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0000017a-3b40-d913-abfe-bf44a4f90000Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU news team as the politics reporter and columnist in April 2012 , after 30 years of covering local, state and national politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. On this page, you will find his weekly column, Politically Speaking; the Monday morning political chats with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik and other news coverage by Wilkinson. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio gubernatorial race since 1974, as well as 16 presidential nominating conventions. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots, the Lucasville prison riot in 1993, the Air Canada plane crash at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983, and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. And, given his passion for baseball, you might even find some stories about the Cincinnati Reds here from time to time.

Politics Chat: Chabot's Missing Campaign Money A Serious Matter

steve chabot
John Minchillo
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AP

The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) wants to know why an audit of U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot's campaign finance reports indicate that $123,000 has gone missing. Chabot, through a campaign lawyer, says he doesn't know and is very upset over the matter.

The focus of the investigation seems to center around Jamie Schwartz, Chabot's longtime campaign manager and adviser, who has shut the doors of his campaign consulting company and can't be reached for comment. WVXU's Senior Political Analyst Howard Wilkinson spoke with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik about how serious a problem this is for Chabot and whether or not it will impact his re-election campaign.

Howard Wilkinson is in his 50th year of covering politics on the local, state and national levels.