The Ohio GOP has named Matt Borges, a veteran of Ohio politics and a former lobbyist, as its new executive director. Borges was director of Gov. John Kasich’s Inaugural Committee. Before that, he led the 2010 campaign of Ohio Auditor Dave Yost.
Borges was also involved in a pay-to-play scandal in 2004 but had it expunged from his record in 2009. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has the details on Borges past as well as the reason for the shake-up:
The shakeup at the Ohio GOP stems from a bitter campaign to oust former party Chairman Kevin DeWine, who resigned last month after allies of Republican Gov. John Kasich worked for weeks to rally support for a new chairman.
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For Borges, the new job marks another step forward since he was embroiled in a pay-to-play scandal in 2004. He pleaded guilty in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to a misdemeanor count of unauthorized use of a public office for giving preferential treatment to certain brokers who contributed to Republican Ohio Treasurer Joe Deters’ re-election campaign. He paid a $1,000 fine. He later cleared his misdemeanor record when he was granted an expungement.
