Ohio GOP in Midst of Money Scandal
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On the eve of the GOP National Convention, Republicans in battleground Ohio are in the midst of a fund-raising scandal and fighting in the ranks that have played out through name calling, anonymous allegations and reports of document thefts.
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With three weeks until Nov. 2, Ohio has become the epicenter of lawsuits over an election that has yet to be held. Officials there are trying to fend off court challenges about provisional
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By Darrel Rowland, Jim Siegel, Catherine Candisky and James Nash, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 25--While the questionable use of private e-mail accounts to conduct public business still is making headlines in Washington, Ohio lawmakers continue a similar practice unabated.
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Former Ohio Congressman Bob Ney has admitted his role in Washington's influence peddling scandal, but prosecutors still have other politicians in their sights
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As controversy grew last spring amid a corruption investigation in former Gov. John G. Rowland's administration, many Republicans privately braced for political repercussions on Election Day.
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Bemoaning a "culture of corruption" in the Republican Party, Democrats are convinced they have a winning election-year issue. The GOP claims it's a wash.
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is trying to fend off the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ determined campaign to score a net gain of at least 15 House seats in the Nov. 7 elections Ã¢ÂÂ which they need to take control of the House. And Republican leaders have been pressing their politically Ã¢ÂÂsafeÃ¢ÂÂ members who have surplus campaign funds to ante up ever more money for the GOPÃ¢ÂÂs effort to extinguish the Democratic threat.
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Two third-party presidential candidates filed a federal lawsuit Monday to force a recount of Ohio ballots, and a spokesman for the state Democratic Party said it intends to join the suit.
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Just a month before the elections, a former Republican fundraising star is set to go on trial on charges that he stole millions of dollars from a state investment in rare coins.
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The Republican committee working to retain GOP control of the House has $36 million in the bank going into the final stretch of the congressional campaign.
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Columbus, Ohio -- In a basement office of the Ohio Republican Party headquarters, no one is watching the Ohio State-Penn State football game on TV.
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A congressman alleged Thursday that his opponent violated a new campaign finance law designed to regulate the spending of millionaires seeking political office.
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Much of the nation&#39;s media makes it seem as if soft-money spending on campaign ads by the so-called &quot;shadow parties&quot; is a Republican thing.
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Technology employees are donating slightly more money to the Republican party.
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House Republican leaders mounted an effort to explain their own conduct after the resignation of Rep. Mark Foley and suggested there should be a criminal investigation of Foley's contacts with congressional pages. The scandal comes just weeks before the November 7 midterm elections, and Republicans were hurriedly trying to find someone to replace Foley.
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President Bush won Ohio by 2 percentage points in 2004, an electoral vote victory that clinched his re-election. It may be good fortune for him that the election was two years ago instead of this year: A range of factors Ã¢ÂÂ from BushÃ¢ÂÂs depressed approval ratings to ethics scandals plaguing key figures in the state Republican Party Ã¢ÂÂ have made this a uniquely challenging midterm campaign year for the Ohio GOP.
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Republicans decided long ago their party won't pay a significant price at the polls for the scandal spawned by lobbyist Jack Abramoff. It's a proposition likely to be tested anew in the aftermath of Rep. Bob Ney's agreement to plead guilty to corruption charges.