SEIU ad props up Ohio Democrat

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) started running radio ads Thursday attacking Rep. Betty Sutton’s (D-Ohio) Republican opponent.

The GOP candidate, Tom Ganley, is a used car salesman running against Sutton in a race that could be a pick-up in the House for his party come November.

The ads attack Ganley for his support of the GOP House leaders' "Pledge to America." SEIU argues that platform will lead to cuts in unemployment benefits and Social Security as well as repeals of financial services and healthcare reforms.

"Tom Ganley will be one more Republican vote against Ohio's middle-class families . … Tom Ganley is wrong for Ohio," the ads say.

The ad buy costs almost $200,000 and will air in the Cleveland and Akron radio markets. The first buy will run through Oct. 12 with a second round coming on Oct. 13. 

Ganley's bid recently ran into legal trouble. He's being sued by a woman claiming the Republican wouldn't give her a job because she refused his sexual advances.

The woman filed a police report last Friday accusing Ganley of sexual assault.

--Sean J. Miller contributed to this post.