Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

* In Ohio’s 7th District, Republican Rep. Max Miller faced considerable pressure over the summer to end his re-election bid in response to domestic violence allegations. The congressman, however, denied the claims and insisted he’d remain on the ballot.

But with a month remaining in the election cycle and GOP officials desperately looking for winnable races, The Wall Street Journal reported that Republican groups “are now throwing millions of dollars behind Miller,” including a $5 million investment from the Congressional Leadership Fund, the main super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership.

Miller is facing off against Democrat Brian Poindexter, an ironworker and former member of the Brook Park City Council.

* In New Hampshire’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, the latest New Hampshire Institute of Politics poll, commissioned by AARP, found Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas leading former Republican Sen. John Sununu, 51% to 44%.

* In Iowa’s closely watched statewide races, the latest Suffolk University poll found Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek taking the lead against Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson in the state’s U.S. Senate race, 48% to 44%.

The same survey found Democratic state Auditor Rob Sand leading Republican businessman Zach Lahn, 55% to 43%.

Lahn has faced a series of questions about his residency, which made it that much more brutal when Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly released a video this week in which she said of the GOP candidate, “Imagine my surprise when I learned that one of my constituents is running for governor. Not here in his home state of Kansas, but two states over, in Iowa.”

* In Texas’ unexpectedly competitive gubernatorial race, Democratic nominee Gina Hinojosa is starting to pick up fresh financial support from the Democratic Governors Association and Illinois’ Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, both of whom recently sent her $1 million checks.

Her rival, incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, started the election cycle with $100 million, but as of last week, he was down to $18 million cash on hand as the governor spends furiously to salvage his lengthy career.

* Though Arizona’s gubernatorial race was supposed to be one of the year’s most competitive, the latest statewide poll from Arizona State University found incumbent Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs with a double-digit advantage over Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, 47% to 34%.

* And in Florida, Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso was arrested in August on allegations he molested a small child. The Republican incumbent, who has pleaded not guilty and has denied any wrongdoing, continues to run for re-election, and although he initially received support from the local Republican Party, local officials changed their mind and have withdrawn their backing.

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