Ohio GOP Loses Big Donor
John H. McConnell died today.
John’s life is really the classic American story: son of a steel worker, joined the navy, went to college on the G.I. Bill, had a good idea, started a company, got rich and turned into a Republican.
He founded Worthington Industries, help start the Columbus Clippers and the Blue Jackets and, since 1990, has contributed over half-a-million dollars to Ohio’s GOP candidates.
Including…
| George Voinovich | 56,000 |
| Betty Montgomery | 40,250 |
| Ken Blackwell | 35,750 |
| Thomas J. Moyer | 31,000 |
| Mary Taylor | 30,000 |
| Greg Hartmann | 20,000 |
| Jon Husted | 17,500 |
| Jim Petro | 11,250 |
| Steve Stivers | 11,000 |
etc. etc.
That’s A LOT of money!
He’s also given money to a lot of other, less-evil causes - like $7.5 million to help develop the Heart Hospital at Riverside.
He’ll certainly be missed by a lot of people - but most importantly by Ohio’s GOP fundraisers.
Judging the quality of candidates that he threw money at it’s a shame that he didn’t depart earlier.
Is there a story about the $7.5 million to help develop the Heart Hospital at Riverside. I would guess that someone in his family had heart problems or he was looking for the old Tax Write Off.
RIP