Rep. Jim Renacci’s (R-OH) U.S. Senate campaign issued a news release that he said depicted an unnamed woman’s story of an “unwanted and sudden advance” from Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in the late 1980s, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

The statement does not provide a date, a location, supporting evidence or identify the woman, but describes her as “a very credible source and a professional woman.”

It comes a day after Renacci told the Cincinnati Enquirer that he’d heard from “multiple women” with abuse allegations against Brown, while providing no additional details or supporting evidence.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has raised $27.1 million for his re-election campaign, an Ohio record, the Dayton Daily News reports.

That total eclipses Sen. Rob Portman’s historic $25.8 million haul in 2016.

“A man who owns strip clubs in Cleveland has flown Republican Senate nominee Jim Renacci to more than a dozen campaign events since July, including one Tuesday after the congressman from the Akron area skipped two roll-call votes to campaign in Ohio,” the Columbus Dispatch reports.

“Renacci said he paid a total of about $2,500 between January and June for the trips provided by Don Ksiezyk, who owns the Peek-A-Boos and the Bug-A-Boos clubs in Cleveland.”

A new NBC News/Marist poll in Ohio finds Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) leading challenger Jim Renacci (R) by 13 points, 51% to 38%.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Earlier this week, Rep. Jim Renacci’s (R-OH) U.S. Senate campaign announced he and his allies had raised slightly more than $4.5 million since he jumped in the race in January.”

“As it turns out, $4 million of that was Renacci’s own money, according to a newly available federal campaign finance filing.”

Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) “failed to disclose nearly $50,000 in political contributions while registered as a Washington lobbyist starting in the late 2000s,” the AP reports.

“Renacci is Republicans’ favored candidate to win a GOP primary and take on Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall in one of the year’s most closely watched Senate contests.”

NBC News: “Well, this isn’t the kind of headline Republicans probably want to deal with as they head into a challenge to a potentially vulnerable Democratic Senate incumbent.”

Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel (R) announced his withdrawal from the race for U.S. Senate due to a health issue with his wife, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

Mandel was vying to challenge Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in a rematch of the 2012 race.

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