Ohio: Mary Jo Kilroy

A defense lobbying firm that is a top political donor to several Ohio members of Congress has been raided by federal law enforcement authorities.

Federal investigators came to PMA's offices and "requested a variety of information," according to PMA spokesman Patrick Dorton. The November raid was first reported Monday night by ABC News.

"The firm is cooperating with their request," said Dorton, who would not further discuss the scope of the investigation.

Published reports suggest the raid may be part of an investigation into Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha, whose former employees started the company. Murtha heads the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the defense budget.

Randy Borntrager will be Mary Jo Kilroy's chief of staff once she is sworn into the U.S. Congress.

Kilroy's campaign announced that its campaign manager, Borntrager, would follow Kilroy (D-Columbus) to Washington, D.C. next month.

Before managing Kilroy's 2008 campaign for the 15th Congressional District, he was the Ohio Democratic Party's communications director. Borntrager said he'll help Kilroy help the district. 

Democrats carried three U.S. House seats in Ohio this year by riding an avalanche of cash from their congressional committee. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent three times as much on the races than its Republican counterpart, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

The DCCC spent $6.02 million on the 1st, 15th, and 16th Congressional District races from July 1 to Election Day. Meanwhile, the National Republican Campaign Committee spent about $2 million across the 1st and 15th districts only.

COLUMBUS -- U.S. Representative-elect Mary Jo Kilroy set about listing her priorities when she arrives in Congress during a press conference held outside of the Franklin County Board of Elections office Sunday night.

Kilroy won election to the U.S. House late Sunday after the elections board finished its unofficial count of votes including provisional ballots. Thirty-three days after Election Day and two years after her first failed run for the 15th Congressional District seat, Kilroy beat Republican Steve Stivers by 2,311 votes.