In final week before election, Sherrod Brown shares the love with rest of Ohio Democratic ticket [View all]

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Heading into the final days before the Nov. 6 election, Sen. Sherrod Brown plans to share his fundraising largesse with the rest of the Democratic ticket.

Through his campaign and an affiliated committee, Brown later this week will transfer $300,000 to the Ohio Democratic Party's federal account, according to his campaign manager, Justin Barasky. He also has cut checks for maximum contributions of $12,707 each to the five Democrats -- Rich Cordray for governor, Kathleen Clyde for secretary of state, Steve Dettelbach for attorney general, Rob Richardson for treasurer and Zack Space for auditor -- running for Ohio's five statewide executive offices.

The contributions suggest Brown -- who has raised a record $27.1 million as of Oct. 17 -- feels confident enough in his re-election chances that he is comfortable sharing his resources with other candidates.

Asked about this, Barasky said: "It's a sign of Sherrod's confidence in the ticket, and a sign of Sherrod's confidence that the stronger everyone's campaign is, the better we're all going to do."

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