Ohio court case eliminates limits on coordinated spending between parties and candidates

By: Nick Evans

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: July 7, 2026

Words: 1,071

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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In a case out of Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down limits on the amount of money political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates. Those limits had been in place since the 1970s and were created in response to corruption within the Nixon administration.

Since then, court decisions like Citizens United have chipped away at campaign finance restrictions in the name of free speech.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for a 6-3 …

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