Robert Sprague

T- the firm didn't do that, and, uh, Russo still works there, according to my understanding, in a leadership role.

Now, Robert Sprague, her Republican competitor, uh, his campaign, uh, uh, really started shining a light on this, and I think they have an ad out on this.

Um, and then you may, you may go, "Okay, so that's a little bit problematic." Uh, she is currently a state representative.

She served as the Ohio House minority leader until, I wanna say, uh, 2025.

Joining me now, a man Ohio has trusted with its checkbook for eight years.

Robert Sprague is Ohio's treasurer of state.

He's a Findlay guy.

Uh, former state representative, elected treasurer in 2018, reelected in 2022.

Now he's running for secretary of state, the office that runs Ohio's elections and keeps the records for every business in this state, against Democrat State Representative Allison Russo.

19 days out, early voting already underway.

Uh, Treasurer Robert Sprague, welcome back to The Windsor Report.

How's your Thursday, sir?

Thank you.

And elect Robert Sprague as your Secretary of State.

Thank you, Robert.

Jay Edwards for State Treasurer.

John Kulowicz, the Democrat he's, uh, competing against, gave no responses.

Secretary of State, uh, Robert Sprague, the candidate there, answered.

Allison Russo, no response.

Auditor is one race where both answered, Frank LaRose, uh, Annette Blackwell, and they split on the Planned Parenthood funding and photo ID amendment.

I love that.

And what is he doing with his actual job? Uh, but he's supposedly boosting the Republican candidates, trashing Democratic opponents as, quote, "extremists," which is a term we just talked about.

Seems to be everywhere these days.

But you're right, he has a very unfavorable political, uh, viewpoint for most Americans, and especially with women.

The ballot box, the, uh, drop box issue was a bizarre one to me, because th- there is not any instance in the history of Ohio of a problem with these, and they do enable people to vote.

I mean, remember, we got Bob Sprague running for secretary of state, the numbskull saying he would get rid of them altogether, which would disenfranchise people.

And again, with not a single piece of evidence against their use.

And even Amy Acton being coy about that.

Yeah, all of you have my full endorsement.

Total and complete, as does Robert Sprague, your Secretary of State nominee.

Thank you.

And again, I just, you know, I've just been so impressed.

Vivek Ramaswamy, meanwhile, he steamrolled through the field before his name first came up when DeWine had a choice to make about who appointed Senate, and it really came down to Vivek Ramaswamy or John Husted, and DeWine went with his guy, John Husted, and that led Ramaswamy to enter the governor's race.

There were A couple of other candidates, then Attorney General Dave Yost and Treasurer Robert Sprague, and he just steamrolled him right out of the field, got an early endorsement from Trump and the state party.

And now it's a lot closer than I think just about anyone would have predicted last year.

And that can be for a number of reasons.