Ohio GOP illegally funneled $495,000 from federal account, top campaign finance official writes

[babsbunny]

Money went to support Blackwell gubernatorial bid, GOP spokesman says

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John Byrne
Published: Wednesday August 27, 2008



Money went to support Blackwell gubernatorial bid, GOP spokesman says
The Ohio Republican Party funneled $495,000 into an account used to support the candidacy of former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell that should have only been used to support candidates for national office, according to a letter from Ohio's current Secretary of State and a GOP spokesman.

The letter says Ohio's Republican party collected nearly half a million dollars from a federal GOP account in October 2006. They also took in $20,000 from a state GOP account the same month and another $25,000 in November 2007.

The letter doesn't indicate which candidates received the party's largesse. But according a state GOP spokesman, the money supported just one candidate -- former Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. Blackwell ran for governor in 2006, and lost.

[Berry Cool]

1. Yet another reason why Blackwell belongs in prison

instead of on TV as a pro-GOP pundit and interview subject.