COLUMBUS, Ohio – An opaque political organization linked to the natural gas industry has quietly pumped big money into races bolstering Ohio Republicans, records show.
The Affordable Energy Fund, a super PAC, raised nearly $830,000 from nondescript entities since its July 2021 launch, campaign finance records updated as of Oct. 19 show. Since then, it has blasted out ads and mailers supporting GOP U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance, along with several state House and Senate Republican candidates.