Lobbyist Insight

Ohio · Jan-Apr09 – Sep-Dec25

Louis W. Blessing, Jr.

Identified in the Open States roster as Republican, Senate / House, district 8, 29 · roster lists service 2019 to present. Filings here begin earlier, so that term list is incomplete rather than a mismatch.

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 21 lobbying expenditure filings, from 15 different organisations or lobbyists.

Disclosed value of the items naming them: $1,564.

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
University of Cincinnati4$236
Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners3$46
Duke Energy Business Services2$336
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber1$8
National Federation of Independent Business/Ohio1$12
Ohio Chamber of Commerce1$267
Freestore Foodbank, Inc1$8
Ohio Land Bank Association1$122
Ohio Life Sciences Foundation1$52
Alliance For Automotive Innovation1$27
Ohio Physical Therapy Association1$114
GlaxoSmithKline1$24
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America(PhRMA)1$6
County Treasurers' Association of Ohio1$260
Ohio Educational Service Center Association1$45

What it was for

CategoryItems
Delegation luncheon2
Networking Forum1
Rep. Peter Beck's reception1
Lodging at Legislative Conference at Salt Fork1
breakfast1
2 tickets to UC v. Syracuse Basketball game1
Refreshments for UC v. Syracuse Basketball game1
Reds Tickets1
Bengals Tickets1
Local delegation luncheon1
2 tickets to UC v. Oklahoma State football game and parking pass1
2024 Champion for Change Award1