Campaign finance Ohio gubernatorial election, 2006

ted strickland campaigning before election

the race 2006 election was, in 2006, expensive in ohio s history. reflective of both national significance of race, powerful fund-raising capabilities of both parties, blackwell , strickland passed previous fund raising record set in 1998. record, set when current governor bob taft running against lee fisher (strickland s running mate), totaled combined $18 million end of election. of september 9, 2006, blackwell , strickland had raised combined $21.2 million. strickland led blackwell, $11.2 million $10 million. of money raised in ohio both major party candidates came single zip code in downtown columbus, home respective parties, labor , political groups, lobbyists , lawyers.

a significant amount of money spent private groups on behalf of candidates well, estimated combined total @ time of may 2 primary $50 million.