Person
Zack Space
- Work
- Practiced law with his father at Space & Space Company, a consumer-rights firm, for nearly 20 years starting in 1986.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Work
- Worked as a public defender and as special counsel to two Ohio attorneys general.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Education
- B.A. in political science, Kenyon College.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Education
- J.D., Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Not yet researchedRaised, as filed
- Not yet researchedCash on hand
- 40%Latest poll · Baldwin Wallace University Community Research Institute, October 27, 2018
- 2Positions in their words · 2 issues
- none on fileClaims checked
- 2Offices held · Former U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District, 2007–2011
9 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: What they have said, checked, Endorsements.
What has been checked
- Profile 8 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries
- Where they stand 2 entries
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office 3 entries
- Money 1 entry
- Financial interests 1 entry
- Polling and approval 1 entry
- Elections 4 entries
- Endorsements Not yet researched
- Sources 8 entries
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Statewide | All of Ohio | Auditor of State of Ohio |
On the ballot
None found in the records checked
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| None found in the records checked |
Where they stand
Charter schools
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed creating a unit inside the Auditor's office to audit the books of every for-profit charter school in Ohio, plus a full look-back at the collapsed ECOT online charter school.
Source: toledoblade.com
Government accountability
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Pledged to use the auditor's office to restore public confidence in Ohio's democratic process and to expose favor-trading arrangements between donors and officeholders and reduce the influence of money in state government.
Source: wosu.org
What they have said, checked
Not yet researched
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space (D) | 2000 | office | Dover, Ohio Law Director |
| Space (D) | 2007-01 | office | U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District |
| Space (D) | 2009 | vote | 2009 (vote): Voted for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill in 2009, a vote used against him in campaign ads in his coal-region congressional district. |
| Space (D) | 2010-11 | action | 2010-11 (action): Lost re-election to Ohio's 18th Congressional District in 2010 to Republican Bob Gibbs, 53.9% to 40.5%, amid a Republican wave. |
| Space (D) | 2018-10-19 | action | 2018-10-19 (action): During the 2018 campaign, his Ohio law license was administratively suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court after he did not respond to notices |
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action October 19, 2018
During the 2018 campaign, his Ohio law license was administratively suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court after he did not respond to notices to complete required registration paperwork; he said he had not practiced law in 12 years at that point and the lapse did not involve unauthorized practice.
Source: ideastream.org
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action November 2010
Lost re-election to Ohio's 18th Congressional District in 2010 to Republican Bob Gibbs, 53.9% to 40.5%, amid a Republican wave.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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vote 2009
Voted for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill in 2009, a vote used against him in campaign ads in his coal-region congressional district.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Recorded votes
Zack Space cast 3,389 Yea or Nay votes on the roll calls we hold, across 2 terms from 2007 to 2010, all in Congress, from Voteview. Each term opens to every roll call, with the question, the result, how Zack Space voted and how the majority of their party voted.
| Term | Chamber | Yea | Nay | Did not vote | With party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111th Congress, 2009–2010 | U.S. House, district 18 | 1,272 | 314 | 61 | 86% of 746 |
| 110th Congress, 2007–2008 | U.S. House, district 18 | 1,359 | 444 | 62 | 89% of 1,075 |
"With party" counts only roll calls on which most Republicans and most Democrats voted opposite ways.
Sources: Congressional roll-call votes · Roll call votes · Roll call votes
Money
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Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditor of State of Ohio | OhioSOS | November 2018 |
Source: wosu.org
Outside spending
Financial interests
Disclosed holdings
None found in the records checked.
Disclosed income
None found in the records checked.
Reported conflicts
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During the 2018 campaign it was reported that his property taxes were paid late on two occasions: residence taxes 43 days late in 2005, and commercial-property taxes 3 days late in 2008; his campaign attributed both to administrative and escrow errors.
October 19, 2018 · Reported by WOSU and Ideastream Public Media, on his property-tax record
Source: ideastream.org
Net worth, as estimated
None found in the records checked.
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Field date | Candidate | Share | Poll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2018 | Zack Space | 40.2 | Baldwin Wallace University Community Research Institute, 1,051 likely voters, margin of error 3.8 points; field period Oct. 19-27, 2018 |
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Baldwin Wallace University Community Research Institute · October 27, 2018 · Auditor of State of Ohio
Coogan 5 · Faber 32 · Space 40.2 · Unsure 22.8
1,051 likely voters, margin of error 3.8 points; field period Oct. 19-27, 2018
Source: bw.edu
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditor of State of Ohio (2018) | Democratic | Lost | 2,008,295 | 46.3% |
| U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District (2010) | Democratic | Lost | 80,756 | 40.5% |
| U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District (2008) | Democratic | Won | 164,187 | 59.9% |
| U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District (2006) | Democratic | Won | 129,646 | 62.1% |
Offices held
Dover, Ohio Law Director · 2000 to 2006 · appointed
Source: en.wikipedia.org
U.S. Representative, Ohio's 18th District · 2007-01 to 2011-01 · elected
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Endorsements
Not yet researched
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Zack Space · 2018 Ohio State Auditor election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Zack Space · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Zack Space · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- 2018 Ohio State Auditor election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Space Launches Campaign For Auditor, Completes 2018 Democratic Ticket · WOSU Public Media · 2017-08-31 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Zack Space wants to use auditor post to investigate charter schools · The Blade (Toledo) · 2018-09-30 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Auditor Candidates Trade Barbs on Late Tax Payments · Ideastream Public Media · 2018-10-19 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Both Ohio Auditor Candidates Face Questions About Tax Penalties · WOSU Public Media · 2018-10-12 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ohio 2018 Late October Elections Poll · Baldwin Wallace University CRI · accessed 2026-09-19
- Federal Elections 2006 (Excel edition, sheet '2006 US House & Senate Results', Ohio rows); compiled from state elections offices · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-25
- Federal Elections 2006 · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-25
- Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006 (Ohio, U.S. Representative) · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · accessed 2026-09-25
- Federal Elections 2008 (Excel edition, sheet '2008 House and Senate Results', Ohio rows); compiled from state elections offices · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-25
- Federal Elections 2008 · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-25
- Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 2008 (Ohio, U.S. Representative) · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · accessed 2026-09-25
- Federal Elections 2010 (Excel edition, sheet '2010 US House & Senate Results', Ohio rows); compiled from state elections offices · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-25
- Federal Elections 2010 · Federal Election Commission · accessed 2026-09-25
- Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010 (Ohio, U.S. Representative) · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · accessed 2026-09-25
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