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.
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