Release: GOP Candidates Must Freeze and Refuse to Accept Tainted Contributions from Householder, the Ohio Republican Party and the House Republican Campaign Caucus

Householder Allegedly Orchestrated Largest Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme in Ohio History

COLUMBUS — The Ohio House Democratic Caucus campaign committee today called on all Republican candidates to immediately freeze and forever refuse to accept any contributions from the arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, the Ohio Republican Party, and the House Republican Campaign Caucus that Householder funded with millions of dollars of tainted funds.

“We are calling on all Republican candidates for the Ohio House to immediately freeze any contributions they received from the Ohio House Speaker , the Ohio Republican Party, and the Ohio House Republican Campaign Caucus. We are also calling on these candidates to refuse future contributions until a full investigation can be completed and that Ohioans can be assured that these are not part of Ohio’s largest bribery and money laundering scheme,” said Aryeh Alex, Executive Director for the Ohio House Democratic Caucus campaign committee.

“Ohioans deserve better than the pay to play scheme hatched by Householder that Republican candidates for the Ohio House either knowingly or unwittingly bought into to help them win elections. Well, now these Republican candidates have no excuses. They know better, and they should freeze the money and refuse to take a single tainted cent from Householder or the campaign committees he runs,” Alex said.