If this gains legs – a couple of Democrat political careers will be over very quickly in Ohio.  From the Mike Crites Campaign:

Revelations of potential illegal campaign contributions to Richard Cordray’s campaign committee have prompted legal action before the Ohio Elections Commission (OEC).  The OEC complaint was announced today by Republican candidate for Attorney General Mike Crites.

“These developments are enormously troubling in any political race, but particularly in a race for Attorney General, the state’s top law officer,” Crites said.  “Voters expect their Attorney General to obey both the letter and the spirit of the law.”

Crites said the action would be filed within the next few days and that he will ask for an expedited hearing and we will seek to take the sworn depositions of everyone involved, including Mr. Cordray himself.

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Just one day after the story about the campaign contribution hit the news, the democrat quickly returns the cash:

Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray said he will return a $10,000 political contribution after a newspaper questioned if it was linked to a state contract his office administered.

Cordray, a Democrat now running for attorney general, said he did nothing wrong when he accepted the donation from the stepdaughter of a Columbus-based salesman for Wachovia Securities two weeks after he took office in 2007. The Dayton Daily News on Sunday reported that Wachovia saw an increase in its role managing the state’s bond trading after the donation.

“We have raised millions of dollars in many separate contributions over the last several years, and in any case that it is brought to our attention that there may be any question — even an appearance question — with a contribution, we step up and address it and return a contribution where we think there is any appearance question,” Cordray said.

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