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Dave Yost: “We've seen rich people come in and try to buy offices before…”

Featuring: Dave Yost, Republican | Attorney General of Ohio

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Ohio AG Dave Yost announces run for governor

Published | Video Starts at 00:47

But it's obviously very early for that, and we'll see how that comes out. Secondly, having the most money is not necessarily the guarantee of a win. We've seen rich people come in and try to buy offices before in Ohio. and if that was all it took was the most money, there's a number of famous people that would be in office today by virtue of their spend. (00:47–00:52)

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Asserts that wealthy individuals have attempted to buy political offices in Ohio.

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