Eye On The Statehouse Podcast

Columbus Dispatch senior editor Darrel Rowland speaks about campaign contributions in Ohio. During this episode of the Buckeye Forum politics podcast Rowland provides a snapshot of the top 16 donors in the state and give details on each of them.Top 16 donors: #1$2.31 million Virginia “Ginni” Ragan, Columbus  #2$2.24 millionFrances, John and David Pepper, Cincinnati#3$1.90 millionBoich family, Columbus, Miami Beach#4$1.34 millionRatner family, Cleveland area#5$913,000Leslie and Abigail Wexner, New Albany#6$904,000Karen Wright and Thomas Rastin, Mount Vernon#7$869,000Bill Lager, Columbus#8$838,000Geraldine and David Warner, Cincinnati#9$820,000Ronald Wilheim, Cincinnati#10$704,000Lindner family, Cincinnati#11$681,000Donald and Gayle Oeters, Cincinnati#12$607,000Richard W. Pogue, Cleveland#13$529,000Lee and Patti Schear, Dayton#14$522,000Anthony and Becky Alexander, Akron#15$495,000David Maltz, Cleveland#16$441,000Richard and Katherine Rosenthal, Cincinnati