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Acknowledgments

The Citizens Policy Center thanks the Joyce Foundation and the George Gund Foundation for their encouragement and funding to analyze 1999-2000 campaign contributions to Ohio statewide and legislative candidates, legislative caucus committees, and statewide political parties. The Center thanks Larry Hansen, vice-president of the Joyce Foundation, for his guidance about how best to identify the influence of money in politics.

The Center thanks John Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, and Laura Yeomans, former research director of the Citizens Policy Center, for their helpful recommendations.

Catherine Turcer, campaign reform director, and Patty Lynch, database manager, are the authors of this report. The Center thanks Brandi Whetstone and Jenni Royer for their assistance with research and identifying unknown contributors. Thanks to Kathy Remias for her assistance contacting legislators.

The Center thanks Curt Mayhew, Rose Givens and other members of the Ohio Secretary of State staff who were very helpful in answering questions and providing information requested. The Center also thanks Matthew Schuler and the staff at the Senate and House Clerk’s office for their assistance.

The Center thanks Paul Ryder and Angela Oster for their design of the website for Ohio candidates. Thank you to Kathleen Bailey for printing this report and to Shelley Gross for her organizational skills.

Special thanks to Andrew Lynch for his assistance with the database and research.

Citizens Policy Center is the non-profit, research and education affiliate of Ohio Citizen Action. The Center produces studies on money and politics and toxins in the environment.

Paper copies of this report are available from the Citizens Policy Center, 3400 N. High St. #430, Columbus, OH 43202.

Citizens can obtain a free profile of their legislators by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope, marked with the name of their state legislators to the Citizens Policy Center.

© 2002 Citizens Policy Center