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Josh Mandel
stated on March 26, 2022 in an ad:

Says Mike Gibbons said "military service doesn't count as real work."

By Tom Kertscher • April 1, 2022
Josh Mandel
stated on February 25, 2022 in a speech at the 2022 CPAC meeting in Florida:

The 2020 election “was stolen from Donald J. Trump.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2022
Josh Mandel
stated on May 21, 2021 in a tweet:

“The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.”

By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2021
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 in a letter to Ohio lawmakers:

Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."

By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
stated on November 16, 2012 in an email to supporters:

"Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."

By Tom Feran • November 30, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on October 31, 2012 in a radio ad:

Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."

By Tom Feran • November 1, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Sherrod Brown "voted six times to raise his own pay."

By Tom Feran • October 29, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Sherrod Brown "failed to pay his own taxes three separate times."

By Tom Feran • October 17, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on September 13, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

"We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes."

By Sabrina Eaton • October 10, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on September 4, 2012 in a campaign email:

Says Sherrod Brown’s campaign attacked Josh Mandel’s military service

By Stephen Koff • September 17, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a television ad:

Sherrod Brown "sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries."

By Tom Feran • August 13, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on June 28, 2012 in a news release:

The Affordable Care Act "will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history."

By Tom Feran • July 20, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on July 9, 2012 in a fundraising email:

Sherrod Brown’s approval rating "has plummeted to 38 percent among Ohio voters" in a poll by a Democratic pollster.

By Stephen Koff • July 13, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Sherrod Brown "gave huge bonuses to executives."

By Tom Feran • June 15, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says he "cut the budget."

By Tom Feran • June 6, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says he "earned the highest possible credit ratings as state treasurer."

By Tom Feran • May 31, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "cast the deciding vote on the government takeover of health care."

By Tom Feran • May 30, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on March 29, 2012 in a news release:

Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are ‘burdensome’ and could harm economic growth in Ohio."

By Stephen Koff • April 5, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on March 1, 2012 in a news release:

"Make no mistake -- Sherrod Brown is one of the main D.C. politicians responsible for Ohio jobs moving to China."

By Stephen Koff • March 20, 2012
Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 in a radio show:

Sherrod Brown "has been running for public office since Richard Nixon was president."

By Peter Krouse • December 14, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on December 2, 2011 in a newspaper column:

Sen. Sherrod Brown "has chosen to side with Washington bureaucrats and fringe extremists in the attacks on our natural resources."

By Stephen Koff • December 7, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 in a radio interview:

Says that Sen. Sherrod Brown is "out there egging on a lot of these protesters who are spitting on policemen and going to the bathroom on policemen’s cars at these protests on Wall Street and other places."

By Henry J. Gomez • November 18, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on November 4, 2011 in a news release:

Ilana Shafran Mandel’s stake in Forest City Enterprises "constitutes significantly less than 1 percent" of the company’s shares and any implication of a conflict of interest "is legally incorrect."

By Stephen Koff • November 10, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters:

The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."

By Joe Guillen • October 27, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release:

"During Sherrod Brown’s past decade as a D.C. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left America, left from Ohio. ... Sherrod Brown will own these horrendous Ohio job numbers next year."

By Stephen Koff • October 24, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release:

Says U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown "promised that the first stimulus bill would fund the Brent Spence Bridge."

By Stephen Koff • September 30, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on September 1, 2011 in a television interview:

"The majority last quarter of Sherrod Brown's campaign contributions came from outside of the state of Ohio."

By Stephen Koff • September 15, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on June 24, 2011 in a radio interview:

"Sherrod Brown was just voted two years in a row the most liberal senator in the United States of America" and is more liberal than Sen. Bernie Sanders.

By Stephen Koff • July 18, 2011
Josh Mandel
stated on September 22, 2010 in a campaign ad:

"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."

By Joe Guillen • October 29, 2010
Josh Mandel
stated on September 30, 2010 in a television campaign ad:

"Boyce gave (a lobbyist’s) wife a sensitive job in the treasurer’s office, a job Boyce admitted he only made available at their mosque."

By Joe Guillen • October 14, 2010

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