Democracy Wire

It’s time to change the Ohio Constitution and require fairness and prevent partisan bias. Issue 1 will be on this November’s ballot and does just that.

Most of the 2016 presidential candidates and their Super PACs filed campaign finance reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) late last week. These documents give a sneak-peek of how the 2016 election is shaping up to be the election of mega-donors.

The first night at ALEC’s conference I was quietly sitting at the hotel bar. One legislator handed a whisky to another legislator and I heard him say “don’t thank me, thank Pfizer.” When I asked the legislator if Pfizer just paid for his drink, he denied it.

The 2016 presidential campaign early fundraising totals rolled in earlier this month, breaking records, but shocking no one.

Catherine Turcer with Common Cause Ohio joins Fair Districts for Ohio co-chairs for campaign launch