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06/17/01

Campaign donors gave $31,140 to the two leading candidates in Cuyahoga County's most contentious state Senate race last fall. That much we know.

But exactly where the money came from, the candidates aren't saying. Both Parma Heights Republican Robert Spada, who ultimately won the 24th District seat, and Democrat Ed Boyle received F grades last week for their campaign disclosure statements in a study released by Ohio Citizen Action.

The watchdog group found that Boyle received $10,850 from 14 contributors - and reported the employer or occupation required under the law for only 42.4 percent of the money.

Spada, meanwhile, delivered one of the worst disclosure performances of the political season, reporting the employer or occupation of his donors on just $765 of the $20,290 he received, or 3.77 percent of the donations.

Among winning candidates, only the two who delivered zeros for occupational disclosure - Rep. Wayne Coates, a suburban Cincinnati Democrat, and Rep. Barbara Sykes, an Akron Democrat - did worse.

Julie Carr Smyth, Columbus bureau

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