Keith Faber

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Keith Faber (born January 19, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician from Ohio. A Republican, he has been State Auditor of Ohio since 2019. He was formerly a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001-2007), elected from the 84th district, and then a member of the Ohio State Senate (2007-2016), elected from the 12th District. He was president of the Ohio Senate from 2013 to 2016.

Life and career

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Opening of Congressman Jim Jordan's Sidney office in 2007. From left-to-right: John Garmhausen, State Senator Keith Faber, State Representative John Adams, Mayor Frank J. Mariano, City of Sidney, City Councilman Steve Hamby, Doug Borchers, Congressman Jim Jordan

With incumbent Jim Buchy unable to run for another term in the House in 2000, Faber sought to replace him. He faced a primary race with fellow Republican Terry Haworth, and won by about 1,300 votes.[1] He defeated Democrat Bill Sell in the general election by about 14,000 votes.[2] He won reelection in 2002, 2004, and 2006.

When Jim Jordan vacated his state Senate seat after winning a seat in Congress, Faber was one of seven who sought to replace him, along with Derrick Seaver, Gene Krebs, Robert J. Luckey III, Toni Slusser, Vincent Foulk and Kreg Allison. Faber won the support of Senate Republicans, and took the seat in the Senate in February 2007. Soon after the appointment, Senate President Bill Harris appointed Faber to the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee.

For the 128th General Assembly, Faber served as Senate majority floor leader, and in the 129th General Assembly, he served as president pro tempore, the second highest post in the Senate.[3] As President pro tempore, Faber was also vice chairman of the Senate Rules and Reference Committee.[4] Faber won reelection to a second term in 2012, defeating Libertarian Paul Hinds with 79.07% of the vote.[5] Faber served as the 94th President of the Ohio Senate throughout his last term in the upper chamber, before being ineligible to run again in 2016 due to term limits.

In a 2016 survey by Columbus Monthly of Statehouse insiders ("lawmakers, legislative aides, lobbyists, journalists and Kasich administration officials"), Faber was rated "Most Ambitious," "Most Humorless," "Least Compassionate," "Most Arrogant," and "Most Aggressive Campaign Fundraiser."[6]

Ohio House of Representatives

In 2016, state Representative Jim Buchy, who had returned to the House after Faber had succeeded him in 2000, again decided to retire, in what perhaps strategically opened up the seat for Faber, who himself was term-limited from his seat in the Senate, where he had served as the body's president since 2013. He easily won election, receiving over 83% of the vote against Democrat Ed Huff in the 2016 general election.[7]

Auditor of State

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Faber speaking at a rally in 2018

Campaign

In February 2017, Faber announced his intention to run for Ohio Auditor of State. Ohio Speaker of the House Cliff Rosenberger considered running for the Republican nomination for auditor,[8] but chose not to do so.[9] He ran unopposed for the Republican nomination in the May 2018 primary.[10] During his campaign, Faber emphasized performance audits to promote government efficiency.[11]

Faber faced former U.S. Representative Zack Space, the Democratic nominee, in the 2018 campaign for state auditor.[12] In October 2018, the Associated Press published an investigation revealed that Faber and his businesses incurred penalties for tax delinquencies between 2008 and 2015 across multiple properties and years and in two counties.[12] Before Faber's tax payment history came to light, Faber had run digital ads attacking Space for his two tax penalties in 2005 and 2008.[12] Both candidates cited administrative errors as the reason for the late payments.[12] Space's campaign accused Faber of hypocrisy; Faber’s bookkeeper took responsibility for the delays.

On November 6, 2018, Faber was elected State Auditor.[13] Faber received 49.66% of the vote, defeating Space, who received 46.28%.[10]

Tenure

Faber was first inaugurated as auditor on January 12, 2019.[14] He was inaugurated for a second term on January 9, 2023, joined by his family and sworn in by newly elected chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court Sharon Kennedy.

Electoral history

Ohio Senate: Results 2008 to 2012
Year SD Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct Independent Votes Pct Libertarian Votes Pct
2008 12 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Thomas Matthew style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |46,273 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |28.98% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |106,637 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |66.79% Jack Kaffenberger 6,750 4.23%
2012 12 None style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |111,694 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |78.84% style="background:Template:Party color"|Paul Hinds style="background:Template:Party color"|29,974 style="background:Template:Party color"|21.16%
Ohio House: Results 2000 to 2006
Year HD Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct
2000 77 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Bill Sell style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |18,232 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |36.2% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |32,132 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |63.8%
2002 77 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Ben Amstutz style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |9,483 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |24.16% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |28,353 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |76.84%
2004 77 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Betsy Marshall style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |17,131 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |30.2% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |39,600 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |60.8%
2006 77 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Betsy Marshall style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |15,522 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |34.82% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |29,060 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |65.18%
2016 84 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Ed Huff style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |9,607 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |16.62% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |48,191 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |83.38%
Auditor of State: Results 2018-2022
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct Libertarian Votes Pct
2018 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Zack Space style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |2,006,204 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |46.28% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |2,152,769 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |49.66% style="background:Template:Party color"|Robert C. Coogan style="background:Template:Party color"|175,790 style="background:Template:Party color"|4.06%
2022 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Tyler Sappington style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|1,683,216 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|41.25% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Keith Faber style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2,397,207 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|58.75%

Personal life

Faber is married to Andrea Faber, and together they have two children. They reside in Celina, Ohio.

References

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  1. ↑ Blackwell, Kenneth 2000 primary election results Script error: No such module "webarchive". (2000-03-07)
  2. ↑ Blackwell, Kenneth 2000 general election results Script error: No such module "webarchive". (2000-11-07)
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  9. ↑ Mary Kilpatrick, House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger says he won' run for state auditor, Cleveland.com (October 30, 2017).
  10. ↑ a b 2018 Official Election Results, Ohio Secretary of State.
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  14. ↑ Friday kicks off inaugurals for new Ohio officeholders, Associated Press (January 11, 2019).

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