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ResponsibleOhio, the political action committee pushing Issue 3, spent nearly $6.3 million in the final weeks of the campaign, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Ohio secretary of state's office on Friday. The measure lost in every county, with 64 percent of voters statewide saying "no" to recreational and medical marijuana in the Buckeye State.
The official Issue 3 opposition group, Ohioans Against Marijuana Monopolies, raised nearly $2.2 million, half of which came from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and its political action committee. The group spent $2.1 million -- about half paid for airtime for the campaign's sole TV commercial.
The campaign paid $5.4 million to Columbus consulting firm The Strategy Network,...
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