Lobbyist Insight

Ohio · Jan-Apr17 – Sep-Dec21

Derek Merrin

Identified in the Open States roster as Republican, House, district 42, 47 · roster lists service 2023 to 2025. Filings here begin earlier, so that term list is incomplete rather than a mismatch.

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 29 lobbying expenditure filings, from 14 different organisations or lobbyists.

Disclosed value of the items naming them: $2,256.

What this is and is not. These are items that lobbyists and their employers reported spending, naming this person as a recipient. The filings themselves never say whether a named person is a legislator, a member of staff, a family member or a guest at the same event — Texas codes every one of them "INDIVIDUAL" — so any role shown above comes from matching the name against a published roster, and its absence means only that no match was found. Nothing here is a payment to them.

Who reported spending on them

Organisation or lobbyistItemsDisclosed
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce9$136
University of Toledo6$345
University of Cincinnati2$120
FGA Action2$1,305
Health Council of Northwest Ohio1$20
Greater Toledo Right to Life1$30
Lourdes University1$8
Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association1$144
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.1$1
Zaino Hall & Farrin LLC1$25
Toledo/Lucas County Port Authority1$8
Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants1$81
Alliance For Automotive Innovation1$16
Cooper Farms1$18

What it was for

CategoryItems
legislative lunch4
legislative breakfast4
Meal2
Informational only -Derek Merrin introduced himself to membership, gave philosophy and background1
2 UT football tickets1
Legislative Breakfast1
Lunch after campus tour1
Baseball tickets1
Legislative breakfast1
2 tickets to the UC v. USF Basketball Game1
Meals/beverage in President's suite for UC v. USF Basketball game1
appetizer buffet1