Morning Digest: New scandal engulfs GOP Senate candidate Democrats already hoped to face

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OH-Sen: Wealthy Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno, who is Donald Trump's pick to take on Sen. Sherrod Brown, is making headlines thanks to two major stories that dropped within a day of one another—one that he probably doesn't mind and one that he definitely does.

On Wednesday evening, Politico's Ally Mutnick broke the news that a Democratic super PAC is spending millions to air ads boosting Moreno ahead of Tuesday's GOP primary. The following night, the Associated Press reported that Moreno's candidacy was sparking "mounting anxiety inside the GOP" thanks to a previously unrevealed 2008 online profile seeking "Men for 1-on-1 sex" that was created and authenticated with his work email.

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