while the launch-day line that fossil fuels are a requirement for human flourishing sits apart from its renewable business.
Timing: Launch 2025-02-24; natural gas plank from 2026-01-05; contribution 2025-10-07.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · web.archive.org

Mixed Industry

data centers would be required to pay 100% of their property taxes without abatements, and these property tax revenues would directly fund property tax rebates for homeowners.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Ohioans-First Data Center Pledge: data centers pay full property tax with no abatements, supply free electricity to a surrounding 'benefit zone' through power generated behind their own meter, meet all air and water standards, and new approvals pause by executive order until the pledge is law.

How it would reach them: A data center generating its own power behind the meter and crediting a benefit zone would shift some demand from grid suppliers to on-site generation; NextEra lobbied HB 646, the data-center study bill. Its stance on that bill is not on record.
Timing: Pledge 2026-08-06; contribution 2025-10-07.

Source: vivekforohio.com
POET LLC · $25K · 1 alignment
$25,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A Sioux Falls biofuels producer with Ohio bioethanol plants including Fostoria (90 million gallons a year from about 24 million bushels of corn).
One contribution to V-PAC on 2025-10-06 (year-end 2025 report), Sioux Falls, South Dakota; memo 'partnership attribution requested'.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Ohio: POET testified for HB 170 (regulation of carbon capture and storage) in 2025 and 2026; the Ohio Ethanol Producers Association backed an E15 rebate program in HB 96 and HB 773 (E15 at turnpike stations). Federal: $3.01 million of lobbying in 2025, supporting year-round E15 (S. 593 / H.R. 1346) and the 45Z clean-fuel credit.
  Sources: poet.com · legislature.ohio.gov · poet.com
What they lobby for
- Supports: HB 170 - Establish process to regulate carbon capture (dates on record: 2025-04-30, 2026-02-17, 2026-05-12). First entry on record: Testified in support of a state process to regulate carbon capture and geologic storage of carbon dioxide. The House Natural Resources Committee record lists Michael Walz (POET LLC) as a proponent witness on HB 170 on 2025-04-30. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Trade group Ohio Ethanol Producers Association (POET membership not verified): HB 773 - Require E15 fuel at turnpike facilities (2026-06-02). The House Transportation Committee record lists Regis Sherry (Ohio Ethanol Producers Association) as a proponent witness on HB 773 on 2026-06-02. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: Trade group Ohio Ethanol Producers Association (POET membership not verified): HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (2025-02-27). Asked for a budget amendment creating a Department of Agriculture grant for retailers to offer higher biofuel blends. The House Agriculture Committee record lists Regis Sherry (Ohio Ethanol Producers Association) as an interested party witness on HB 96 on 2025-02-27. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Trade group Ohio Ethanol Producers Association (POET membership not verified): HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (dates on record: 2025-05-14, 2025-05-27). First entry on record: Asked the Senate to maintain the House-added E15 motor fuel rebate program. The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee record lists Regis Sherry (Ohio Ethanol Producers Association) as a proponent witness on HB 96 on 2025-05-14. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: Trade group Ohio Ethanol Producers Association (POET membership not verified): HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (2025-06-06). Opposed the Senate substitute budget for removing the E15 program. The Senate Finance Committee record lists Regis Sherry (Ohio Ethanol Producers Association) as an opponent witness on HB 96 on 2025-06-06. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Federal: Year-round E15: S. 593 / H.R. 1346, Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act; E15 riders in H.R. 1968, H.R. 7418 and H.R. 7567 (farm bill) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). POET's in-house reports list S. 593 / H.R. 1346 with 'Issues Related to E15; Emergency waiver, retail configuration, state-based waivers, permanent legislative fix' and 'Inclusion of E15 legislation' in the named appropriations and farm bills; POET's policy page lists 'Reducing regulatory roadblocks limiting year-round access to lower-cost E15.' (federal)
  Sources: poet.com · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Supports: Federal: Section 45Z clean fuel production credit, 45Q and 40B (IRA; P.L. 119-21) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q1). Invariant and Venture Government Strategies report they 'Monitor and support the implementation of the Section 45Z clean fuel production tax credit, Section 45Q, the Section 40B sustainable aviation fuel credit.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Supports: Federal: Statutory language recognizing low-carbon bioethanol (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q1). Invariant's reports for POET read 'Support legislative language recognizing low-carbon bioethanol.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: H.R. 2460, Eliminating the RFS and Its Destructive Outcomes Act; Renewable Fuel Standard (small refinery exemptions, RINs) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). POET's reports list H.R. 2460 and RFS issues including small refinery exemptions, RINs and corn kernel fiber cellulosic petitions; the policy page lists 'a strong Renewable Fuel Standard.' (federal)
  Sources: poet.com · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: H.R. 311, Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act of 2025; H.R. 6518, Securing America's Fuels Act (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). POET lists H.R. 311 with 45Z guidance, and from 2025-Q4 H.R. 6518, the SAF Act. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: S. 144 / H.R. 1719, Farm to Fly Act; S. 2291, Flex Fuel Fairness Act; H.R. 4864 / S. 2591, Ethanol for America Act (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). POET's reports list the Farm to Fly Act under AER, the Flex Fuel Fairness Act under AUT, and the Ethanol for America Act on EPA's E15 dispenser labeling and tank compatibility rule. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: The platform does not mention ethanol, E15 or carbon capture; the overlap is limited to a general support for expanding energy supply and permitting.
Timing: Natural gas plank from 2026-01-05; contribution 2025-10-06.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · web.archive.org
Egis Stronger Future PAC · $20K · 0 alignments
$20,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

An Indianapolis committee; the name matches Egis, whose US engineering business (Egis BLN USA, formerly Beam, Longest & Neff) is based in Indianapolis. The affiliation was not confirmed in a filing, and V-PAC's filing gives the committee no FEC ID.
One committee contribution to V-PAC on 2025-06-23 (mid-year 2025 report, line 11C), Indianapolis.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Egis BLN USA is registered in Ohio for executive-agency lobbying on ODOT infrastructure; an 'EGIS' client reported $100,000 of federal lobbying in 2025.
  Sources: egis-group.com · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: Egis BLN USA (affiliation to the PAC not confirmed): Executive-agency lobbying: Development. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Egis BLN USA, Inc., agency "Development", with filed descriptions: energy efficiency programs (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Egis BLN USA (affiliation to the PAC not confirmed): Executive-agency lobbying: Governor. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Egis BLN USA, Inc., agency "Governor", with filed descriptions: energy efficiency programs (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Egis BLN USA (affiliation to the PAC not confirmed): Executive-agency lobbying: Transportation. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Egis BLN USA, Inc., agency "Transportation", with filed descriptions: Infrastructure projects (periods May-Aug25). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Grant Street Group Inc · $20K · 0 alignments
$20,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

A Pittsburgh maker of cloud software for government tax collection, payments and delinquent tax lien and deed auctions; an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One corporate contribution to V-PAC on 2026-06-23 (July 2026 quarterly), Pittsburgh.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Registered in Ohio for executive-agency lobbying on state IT systems; no bill lobbying was found. No 2025-2026 federal lobbying filing names it.
  Sources: grantstreet.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Administrative Services. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Grant Street Group, agency "Administrative Services", with filed descriptions: IT system issues; IT systems issues (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Taxation. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Grant Street Group, agency "Taxation", with filed descriptions: IT system issues; IT systems issues (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Public Safety. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Grant Street Group, agency "Public Safety", with filed descriptions: IT system issues (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Secretary of State. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Grant Street Group, agency "Secretary of State", with filed descriptions: IT system issues (periods Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
NiSource Inc. PAC (Columbia Gas of Ohio) · $20K · 1 alignment
$19,616 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The PAC of NiSource, parent of Columbia Gas of Ohio, the state's largest natural gas distribution utility; Columbia Gas of Ohio is an active Ohio lobbying employer.
Contributions from 2025-06-30 to 2026-05-29 per the Secretary of State files.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Columbia Gas of Ohio testified for HB 142 and SB 103 (alternative rate plans for natural gas companies) and reported lobbying on 38 bills. NiSource reported $550,000 of federal lobbying in 2025, including pipeline-safety reauthorization and full LIHEAP funding.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Supports: HB 142 - Regards natural gas company rate plans, property valuation (2025-05-14). Testified in support of changing natural gas rate-plan law to reduce regulatory lag in rate recovery. The House Energy Committee record lists Bob Heidorn (Columbia Gas of Ohio) as a proponent witness on HB 142 on 2025-05-14. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 103 - Allow alternative rate plans for certain natural gas companies (dates on record: 2025-03-19, 2025-10-01, 2025-10-29). First entry on record: Testified in support of alternative rate plans for natural gas companies to reduce regulatory lag. The Senate Public Utilities Committee record lists Bob Heidorn (Columbia Gas of Ohio) as a proponent witness on SB 103 on 2025-03-19. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 121 - Declare certain natural gas producers are not public utilities. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc as an employer lobbying on HB 121 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 158 - Enact the Consumer Utility Billing Transparency Act. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc as an employer lobbying on HB 158 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 227 - Modify excavation requirements. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc as an employer lobbying on HB 227 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 82 - Regards traffic offenses in construction zones. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc as an employer lobbying on HB 82 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Supports: Federal: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). NiSource's in-house reports read 'Advocated for full funding of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Supports: Federal: Natural gas, hydrogen and renewable natural gas in federal clean-energy policy (2025-Q1). NiSource's 2025-Q1 report lists 'Promotion of the inclusion of natural gas, hydrogen, and renewable natural gas technologies in our nations clean energy future; no legislation introduced.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: Pipeline safety reauthorization (PHMSA) and a voluntary information-sharing system (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). NiSource's in-house reports list 'Pipeline Safety Reauthorization - all issues addressed in reauthorization review' and 'Creation of a Voluntary Information Sharing System; no legislation introduced.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025-Q2 to 2025-Q3). NiSource's 2025-Q2 and Q3 reports list 'H.R. 1- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act' under TAX. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Expand natural gas and deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio's energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand natural gas production, keep coal plants online, envision a nuclear-powered grid within ten years, and streamline energy permitting.

How it would reach them: More natural gas production and use would add to throughput on Columbia Gas's distribution system; the rate-plan bills it backed set how the utility recovers investment. The Ohio Manufacturers' Association opposed those bills.
Timing: Natural gas plank from 2026-01-05; contributions 2025-06-30 to 2026-05-29.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · web.archive.org
Charter Communications Ohio PAC · $18K · 0 alignments
$18,227 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The Ohio PAC of Charter Communications (Spectrum), a cable and broadband provider and active Ohio lobbying employer.
Contributions from 2025-06-27 to 2026-07-09, including an in-kind amount, per the Secretary of State files.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Charter reported lobbying on 58 Ohio bills and at executive agencies on broadband programs, pole attachments and 911 fees. Federal: $10.48 million in 2025, including the BEAD FEE Act (H.R. 1975) and pole-attachment bills.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 227 - Modify excavation requirements. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Charter Communications Operating, LLC as an employer lobbying on HB 227 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 288 - Require construction project owners to timely pay contractors. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Charter Communications Operating, LLC as an employer lobbying on HB 288 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 163 - Regards AI images, simulated child porn, replica identity fraud. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Charter Communications Operating, LLC as an employer lobbying on SB 163 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 54 - Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Charter Communications Operating, LLC as an employer lobbying on HB 54 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Charter Communications Operating, LLC as an employer lobbying on HB 96 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Federal: BEAD program: H.R. 1975, BEAD FEE Act of 2025, and draft BEAD reform legislation (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Charter's in-house reports from 2025-Q3 list H.R. 1975, the BEAD FEE Act, 'all provisions'; Fierce Government Relations lists 'DRAFT BEAD reform legislation' (2025-Q1) and the BEAD program in later quarters. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: FCC pole attachment dispute bills; broadband permitting bills (H.R. 2289, H.R. 5264 SPEED for Broadband Infrastructure Act, H.R. 4927 CABLE Competition Act, others) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Charter's in-house COM entries list 'Issues related to Federal Communications Commission pole dispute bills' in every quarter and, from 2025-Q3, a long list of House broadband deployment bills 'all provisions.' (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: H.R. 2784, Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025 (2025-Q2 to 2025-Q4). Charter's in-house reports and those of Kountoupes Denham and Empire Consulting list H.R. 2784 on broadband network theft and vandalism. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: S.J. Res. 7, Congressional Review Act disapproval of the FCC E-Rate hotspot rule (2025-Q2 to 2025-Q3). Charter's 2025-Q2 and Q3 in-house reports list S.J. Res. 7 on the FCC rule 'Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program', all provisions. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Ohio Automobile Dealers Association PAC · $18K · 1 alignment
$17,616 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The dealer PAC of the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association.
Contributions from 2025-10-30 to 2026-07-17 per the Secretary of State files. Thirteen individual donors filed as auto dealers or dealership executives gave a further $267,224.95.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- JLEC activity files show the dealers' associations lobbying HB 96, HB 210 and SB 242 (used catalytic converters), SB 90 and HB 176 (regulatory sandbox), HB 54, SB 65 (vehicle contracts and motor vehicle laws) and HB 717. Ohio's dealer law bars manufacturers other than Tesla from selling directly to consumers; Rivian sued over it in 2025.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · techcrunch.com
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy is calling on the General Assembly to enact a fully-funded 90-day suspension of Ohio's motor fuel tax now.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Suspend Ohio's 38.5-cent gasoline and 47-cent diesel taxes for 90 days, backed by a $750 million appropriation drawn first from ODOT's cash balance, then the General Revenue Fund, then the rainy day fund.

How it would reach them: A 90-day suspension of fuel taxes would lower drivers' fuel cost for that period; any effect on vehicle sales is indirect.
Timing: Plan 2026-09-21; contributions 2025-10-30 to 2026-07-17.

Source: vivekforohio.com
Adam Johnson (NetJets) · $17K · 1 alignment
$16,616 as filed · campaign committee · In state

Chairman and chief executive of NetJets, the Columbus-based Berkshire Hathaway company that pioneered fractional private-jet ownership and operates about 790 aircraft.
$16,615.67 on 03/31/2026, filed as CEO, NetJets, Galena. No refund. The NetJets Inc. PAC gave $5,000 on 05/05/2026 (its own entry).

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · en.wikipedia.org

Interests on record
- Ohio's sales tax treatment of fractional aircraft: R.C. 5739.025 caps the tax on each fractional-program aircraft at $800. In 2019, when the House budget would have repealed the break, a NetJets executive vice president asked senators to keep it, citing 2,400 Ohio jobs.
  Sources: ideastream.org · codes.ohio.gov
- NetJets Inc. & Subsidiaries is a registered Ohio lobbying employer; its 2025-2026 reports list HB 96 (the operating budget), HB 54 (the transportation budget) and HB 184.
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Galena); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2026-03-31.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Associated General Contractors of Ohio PAC · $17K · 1 alignment
$16,616 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The PAC of the Associated General Contractors of Ohio, a construction contractors' association and active Ohio lobbying employer.
One contribution on 2026-04-03 per the Secretary of State files.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- On HB 96 it supported retainage reform and opposed the integrated project delivery provision; it testified for HB 288, HB 568, HB 605, SB 6 and SB 262.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Seeks changes to: HB 284 - Require US-produced iron, steel be used on state-funded projects (2026-02-18). Supported US-produced iron and steel on public projects and supported a specific proposed amendment (AM 1678-1). The House Development Committee record lists Andrea Ashley (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as an interested party witness on HB 284 on 2026-02-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 288 - Require construction project owners to timely pay contractors (2025-06-03). The House Small Business Committee record lists Andrea Ashley (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as a proponent witness on HB 288 on 2025-06-03. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: HB 361 - Regards building inspections, local regulations, and zoning (2026-03-18). Interested-party testimony thanking sponsors for addressing concerns about building-department provisions. The House Local Government Committee record lists Andrea Ashley (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as an interested party witness on HB 361 on 2026-03-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 568 - Limit retainage in certain private construction projects (2025-11-18). The House Small Business Committee record lists Andrea Ashley (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as a proponent witness on HB 568 on 2025-11-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 605 - Codify the Spearin doctrine in public construction contracts (2026-06-03). The House Commerce and Labor Committee record lists Dan Edwards (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as a proponent witness on HB 605 on 2026-06-03. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: HB 646 - Create the Data Center Study Commission (2026-06-09). The Senate Energy Committee record lists Andrea Ashley (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as an interested party witness on HB 646 on 2026-06-09. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (dates on record: 2025-02-18, 2025-05-14, 2025-05-28). First entry on record: Interested-party testimony supporting some construction-related proposals in the budget. The House Education Committee record lists Dan Edwards (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as an interested party witness on HB 96 on 2025-02-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 262 - Require construction contracts note variation from standard form (dates on record: 2025-11-04, 2026-05-20). First entry on record: The Senate General Government Committee record lists Andrea Ashley (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as a proponent witness on SB 262 on 2025-11-04. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 6 - Revise building inspection law (dates on record: 2025-02-12, 2025-06-04). First entry on record: The Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee record lists Andrea Ashley (Associated General Contractors of Ohio) as a proponent witness on SB 6 on 2025-02-12. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 246 - Require certain construction industry employers to use E-verify (2025-05-21). Interested-party testimony on construction-employer E-Verify requirements; the association had opposed a prior version. The House Commerce and Labor Committee record lists Andrea Ashley (Association General Contractors of Ohio) as an interested party witness on HB 246 on 2025-05-21. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 54 - Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Associated General Contractors of Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 54 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy is calling on the General Assembly to enact a fully-funded 90-day suspension of Ohio's motor fuel tax now.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Suspend Ohio's 38.5-cent gasoline and 47-cent diesel taxes for 90 days, backed by a $750 million appropriation drawn first from ODOT's cash balance, then the General Revenue Fund, then the rainy day fund.

How it would reach them: Road and bridge contractors are paid from ODOT funds; the plan would draw first from ODOT's ending cash balance and says reserves would be refilled later. The association's stance on the suspension is not on record.
Timing: Plan 2026-09-21; contribution 2026-04-03.

Source: vivekforohio.com
Dan Gilbert (Rock Holdings) · $17K · 2 alignments
$16,616 as filed · campaign committee · Out of state

The filing's name and address match Dan Gilbert, co-founder and chairman of Rocket Companies and owner since 2005 of the Cleveland Cavaliers: the filing address is the Gilbert Family Foundation's office, and federal filings from that address list him as chairman of Rock Holdings Inc. His Rock Ventures companies include Rock Entertainment Group (the Cavaliers, the Cleveland Monsters and the Cleveland Charge) and Bedrock, which owns the Ritz-Carlton Cleveland.
$16,615.67 on 12/31/2025 to Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio, filed from a Detroit office address used by the Gilbert Family Foundation, with no employer entered on the Ohio filing. Federal filings from the same address list Daniel Gilbert as chairman of Rock Holdings Inc. and as founder of the Gilbert Family Foundation. No refund; nothing further in the 2026 files through the August monthly report.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · gilbertfamilyfoundation.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · docquery.fec.gov · docquery.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Cleveland sports and entertainment: Rock Entertainment Group lobbied in 2025-2026 on HB 298 (legalizing and taxing internet gambling), HB 286 (use of internet gaming tax revenue), HB 563 (ticket sales), HB 409 (free sports tickets for legislators), SB 94 and HB 96.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · en.wikipedia.org
- Real estate and property tax: Bedrock lobbied in 2025-2026 on property tax bills including HB 143, HB 266, SB 206, HB 28 and SB 92, and on HB 230 (title insurance joint ventures).
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 298 and HB 286 (internet gambling and its tax revenue), HB 563 (ticket sales), HB 409, SB 94, SB 11 and HB 96 (136th GA): listed on Rock Entertainment Group's Ohio lobbying activity reports, 2025-2026, which record no position. (Ohio)
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 143, HB 266, SB 206, HB 28 and SB 92 (property tax), HB 230 (title insurance joint ventures), SB 79 (pricing algorithms) and HB 96 (136th GA): listed on Bedrock's Ohio lobbying activity reports, 2025-2026, which record no position. (Ohio)
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

But I'm going to be very pragmatic in how we do that on a case-by-case basis as well.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Public funding of pro sports stadiums, including the Browns' Brook Park project: a 'pragmatic', case-by-case approach within a general pro-liberty view.

How it would reach them: The stance covers public money for pro sports venues, the kind of project an arena-owning franchise seeks; a case-by-case approach neither commits to nor rules out support, and no Cavaliers or arena project was named.
Timing: Interview published 2025-03-10; contribution 2025-12-31.

Sources: signalcleveland.org · en.wikipedia.org

Mixed Industry

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: No position on gambling expansion; the campaign did not answer press questions on it.

How it would reach them: Rock Entertainment Group lobbied the internet gambling bill; the campaign has taken no position, so there is nothing to compare.
Timing: Contribution 2025-12-31; no position as of September 2026.

Sources: yahoo.com · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
Elevance Health PAC (Anthem in Ohio) · $17K · 1 alignment
$16,616 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The PAC of Elevance Health, parent of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, an Ohio health insurer; the company is an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One contribution on 2026-05-05 per the Secretary of State files. Elevance Health also gave $1,050,000 to the Republican Governors Association (2025-04-15 and 2026-03-31, IRS Form 8872).

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · forms.irs.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Ohio: testified for HB 133 (tax credit for small employers' health reimbursement plans) and lobbied the Department of Insurance on ACA rate filings and the Department of Medicaid on managed care. Federal: $7.47 million in 2025 on ACA premium credits, Medicaid managed care and H.R. 1, Medicare Advantage and pharmacy-benefit bills.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Supports: HB 133 - Authorize tax credit - small employers with health reimbursement arrangements (2025-05-07). Testified in support of a tax credit for small employers offering individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, and supported a proposed amendment on insurance agents. The House Ways and Means Committee record lists Michelle Stoughton (Elevance Health dba Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield) as a proponent witness on HB 133 on 2025-05-07. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 229 - Establish licensing process, contract requirements for PBMs. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc. as an employer lobbying on HB 229 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 24 - Provide Medigap policies for certain Medicare-eligible persons. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc. as an employer lobbying on HB 24 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 8 - Require health plan and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc. as an employer lobbying on HB 8 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 100 - Exclude certain agricultural entities from insurance regulations. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc. as an employer lobbying on SB 100 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Federal: ACA enhanced premium tax credits; H.R. 6703, Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Elevance's in-house reports list 'ACA Exchanges & Enrollment Enhanced Premium Tax Credits' in every quarter and add H.R. 6703 from 2025-Q4. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: Medicaid managed care, eligibility and redetermination; H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Elevance lists Medicaid Managed Care and Medicaid Eligibility and Redetermination under MMM, with H.R. 1 from 2025-Q2. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: Federal: Medicare Advantage: No UPCODE Act; H.R. 4093 / S. 3848, Apples-to-Apples Comparison Act; risk adjustment and CMS rate notices (2025-Q2 to 2026-Q2). Elevance lists MA supplemental benefits, in-home health risk assessments and chart review, the No UPCODE Act, the Apples-to-Apples Comparison Act and the CMS advance rate notices. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Here's the solution: a deal with the federal government that allows states that combat Medicaid fraud to keep a greater share of what they save.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Reattach work requirements to Medicaid (80 hours a month for able-bodied adults), consolidate Medicaid administration spread across up to ten state entities, and seek a federal deal letting Ohio keep more of the money it saves by fighting Medicaid fraud.

How it would reach them: As a Medicaid managed-care insurer, Elevance's Ohio business would be touched by work requirements (enrollment), by consolidation of Medicaid administration and by fraud-enforcement rules; its own stance on these proposals is not on record.
Timing: Medicaid fraud plan 2026-05-19; work requirements at the launch 2025-02-24; contribution 2026-05-05.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com
MacKenzie Price · $17K · 2 alignments
$16,616 as filed · campaign committee · Out of state

Co-founder of Alpha School and 2 Hour Learning, Austin, Texas: a private K-12 network founded in 2014 with tuition of $10,000 to $75,000 a year; no Ohio campus.
Net giving to the candidate committee through 2025-05-16: $17,164.26 gross less a $548.59 refund, one election period's maximum. The first pass's $17,164.26 was the gross figure.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Private-school tuition revenue and state voucher eligibility; in Texas, Alpha was briefly blocked from the state voucher program over its accreditor. The Ohio lobbying-employer search returns no active employer under Alpha School.
  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Empower parents with transparency and meaningful choices over where and how their children learn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Expand school choice, including homeschooling and teaching students to use artificial intelligence.

How it would reach them: Ohio's EdChoice scholarship pays $6,166 (K-8) or $8,408 (9-12) toward tuition at participating private schools; an Alpha campus would have to open in Ohio and participate to receive any of it. None was found, so no direct reach.
Timing: School choice at the launch 2025-02-24; AI-in-schools remarks 2025-08-20; contributions through 2025-05-16.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · wosu.org · education.ohio.gov

No link found

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate the Ohio capital gains tax and phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: Would not reach her: filed at a Texas address, and Ohio allocates a nonresident's gains on intangible property to Ohio only if the taxpayer was domiciled in Ohio at the time of sale (R.C. 5747.20).
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Ohio Credit Union Legislative Action Committee · $17K · 0 alignments
$16,616 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The PAC of the Ohio Credit Union League, an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One contribution on 2025-12-26 per the Secretary of State files; the committee also gave $6,615.67 to running mate McColley's Senate committee in 2025.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- The league reported lobbying on 25 bills and asked for changes to several on the record.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Seeks changes to: HB 152 - Regulate the provision of earned wage access services (2025-10-08). Interested-party testimony asking for stronger consumer protections in earned wage access regulation. The House Commerce and Labor Committee record lists Andrew Canan (Ohio Credit Union League) as an interested party witness on HB 152 on 2025-10-08. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: HB 257 - Enact the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act (2025-09-17). Interested-party testimony raising concerns with the medical debt bill, including a proposed 3% cap. The House Health Committee record lists Andrew Canan (Ohio Credit Union League) as an interested party witness on HB 257 on 2025-09-17. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 94 - Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet (2025-03-26). The House Commerce and Labor Committee record lists Ohio Credit Union League (Ohio Credit Union League) as a proponent witness on HB 94 on 2025-03-26. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (2025-06-04). Asked the Senate to restore a House provision letting students meet the financial literacy requirement through a student-run credit union or bank. The Senate Finance Committee record lists Jared Weiser (Ohio Credit Union League) as an interested party witness on HB 96 on 2025-06-04. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: SB 117 - Regulate the provision of earned wage access services (2025-06-03). Interested-party testimony asking for stronger consumer protections in earned wage access regulation. The Senate Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee record lists Jared Weiser (Ohio Credit Union League) as an interested party witness on SB 117 on 2025-06-03. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 135 - Regards real property foreclosures and estate sales (2026-05-20). The Senate Judiciary Committee record lists Don Boyd, Andrew Canan, Rich Swerbinsky (Ohio Bankers League, Ohio Credit Union League, Ohio Mortgage Bankers Association) as a proponent witness on SB 135 on 2026-05-20. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 33 - Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet (2025-04-02). The House Commerce and Labor Committee record lists Jared Weiser (Ohio Credit Union League) as a proponent witness on SB 33 on 2025-04-02. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 1 - Enact Ohio Property Protection Act. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Credit Union League & Affiliates as an employer lobbying on HB 1 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 116 - Enact the Ohio Blockchain Basics Act. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Credit Union League & Affiliates as an employer lobbying on HB 116 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 18 - Enact the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Credit Union League & Affiliates as an employer lobbying on HB 18 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Ohio Trucking Association PAC · $17K · 1 alignment
$16,616 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The PAC of the Ohio Trucking Association, an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One contribution on 2025-09-28 per the Secretary of State files.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- Testified for HB 54 truck-parking funding, the CDL scholarship in HB 96, SB 16 and HB 105, and against HB 447 (damage caps).
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Supports: HB 105 - Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations (2025-06-17). The House Insurance Committee record lists Tom Balzer (Ohio Trucking Association) as a proponent witness on HB 105 on 2025-06-17. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: HB 447 - Regards the dollar caps on certain damages in civil actions (2025-11-05). Opposed HB 447 (damage caps), stating it would add to rising insurance costs. The House Judiciary Committee record lists Tom Balzer (Ohio Trucking Association) as an opponent witness on HB 447 on 2025-11-05. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 54 - Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium (2025-02-27). Supported the transportation department's initiative to expand truck parking. The Senate Transportation Committee record lists Tom Balzer (Ohio Trucking Association) as a proponent witness on HB 54 on 2025-02-27. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (dates on record: 2025-05-15, 2025-05-30). First entry on record: Supported the CDL scholarship program appropriation in the House-passed budget. The Senate Higher Education Committee record lists Tom Balzer (Ohio Trucking Association) as a proponent witness on HB 96 on 2025-05-15. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 16 - Establish road rules around distressed stationary vehicles (dates on record: 2025-10-08, 2026-05-19). First entry on record: The Senate Transportation Committee record lists Tom Balzer (Ohio Trucking Association) as a proponent witness on SB 16 on 2025-10-08. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 10 - Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Trucking Association as an employer lobbying on SB 10 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 272 - Regards food dyes, PFAS, fluoride, and certain substance releases. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Ohio Trucking Association as an employer lobbying on HB 272 in the Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

For their interests Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy is calling on the General Assembly to enact a fully-funded 90-day suspension of Ohio's motor fuel tax now.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Suspend Ohio's 38.5-cent gasoline and 47-cent diesel taxes for 90 days, backed by a $750 million appropriation drawn first from ODOT's cash balance, then the General Revenue Fund, then the rainy day fund.

How it would reach them: A 90-day suspension of the 47-cent diesel tax would lower members' fuel cost for that period.
Timing: Plan 2026-09-21, after the 2025-09-28 contribution.

Source: vivekforohio.com
Ohio Chamber of Commerce PAC · $17K · 3 alignments
$16,568 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The political action committee of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, the state's main business lobby and an active Ohio lobbying employer.
Contributions on 2025-09-17 and 2025-09-29 per the Secretary of State files, including an in-kind amount; Transparency USA shows $16,000 in cash. The Chamber's PAC endorsed Ramaswamy on 2026-07-14.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · statenews.org · transparencyusa.org · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- The Chamber reported lobbying on 666 bills in 2025-2026; on the record it testified for the property-tax bills HB 186 and HB 129, for HB 617 (capital gains repeal), for SB 56 and HB 160 (marijuana law changes), for SB 103 and HB 142 (natural gas rate plans) and for SB 219 (oil and gas wells); against SB 294 (energy siting), HB 447 (damage caps) and SB 11 (non-compete ban); and asked for changes to HB 96 and HB 646 (data center study commission).
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Supports: HB 105 - Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations (dates on record: 2025-03-11, 2025-06-17, 2025-11-18, 2026-05-20). First entry on record: The House Insurance Committee record lists Kevin Shimp (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 105 on 2025-03-11. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 129 - Limit ability to reallocate certain school property tax millage (dates on record: 2025-05-07, 2025-10-29). First entry on record: Testified in support of counting certain fixed-sum levies toward the 20-mill floor. The House Ways and Means Committee record lists Elizabeth Baumgartner (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 129 on 2025-05-07. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 142 - Regards natural gas company rate plans, property valuation (2025-05-14). The House Energy Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 142 on 2025-05-14. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 160 - Revise liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws (2025-04-30). The House Judiciary Committee record lists Rick Carfagna (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 160 on 2025-04-30. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 176 - Establish a universal regulatory sandbox program (2025-06-03). The House Government Oversight Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 176 on 2025-06-03. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 186 - Regards school district property taxes, school funding formula (dates on record: 2025-04-09, 2025-11-05). First entry on record: Testified in support of HB 186 (school district property taxes and the 20-mill floor). The House Ways and Means Committee record lists Elizabeth Baumgartner (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 186 on 2025-04-09. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: HB 192 - Enact the Community Pharmacy Protection Act (2025-11-18). Opposed Substitute HB 192 (Community Pharmacy Protection Act). The House Insurance Committee record lists Molly Mottram (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an opponent witness on HB 192 on 2025-11-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 229 - Establish licensing process, contract requirements for PBMs (dates on record: 2025-10-07, 2025-11-04). First entry on record: The House General Government Committee record lists Molly Mottram (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 229 on 2025-10-07. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 361 - Regards building inspections, local regulations, and zoning (2026-03-18). The House Local Government Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 361 on 2026-03-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 392 - Enact the Ohio Right to Compute Act (2025-10-28). The House Technology and Innovation Committee record lists Justin Barnes (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 392 on 2025-10-28. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: HB 447 - Regards the dollar caps on certain damages in civil actions (2025-11-05). The House Judiciary Committee record lists Steve Stivers (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an opponent witness on HB 447 on 2025-11-05. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 522 - Regards federal mineral royalty payments (2025-10-29). The House Natural Resources Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 522 on 2025-10-29. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 54 - Make appropriations for transportation for FY 2026-27 biennium (dates on record: 2025-02-12, 2025-03-13). First entry on record: The House Transportation Committee record lists Matt MacLaren (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 54 on 2025-02-12. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 568 - Limit retainage in certain private construction projects (2025-11-18). The House Small Business Committee record lists Rick Carfagna (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 568 on 2025-11-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 617 - Enact the Ohio Capital Gains Tax Repeal Act (2026-03-18). Testified in support of repealing the tax on capital gains. The House Ways and Means Committee record lists Elizabeth Baumgartner (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 617 on 2026-03-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: HB 646 - Create the Data Center Study Commission (2026-06-09). Interested-party testimony recommending specific changes to the data center bill, including tax-exemption percentages and power-requirement compliance. The Senate Energy Committee record lists Rick Carfagna (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an interested party witness on HB 646 on 2026-06-09. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 765 - Modify the affordable single-family home credit (2026-06-03). The House Development Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 765 on 2026-06-03. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 8 - Require health plan and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing (2025-04-09). The House Health Committee record lists Molly Mottram (The Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 8 on 2025-04-09. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: HB 94 - Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet (2025-03-26). The House Commerce and Labor Committee record lists Kevin Shimp (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on HB 94 on 2025-03-26. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: HB 96 - Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 (dates on record: 2025-03-12, 2025-05-14, 2025-05-15, 2025-05-27). First entry on record: Interested-party budget testimony that listed items the Chamber had requested, including a WorkLearnOHIO graduate-retention program. The House Finance Committee record lists Justin Barnes (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an interested party witness on HB 96 on 2025-03-12. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 10 - Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations (dates on record: 2025-02-26, 2025-06-18). First entry on record: The Senate Judiciary Committee record lists Kevin Shimp (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on SB 10 on 2025-02-26. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 103 - Allow alternative rate plans for certain natural gas companies (dates on record: 2025-03-19, 2025-10-01, 2025-11-05). First entry on record: The Senate Public Utilities Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on SB 103 on 2025-03-19. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: SB 11 - Prohibit post-employment agreement restraining career or business (2025-03-05). The Senate Judiciary Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an opponent witness on SB 11 on 2025-03-05. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: SB 143 - Prohibit employment application question re: criminal background (2025-10-21). Opposed SB 143 (limits on criminal-background questions on job applications) as then drafted. The Senate Workforce Development Committee record lists Kevin Shimp (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an opponent witness on SB 143 on 2025-10-21. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: SB 143 - Prohibit employment application question re: criminal background (2026-02-10). Moved from opponent to interested party on the substitute SB 143 and requested further amendments on background checks. The Senate Workforce Development Committee record lists Kevin Shimp (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an interested party witness on SB 143 on 2026-02-10. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 157 - Reduce statute of limitations for contract actions (2025-06-11). The Senate Judiciary Committee record lists Kevin Shimp (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on SB 157 on 2025-06-11. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Seeks changes to: SB 163 - Regards AI images, simulated child porn, replica identity fraud (2026-03-25). Supported the bill's provisions on simulated child images and deep fakes but opposed a private right of action for AI watermarks. The Senate Judiciary Committee record lists Kevin Shimp (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an interested party witness on SB 163 on 2026-03-25. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 184 - Create residential development districts, housing grant program (2025-05-13). The Senate Housing Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on SB 184 on 2025-05-13. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 219 - Revise the law governing oil and gas wells (dates on record: 2025-10-28, 2026-02-18). First entry on record: The Senate Energy Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on SB 219 on 2025-10-28. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Opposes: SB 294 - Declare the state's energy siting policy (2026-02-10). Letter opposing SB 294, arguing it overlaps with HB 15 and SB 103 and could add delay to Power Siting Board reviews. The Senate Energy Committee record lists Tony Long (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an opponent witness on SB 294 on 2026-02-10. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 33 - Allow employers to post certain labor law notices on the internet (dates on record: 2025-02-18, 2025-04-02). First entry on record: The Senate Workforce Development Committee record lists Kevin Shimp (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on SB 33 on 2025-02-18. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: SB 56 - Revise medical and adult-use marijuana laws; levy marijuana taxes (dates on record: 2025-01-29, 2025-06-04). First entry on record: The Senate General Government Committee record lists Rick Carfagna (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as a proponent witness on SB 56 on 2025-01-29. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Supports: Endorsement of Vivek Ramaswamy for governor (Ohio Chamber of Commerce PAC) (2026-07-14). Statehouse News Bureau reported the Chamber's PAC endorsed Ramaswamy on July 14, 2026, at an event where he discussed income, capital gains and property tax cuts. (Ohio)
  Source: statenews.org
- Lobbies on: HB 646 - Create the Data Center Study Commission (2026-02-24). Interested-party testimony on the Data Center Study Commission bill. The House Technology and Innovation Committee record lists Rick Carfagna (Ohio Chamber of Commerce) as an interested party witness on HB 646 on 2026-02-24. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

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Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate Ohio's tax on capital gains, then phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: The Ohio Chamber of Commerce testified as a proponent of House Bill 617, the Ohio Capital Gains Tax Repeal Act, in the House Ways and Means Committee on 2026-03-18. The overlap is between the group's stated policy and the candidate's; a PAC has no Ohio income tax of its own.
Timing: Chamber testimony 2026-03-18; PAC contributions September 2025; PAC endorsement 2026-07-14.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · legislature.ohio.gov

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Vivek Ramaswamy will deliver immediate relief by rolling back property tax levels to where they were before the end of the Covid pandemic.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Roll back property taxes to their pre-pandemic level.

How it would reach them: The Chamber testified for HB 186 and HB 129, which limit school property tax growth under the 20-mill floor; the campaign says its plan builds on recent reforms that limit automatic tax increases. The campaign's property tax plan page names homeowners and farmers, excludes new construction and honors existing debt; it does not say whether commercial, industrial, rental or utility parcels are covered, and gives no baseline year or bill text.
Timing: Chamber testimony 2025-04-09 to 2025-11-05; rollback wording from 2026-01-07.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · legislature.ohio.gov

Cuts against their interests Industry

data centers would be required to pay 100% of their property taxes without abatements, and these property tax revenues would directly fund property tax rebates for homeowners.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Ohioans-First Data Center Pledge: data centers pay full property tax with no abatements, supply free electricity to a surrounding 'benefit zone' through power generated behind their own meter, meet all air and water standards, and new approvals pause by executive order until the pledge is law.

How it would reach them: The Chamber gave interested-party testimony on HB 646 recommending changes, including tax-exemption percentages for data centers; the pledge would end abatements for future data centers.
Timing: Chamber testimony 2026-06-09; pledge 2026-08-06; PAC endorsement 2026-07-14.

Source: vivekforohio.com
J. David Karam II (Sbarro) · $11K · 1 alignment
$11,000 as filed · campaign committee · In state

President and chief executive of Sbarro, the Columbus-based pizza chain with more than 600 locations in malls, airports and other venues in 28 countries.
$1,000 on 11/03/2025 and $10,000 on 04/06/2026, both filed as executive, Sbarro LLC, from the same Columbus address. No refund.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · en.wikipedia.org

Interests on record
- Restaurant operation; no Ohio lobbying registration for Sbarro was found.
  Source: en.wikipedia.org
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

Phase out the state income tax—starting with eliminating capital gains taxes—so every Ohioan keeps more of what they earn.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Phase out the state income tax, starting with capital gains.

How it would reach them: Filed at an Ohio address (Columbus); an Ohio-domiciled taxpayer's capital gains and other Ohio-taxable income would stop being taxed by the state as the phase-out proceeds.
Timing: Position public 2025-02-24; contributions 2025-11-03 and 2026-04-06.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · codes.ohio.gov
Beer & Wine PAC (Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio) · $10K · 0 alignments
$10,000 as filed · campaign committee · In state

The PAC associated with Ohio's beer and wine wholesalers; the Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio is an active Ohio lobbying employer.
Contributions from 2025-09-28 to 2025-10-20 per the Secretary of State files.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · transparencyusa.org

Interests on record
- The association testified against SB 23, which would exempt many smaller breweries from distributor franchise agreements, on 2026-03-25.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · legislature.ohio.gov
What they lobby for
- Opposes: SB 23 - Revise the Alcohol Franchise Law (2026-03-25). Testified against SB 23 (Alcohol Franchise Law revision), defending the 1974 franchise act governing distributor-supplier contracts. The Senate Small Business and Economic Opportunity Committee record lists Jacob Evans (Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio) as an opponent witness on SB 23 on 2026-03-25. (Ohio)
  Sources: legislature.ohio.gov · search-prod.lis.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 160 - Revise liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 160 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 176 - Establish a universal regulatory sandbox program. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 176 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 194 - Revise the Alcohol Franchise Law. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio as an employer lobbying on HB 194 in the Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Blockratize Inc. (Polymarket) · $10K · 0 alignments
$10,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

The operating company of Polymarket, a prediction-market platform; Polymarket is an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One corporate contribution to V-PAC on 2026-04-17 (July 2026 quarterly), New York.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Ohio: reported lobbying on HB 887 and SB 430 (prediction-market bills) and lobbied the Attorney General and the Casino Control Commission on predictive markets. The commission moved to fine Kalshi $5 million over sports event contracts, and SB 430 would treat such contracts as sports gaming. Federal: $360,000 of lobbying in 2025 on digital assets and information markets.
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · gamingamerica.com · lda.gov
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 430 - Designate Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Vance M. Andrews Mem Hwy. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Polymarket as an employer lobbying on HB 430 in the Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: SB 430 - Specify that certain actions constitute regulated sports gaming. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Polymarket as an employer lobbying on SB 430 in the Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: HB 887 - Prohibit public official, employee use of prediction markets. JLEC legislative-agent activity reports list Polymarket as an employer lobbying on HB 887 in the May-Aug26 reporting period(s); the reports do not record a position. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Attorney General. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Polymarket, agency "Attorney General", with filed descriptions: Predictive Markets (periods Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Casino Control Commission. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Polymarket, agency "Casino Control Commission", with filed descriptions: Predictive Markets (periods Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Federal: Digital asset policy and information (prediction) markets (no bill named) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Advocus Partners' reports for Blockratize list 'Provide strategic counsel and advocacy regarding development of digital asset policy and information markets' under FIN from 2025-Q1 through 2026-Q2. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Michael Baker International Inc. · $10K · 1 alignment
$10,000 as filed · super PAC · Out of state

An engineering and consulting firm; an active Ohio lobbying employer.
One corporate contribution to V-PAC on 2026-06-23 (July 2026 quarterly), Moon Township, Pennsylvania.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov

Interests on record
- Registered in Ohio for executive-agency lobbying at the Department of Transportation on infrastructure projects.
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Natural Resources. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Michael Baker International, agency "Natural Resources", with filed descriptions: Infrastructure Projects (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Transportation. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Michael Baker International, agency "Transportation", with filed descriptions: Infrastructure Projects (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: Executive-agency lobbying: Governor. JLEC executive-agency activity reports list Michael Baker International, agency "Governor", with filed descriptions: Infrastructure Projects (periods Jan-Apr25, May-Aug25, Sep-Dec25, Jan-Apr26, May-Aug26). (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Lobbies on: JLEC lobbying disclosure summary, 136th General Assembly (Jan 2025 - Aug 2026). Michael Baker International reported lobbying on 0 distinct bills or resolutions (0 agent-period rows) and 63 executive-agency activity rows across the Jan-Apr 2025 through May-Aug 2026 reporting periods. (Ohio)
  Sources: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us · www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
The candidate's positions

Mixed Industry

Vivek Ramaswamy is calling on the General Assembly to enact a fully-funded 90-day suspension of Ohio's motor fuel tax now.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Suspend Ohio's 38.5-cent gasoline and 47-cent diesel taxes for 90 days, backed by a $750 million appropriation drawn first from ODOT's cash balance, then the General Revenue Fund, then the rainy day fund.

How it would reach them: The plan would draw the first dollars of its $750 million from ODOT's ending cash balance, the fund that pays engineering and construction contracts; the campaign calls the plan fully funded and says reserves would be refilled from Medicaid fraud savings.
Timing: Plan 2026-09-21; contribution 2026-06-23.

Source: vivekforohio.com
NetJets Inc. PAC · $5,000 · 0 alignments
$5,000 as filed · PAC · In state

The political action committee of NetJets Inc., the Columbus-based fractional private-jet company owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
$5,000 on 05/05/2026 (post-primary report), filed from Columbus. No refund.

Sources: www6.ohiosos.gov · en.wikipedia.org · ideastream.org · codes.ohio.gov

Interests on record
- Ohio's sales tax treatment of fractional aircraft: R.C. 5739.025 caps the tax on each fractional-program aircraft at $800. In 2019, when the House budget would have repealed the break, a NetJets executive vice president asked senators to keep it, citing 2,400 Ohio jobs.
  Sources: ideastream.org · codes.ohio.gov
- NetJets Inc. & Subsidiaries is a registered Ohio lobbying employer; its 2025-2026 reports list HB 96 (the operating budget), HB 54 (the transportation budget) and HB 184.
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: HB 96 (2026-27 operating budget), HB 54 (2026-27 transportation budget) and HB 184 (136th GA): listed on NetJets' Ohio lobbying activity reports, 2025-2026, which record no position. (Ohio)
  Source: www2.jlec-olig.state.oh.us
- Supports: Keeping the fractional-aircraft sales tax cap: a NetJets executive vice president urged senators in May 2019 to drop the House budget's repeal of the tax break. (Ohio)
  Source: ideastream.org
The candidate's positions

None found in the records checked
Vivek Ramaswamy · $25.0M loan · 3 alignments
$25,000,000 loan from the candidate · the candidate · In state

The candidate. Founder of Roivant Sciences and co-founder of Strive Asset Management; his April 2026 Ohio Ethics Commission filing reported investment income as his only 2025 income.
A $25 million loan from the candidate to his own committee, reported on the 2026 pre-primary filing; the campaign's debt was $41.3 million on the pre-general report, including another $5 million loan from him, the Ohio Capital Journal reported Oct. 28; the Ohio Capital Journal reported it is structured as a loan the campaign can repay from money it raises, and the campaign described it as part of a pledge to spend at least $30 million of his own money. The Secretary of State cover pages carry it as loans (other income), not contributions; outstanding loans owed by the committee rose to $25,654,684.48 on the pre-primary report and to $31,022,239.22 on the August monthly report.

Sources: ohiocapitaljournal.com · www6.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov

Interests on record
- Reported more than $1.1 million in dividends and capital gains as his only 2025 income on his Ohio Ethics Commission disclosure; the single largest item was a sale of BlackBerry shares of nearly $769,000.
  Source: signalohio.org
- Held almost 114 million Strive shares, about 10 percent, as of January 2026; Strive held 13,628 bitcoin at the end of March 2026.
  Source: prospect.org
- The disclosure lists holdings including Microsoft, McDonald's, Home Depot, Halliburton, Energy Transfer LP and Chevron, a stake in Narya Capital (the venture fund co-founded by Vice President JD Vance) and Roivant Sciences; the Ohio Capital Journal reported NVIDIA and Amazon among his data-center-related holdings.
  Sources: signalohio.org · ohiocapitaljournal.com
- No 2025 or 2026 federal lobbying filing names Strive or Roivant as a client (Roivant's newest is from 2022).
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov
The candidate's positions

For their interests Direct

We will start with the first step of that march to zero income taxation with elimination of taxation on capital gains that goes into effect next year.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Eliminate Ohio's tax on capital gains in the first budget, then phase out the income tax.

How it would reach them: The cut would apply to Ohio-domiciled taxpayers' capital gains. His 2025 income was reported as dividends and capital gains, so a capital gains exemption would reduce his own Ohio income tax in any year he realizes gains while domiciled in Ohio. House Bill 617, the pending bill that would do this, was estimated by the Legislative Service Commission at $615.0 million to $645.6 million in tax year 2027, with 81.6 percent of the benefit going to filers with income over $200,000.
Timing: He called for taking the income tax to zero at the launch on 2025-02-24; the capital gains first step is on the earliest captured Plan page (2026-01-09) and was restated 2026-07-14. The loan was made before the pre-primary filing of April 2026.

Sources: statenews.org · statenews.org · legislature.ohio.gov · web.archive.org

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A thoughtful & powerful bill here in Ohio. We need to think creatively about hedging against government-created inflation risks & keeping our state at the cutting edge of innovation, rather than playing from behind. Kudos to @steve4ohiohouse for thinking outside the box.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Praised Ohio House Bill 18, the Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Act, in a post on X.

How it would reach them: HB 18 as introduced would let the Treasurer put up to 10 percent of interim money from the General Revenue Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund and Deferred Prizes Trust Fund into digital assets that are exchange-traded products with a 12-month average market capitalization of at least $750 billion, and says the five retirement boards are not barred from exchange-traded products. A later substitute version (LSC comparative synopsis, House Technology and Innovation Committee) instead creates an Ohio Strategic Reserve Fund credited with shares of interest from three state funds, drops the 10 percent cap and requires a contracted qualified custodian. The bill remains in House committee. Strive stock is an operating company's shares, not a digital-asset exchange-traded product, so any effect on his Strive stake would come through bitcoin demand and price, not through a state purchase of Strive.
Timing: Post dated 2025-01-25, a month before the candidacy; no later statement on HB 18 was found.

Sources: x.com · cdn.syndication.twimg.com · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov · legislature.ohio.gov

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data centers would be required to pay 100% of their property taxes without abatements, and these property tax revenues would directly fund property tax rebates for homeowners.

Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Ohioans-First Data Center Pledge: no property-tax abatements for data centers, free electricity for nearby residents, full air and water standards, and a first-day executive order pausing new approvals until the pledge is law.

How it would reach them: The pledge would raise the cost of building a data center in Ohio while the campaign says it welcomes data-center development. His disclosed holdings include suppliers and operators whose Ohio projects would face the added conditions; the holdings are not Ohio-specific, so no direct reach was found.
Timing: Pledge published 2026-08-06; in March 2025 he had called the data-center boom good. Holdings disclosed April 2026.

Sources: vivekforohio.com · vivekforohio.com · ohiocapitaljournal.com
ITServe Alliance Inc. · $275K refunded · 1 alignment
$275,000 refunded in full · super PAC · Out of state

An association of IT services companies (Coppell, Texas) that advocates on H-1B visa policy.
$100,000 on 2025-11-18 and $175,000 on 2025-12-01 to V-PAC, both refunded in full on 2025-12-03 per the memo lines on the year-end 2025 report; net zero.

Sources: docquery.fec.gov · api.open.fec.gov · ohiodems.org

Interests on record
- Federal H-1B and legal-immigration policy: $250,000 of federal lobbying in 2025 and $60,000 in the first half of 2026, no bill named. No Ohio state-policy interest was found.
  Sources: lda.gov · signalohio.org
What they lobby for
- Lobbies on: Legal immigration reform (no bill named) (2025-Q1 to 2026-Q2). Advanced Capitol Consulting's reports for ITServe list only 'Legal immigration reform' under IMM from 2025-Q1 through 2026-Q2. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
- Lobbies on: H-1B visa program (2025-Q2). Compass Capitol Advisors' 2025-Q2 report for ITServe lists 'H1-B' under HOM. (federal)
  Sources: lda.gov · lda.gov · lda.gov
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Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words: Declines to answer H-1B questions during the campaign, offering to discuss immigration as a whole; in December 2024 he defended H-1B hiring.

How it would reach them: H-1B policy is set in Washington, not by a governor; with the contributions refunded and no campaign position, there is nothing to match.
Timing: Contributions November-December 2025, refunded 2025-12-03; campaign non-answer reported 2026-09-11 and 2026-09-21.

Sources: dailycaller.com · signalohio.org

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