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Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 3, 2024 a campaign ad

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.”

By Seth A. Richardson • October 11, 2024

Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 21, 2023 a tweet

Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.”

By Madison Czopek • March 2, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 a Facebook post

The train that derailed in Ohio was carrying “over 300,000 gallons of a chemical that was banned in 1974.”

By Loreben Tuquero • February 27, 2023

JD Vance
stated on September 4, 2022 an interview

“Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2022

Mike Gibbons
stated on April 7, 2022 an ad

"As Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel loaned your money to Chinese business interests, and Mandel opposed a bill holding Communist China accountable when they cheated and stole American jobs."

April 22, 2022

Mike DeWine
stated on October 20, 2018 an ad

"During the Strickland-Cordray era, taxes were raised by $800 million and Ohio lost 400,000 jobs."

By Amy Sherman • October 29, 2018

AmericanJournalReview.com
stated on August 8, 2018 an article

"Red Alert: Major Signs of Voter Fraud Uncovered In Ohio."

By Lucia Geng • August 20, 2018

Republican Governors Association
stated on July 18, 2018 a TV ad

Says Richard Cordray "secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times."

By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2018

Richard Cordray
stated on July 25, 2018 a Facebook ad

"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos owes Ohio $5.3 million for campaign finance violations and Mike DeWine's office refuses to collect the fine."

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2018

Mike DeWine
stated on July 9, 2018 a web video

"Richard Cordray wants to raise your taxes by reversing President Trump's tax reform."

By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2018

Richard Cordray
stated on June 4, 2018 an event in Springfield

On Mike DeWine's record as attorney general: "Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis."

By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2018

Sherrod Brown
stated on May 18, 2018 a TV ad

"Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress" and "voted to make it easier for lobbyists to hold key government positions and harder to investigate conflicts of interest."

By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2018

Keith Faber
stated on May 11, 2018 a statement to the press

"Thanks to the strong charter school reforms put in place while I was Senate President" the online charter school ECOT "was caught and is out of business."

By Amy Sherman • May 17, 2018

Onward Ohio
stated on March 20, 2018 a TV ad

"In the Senate, (Mike) DeWine voted with Hillary Clinton to let illegal immigrants receive Social Security. And in Ohio, DeWine allowed illegal immigrants to receive driver's licenses."

By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2018

Ohio Democratic Party
stated on January 4, 2018 a press release

Says Mike DeWine "interfered with and stifled" a sexual harassment investigation and then "eliminated the office that investigated harassment claims within the AG’s office."

By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2018

Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
stated on May 23, 2017 a campaign ad

"A California health care CEO is promising to reduce our prescription drug costs."

By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017

Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices
stated on August 29, 2017 a campaign video

An Ohio ballot issue would address the fact that "we’ve gone from paying about $100 for Epipens to over $600 ... We don’t have a choice but to pay it and the drug companies know it."

By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017

Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 28, 2016 a campaign mailer

"Casey Weinstein: No faith in our military" ... "When some of our cadets wanted to watch a religious film, Casey Weinstein sued the U.S. military. Sued our soldiers?"

By Nadia Pflaum • November 7, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 the U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland

Says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose "client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was killing people."

By Linda Qiu • October 21, 2016

ClearPath Action Fund
stated on September 28, 2016 a campaign ad

Says "Rob Portman voted for the bipartisan bill to affirm climate change is real, humans significantly contribute to it and it needs to be addressed."

By Nadia Pflaum • October 10, 2016

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