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October 20, 2008 - 12:14pm

Wulsin getting $145K worth of help from DCCC

By David DeWitt
Category: House, Local
Tags: politics, Federal Election Commission, Ohio, DCCC, Jean Schmidt, Victoria Wulsin, OH-2, David Krikorian, Independent Expenditure

The campaign of Dr. Victoria Wulsin (D-Indian Hill) got a boost this past week from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the form of $141,525 media buy in her race against U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland).

The DCCC Independent Expenditure also disclosed spending $3,784 for media production to the Federal Election Commission, bringing total expenses for the Democratic campaign organization to above $145,000 over the past week in the race for Ohio's 2nd Congressional District.

The National Republican Congressional Committee also put some resources into the race, reporting $40,971 to the FEC, spent on printing and postage for mail targeting Wulsin.

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October 10, 2008 - 1:32pm

DCCC drops over $120K into OH-1 for media buys

By David DeWitt
Category: House, Local
Tags: 2008 Election, DCCC, FEC, Steve Chabot, Steve Driehaus, Independent Expenditure

U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Westwood) has been on the target radar for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for several election cycles now.

And the independent expenditure arm of the DCCC has now spend upwards of $120,000 in Ohio's 1st Congressional District just this week.

State Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Price Hill) is challenging Chabot for the seat.

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