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By Lauren Pack and Justin McClelland, Staff Writers 8:56 PM Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones is running unopposed in the March 6 primary, but his has more cash than any other local candidates.

Jones, who is seeking third term, claimed a balance of $210,162 in his annual campaign finance report for 2011 filed with the county board of elections. Hundreds donated to his campaign fund, totaling $21,235.00. Contributors ranged in 2011 from private citizens to attorneys, businesses and other elected officials.

Jones spent $33,640.40, giving donations to the Republican Party and other candidates’ campaigns.

County Engineer Greg Wilkens, who took office in 2001, is also unopposed in the Republican primary. He claimed $149,056. 32 in his report. Wilkens received $43,912.95 in contributions and spent $35,323.24, according to his campaign finance report.

County Commissioner Don Dixon, also without opposition in March, has $96,313.08 on hand after receiving $41,135.00 in 2011 and spending $24,054.60.

Incumbent Commissioner Charles Furmon, who faces Timothy J. Rogers and state Rep. Courtney Combs in his bid for re-election, has $7,532.14 in his campaign fund after receiving $100 in contributions and spending $1,006.38 in 2011.

Rogers claimed a balance of $184.97 after receiving $1,329.06 and spending $1,144.09. Combs, who filed his annual report with the Ohio secretary of state, claimed $529.59 on hand after expending $1,298.59 and receiving no contributions, according to the report.

In the contested GOP primary for Butler County clerk of courts, appointed incumbent Mary Swain has $23,512.25 on hand after receiving $6,265.00 in contributions and spending $2,278.92.

Opponent Jeff Wyrick, who served as interim clerk of courts until Swain’s appointment, has $2,755.31 after spending $157.43 and receiving $650 in contributions, according to records.

County Treasurer Nancy Nix, who is running unopposed in the Republican primary, has a balance of $20,849.84 on hand after receiving $325 in contributions and spending $5,997.51. County Recorder Danny Crank, unopposed in his re-election bid, has a balance of $6,285.18, according to records. He spent $1,109.93 and claimed no contributions in 2011.

Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser, appointed by the Republican party after Robin Piper became a judge, as $259.52 on hand after spending $2,726.00 and lending his campaign $8,489.58, records show.

The committee of Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell, who has no opposition in the Republican primary, received $27,470 in contributions for the reporting period.

Fornshell spent $3,877, ending with $25,571. Donations to Fornshell came from several prominent attorneys in Warren County, including the law offices of both J. William Dunning, and Rittgers and Rittgers, who each gave $2,500 donations. Kirby and Kirby Properties, LTD also gave $2,500.

Warren County Sheriff Larry Sims, who also has no opposition in the Republican primary, reported receiving $8,260 in contributions. His committee spent $2,479, ending the period with $21,247. Sims’ committee received a loan from his wife, Tammera Sims, for $17,250, records show.

Warren County Engineer Neil Tunison received $20,410 in contributions, ending with a balance of $29,594. His committee, Tunison for Engineer Committee, spent $17,001.

In the race for common pleas court judge, Carolyn Duvelius reported $4,000 cash on hand. She received $4,850 in contributions and her committee spent $728, records show. Her opponent in the March primary, Donald Oda II, reported having $7,500, all financed by himself. He did not report any expenditures.

Robert Fox, who is running for county recorder in the Republican primary, reported contributions of $2,654. Of those donations, $1,000 came from Michael Schueler, president of Henkle Schueler Real Estate, records show. His balance was $2,654 after spending $17.

His opponent, Linda Oda, did not have to file a report because she had filed a campaign report following her successful run for in Clearcreek Twp. fiscal officer in November. Mason for Kids, a pro-levy organization founded to support the Nov. 2 Mason levy reported having $27,534.54 cash on hand. The committee received $6,914 and spent only $149.

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