Ted Strickland
Candidate for Governor
Democrat/Open Seat
Contributions from January 1 to October 4, 2006: $13,653,677


Average individual contribution—$351.47
Individual contributions over $200—8,522
Individual contributions under $200—19,914
Number of individuals who have given at least $10,000—240


Top Organizational Donors to Ted Strickland
Rank Organization Amount Economic Sector
1 Laborers International Union
$297,410
Unions
2 SEIU
$100,500
Unions
3 Homewood Corporation
$59,500
Construction
4 Sheet Metal Workers
$57,650
Unions
5 Forest City Enterprises
$56,000
Real Estate
6 IBEW
$53,155
Unions
7

Roetzel & Andress

$40,675
Lawyers
8 UFCW
$38,050
Unions
9 FirstEnergy
$36,500
Energy & Natural Resources
10 Lamkin, Van Eman, et al
$33,250
Lawyers
11 Independence Excavating Inc.
$32,500
Construction
12 American Electric Power
$32,310
Energy & Natural Resources
13 Visconsi Companies
$32,000
Real Estate
14 Progressive Insurance
$31,450
Insurance
15 Ironworkers Union
$30,925
Unions
16 Rockside Acres II, Ltd.
$30,583
Real Estate
17 GPD Associates
$30,300
Construction
18 Marous Brothers Construction
$30,000
Construction
  Building & Construction Trades
$30,000
Unions
19 Plumbers & Pipefitters Union
$28,690
Unions
20 Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease
$27,867
Lawyers
Top organizational contributions include monies from individual employees and political action committees. These totals include both monetary and in-kind contributions.


Top Political Party, Candidate Committees & Leadership PACs to Ted Strickland
1 Ohio Democratic Party
$1,341,918
2 Democratic Governors Association
$20,000
  Committee to Elect John Boccieri
$20,000
3 Tim Ryan for Congress
$15,000
  Friends of Peter Lawson Jones
$15,000
  Friends of Frank Russo
$15,000
4 Dimora Boosters Committee
$12,500
5 Friends of William D. Mason
$12,150
6 Inslee for Congress
$10,000
  HILLPAC (Hillary Rodham Clinton Leadership PAC)
$10,000
  Finkbeiner Committee
$10,000
  Friends of Charlie Wilson
$10,000
  Forward Together (Mark Warner Leadership PAC)
$10,000
  Friends of Jim Rokakis for Treasurer
$10,000
  Friends of Tim Hagan
$10,000
  Mayor Mike White’s Campaign Committee
$10,000
  Summit County Democratic Party
$10,000
  America Works Committee (Sherrod Brown Leadership PAC)
$10,000
  ZackPAC (Robert Wexler Leadership PAC)
$10,000

Total Political Party & Candidate Committee & Leadership Political Action Committee Contributions to Ted Strickland —$1,387,109