Ken Blackwell

Former Mayor of Cincinnati and Ohio Secretary of State

J. Kenneth Blackwell has a distinguished record of achievement as a finance executive, entrepreneur, diplomat, educator, and independent corporate director. He was elected in 1994 as Ohio’s Treasurer of State and subsequently twice as Secretary of State. Mr. Blackwell served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. He is a Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at the Family Research Council and the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow for Public Policy at the Buckeye Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Blackwell is a columnist for the New York Sun, a contributing editor and columnist for Townhall.com, and a public affairs commentator for the Salem Radio Network.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

Becket Law Non-profit religious liberty law firm

• director

Positions

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Public Interest Legal Foundation conservative group known for accusing states of having ineligible voters on their rolls

• Treasurer

Coalition for Mortgage Security

• director

Trump Transition Team Trump's transition team

• Domestic team

Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund

• Director

Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Dedicated to educating Congressional, military and civilian national security decision-makers

• Advisor

Family Research Council SPLC-designated hate group

• Senior Fellow

America First Policy Institute pro-Trump non profit policy group

• Chair, Center for Election Integrity (Jul '21→?)

Woodson Center

• Position

International Foundation for Electoral Systems "Advances democracy and good governance" in 145 countries

• Director

Becket Law Non-profit religious liberty law firm

• Director

In the office of

Donald Trump 45th President of the United States

• Domestic transition team

Donations

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 2 contributions · 500 USD (Feb 9 '16→Jun 30 '16)

Bernie Sanders US Senator and former representative from Vermont, 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate

• 2 contributions · 127 USD (Feb 13 '16→Apr 4 '16)

Ted Cruz Republican U.S. Senator from Texas

• 1 contribution · 100 USD (Feb 2 '16)

National Assn of Letter Carriers

• 1 contribution · 23 USD (Jun 1 '15)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Family Research Council Action Political Action Committee

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD ('09)

Faith Family Freedom Fund

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD ('12)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('12)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 2 contributions · 1,400 USD (Apr 27 '20→May 17 '22)

Steven Daines US Representative from Montana

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Jul 1 '19)

Steve Daines for Montana

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Jul 1 '19)

Trump Make America Great Again Committee Joint Fundraising Committee for Trump and the RNC

• 2 contributions · 750 USD (Apr 28 '20)

Steve Chabot US Representative from Ohio (1995-2009 and 2011-present)

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Nov 20 '21)

Steve Chabot for Congress

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Nov 20 '21)

Ruth Edmonds

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Jun 21 '21)

Campaign Donors

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Richard T Farmer billionaire owner of Cintas

• 3 contributions · 3,000 USD ('90→May 30 '90)

Barre Seid President at Trippe Mfg Co; in 2021 donated $1.6 billion to a political non-profit run by Leonard A. Leo

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('90)

William DeWitt Jr Co-owner of St. Louis Cardinals

• 2 contributions · 1,500 USD ('90)

David W Warner Hunt Development

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (May 11 '90)

George R Joseph Joseph Auto Group, Cincinnati

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Jun 29 '90)

Ronald A Rosenfeld Chairman, Federal Housing Finance Board (2005 - 2008); president, Ginnie Mae (2001 - 2004)

• 2 contributions · 1,000 USD (Sep 21 '90→Oct 29 '90)

Andrew Poysell Ireland Former Livingston Group Lobbyist & US Representative from Florida

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('90)

Carl H Lindner III President and CEO, American Financial Group

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('90)

John E Pepper Jr Chairman of Disney

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('90)

Frances R Lindner Cincinnati

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (May 25 '90)

Memberships

Groundswell Coalition of conservative politicians, activists and journalists whose goals include battling progressives—and Karl Rove.

• Member

Council for National Policy Secretive Right-Wing Political Group

• Member

Council on Foreign Relations US foreign policy think tank

• member

Federalist Society An organization of conservatives and libertarians seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist or originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

• Member

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

Family

Rosa Blackwell Former Superintendent Cincinnati Schools, Wife Ken Blackwell

• Wife ('69→?)*

Schools

Xavier University A Jesuit, Catholic University in Cincinnati, Ohio

• School