Pureval fined for one campaign violation; others dismissed

"For months, I've been saying that we followed the letter and the spirit of the law, and today, we are vindicated," Aftab Pureval told a group of local reporters at his campaign headquarters Thursday afternoon. Hours earlier, the Ohio Elections Commission dismissed two of the three campaign finance violation charges that hampered the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts' congressional run throughout October, forming a nexus of press coverage and fertile ground for Republican opponent Rep. Steve Chabot's television ads.