FirstEnergy gave $1 million to boost Ohio Lt. Gov Husted's c

The previously unreported gift linked to Lt. Gov. Jon Husted’s 2017 primary bid was revealed as part of a raft of documents obtained under Ohio’s public records law by a coalition of news organizations, including Floodlight, Energy News Network and the Ohio Capital Journal. Among the documents are company emails describing behind-the-scenes efforts by Husted to persuade DeWine to support House Bill 6, the utility-backed legislation at the heart of the state’s ongoing $60 million public bribery scandal, that was co-sponsored by then State Reps. Jamie Callender, R-Lake County, and Shane Wilkin, R-Hillsboro.

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