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City of Cincinnati — Elections Commission
This is the place to search for campaign contributions for mayoral and city council candidates.

The Ohio Channel– your source for coverage of Ohio’s official, state-government events and local programming. Provided to you by Ohio’s Public Broadcasting Stations.

League of Women Voters of Greater Cincinnati The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. We never support or oppose any political party or candidate.

Ohio Legislature

Legislative Websites

The state of Ohio manages a wide variety of Web sites that contain useful information on services provided by state agencies, boards and commissions as well as the legislation before the General Assembly. Some key Web sites include:

State Parties

Campaign Finance

Fact Check.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

Brookings Institute The Brookings Institution, one of Washington’s oldest think tanks, is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to research, analysis, and public education with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance, and metropolitan policy.

Common CauseA nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen’s lobbying organization.

National Civic League A study of local campaign finance reform, undertaken by the New Politics Program of the National Civic League.

National Voting Rights InstituteA leading legal center in the campaign finance reform field. Using litigation and public education, the Institute aims to redefine the issue of private money in public elections as the nation’s newest voting rights barrier.

opensecrets.orgThe Center for Responsive Politics website that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy.

Political MoneylineFind out who’s giving money to whom. Detailed federal campaign finance data by candidate, political action committee, contributor name or occupation, and other variables.

Campaign A non-profit, non-partisan organization that helps citizen groups around the country who is working for campaign finance reform in their states.

Sierra Club The section of their website dedicated to campaign finance reform.

Political Information

Politics1.com Links to just about every political website there is: political parties; state and local political information; international, national, special interest and offbeat news resources; political humor and satire.

Other Links

Ohio Attorney General The Ohio Attorney General’s Office provides a wide array of services for consumers, military service members and veterans, businesses, law enforcement agencies, crime victims, and others. These offerings range from running the state crime lab to resolving consumer complaints and from protecting nursing home residents to advocating for residents’ civil rights.

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare