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Ohio treasurer crashes twice, makes no staff report
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| Last Edited | RBH Aug 27, 2013 01:23pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican Josh Mandel has kept two traffic accidents quiet since becoming Ohio treasurer in 2011 — including one that raises a potential violation of federal campaign finance law.
Law enforcement reports obtained by The Associated Press show one crash in March near Toledo and one in April 2011 in downtown Columbus.
During the late-night March accident, Mandel was riding in a vehicle owned by his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign, months after he’d lost his high-profile bid against Democrat Sherrod Brown.
Under federal campaign finance law, Senate campaign property can’t be used for personal use or to campaign for a different office, such as treasurer.
Mandel’s state treasurer campaign says it rented the vehicle from the federal campaign. The rental check cleared June 30, more than seven months after Mandel had lost the Senate race and almost four months after the accident, which totaled the vehicle. |
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