More Than$250,000 Spent On Republican Primary Race In 83rd House District

6/18/18 – 6:47 A.M.

The Republican primary race for the 83rd Ohio House seat was an expensive one. The Courier reports the candidates spent more than $250,000. That doesn’t include money from political action committees.

Post-election reports from the Jon Cross campaign report spending nearly $78,000. The campaign reported spending more than $139,000 before the primary, bringing the total to nearly $217,000.

Cheryl Buckland’s campaign reported spending a total of around $45,800 for the entire campaign.

Cross took 56 percent of the vote in the race to move on to the general election.

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