Rep. Max Miller is staying in the race for reelection despite facing abuse allegations, setting up a potentially vulnerable race for Republicans in Ohio's 7th Congressional District.

The deadline for Miller to withdraw from the race was 4:30 p.m. Monday, meaning he will remain on the November ballot.

Miller represents a district that President Donald Trump won by about 10 percentage points in 2024. But a co/efficient poll from early August shows Miller trailing his Democratic challenger, Brian Poindexter, 47% to 33% among likely voters.

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A Democratic victory would represent a significant pickup for the party as it fights for control of the narrowly divided House.

Miller has faced allegations that he abused his ex-wife, their child and former girlfriends. He has denied all of the allegations.

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The controversy has also drawn criticism from within Miller's own party, including from his former father-in-law, Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio, who has previously said Miller should not remain in Congress.

On Monday, Moreno told Scripps News he had said all he was going to say about Miller. He declined to say whether he would urge voters in Ohio's 7th Congressional District to write in another candidate or leave that race blank on their ballots.

Sen. Lindsey Graham's final act on the world stage came just one day before his death, when he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during what would be his last foreign trip.

"I've never been more optimistic than I am today that we have the formula to end this war," Graham said.

Graham died July 11. A memorial will be held Tuesday in Washington.

The meeting underscored what many consider Graham's most enduring legacy: his staunchly interventionist foreign policy. Over more than 31 years in Washington, the South Carolina Republican pushed consistently for U.S. engagement and military action abroad.

"Putin is really aggressive, really provocative, and China is watching, so we've gotta stand up to Putin and make it harder on him," Graham said.

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Graham served as a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and chair of the Budget Committee. Despite running against Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race a campaign built on America First isolationist policies Graham forged a close relationship with the president that made him a key go-between for fellow senators and world leaders alike.

"There will be no deal without Ukraine being consulted and on board because it won't work, I talked with Zelenskyy today," Graham said.

His death leaves both the president and the Senate without a critical figure at a pivotal moment, as the U.S. faces a prolonged conflict in Iran and a war between Russia and Ukraine that has stretched on for over four and a half years.

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Graham's passing has also created an opportunity for face-to-face diplomacy, with world leaders traveling to Washington for his funeral. Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are each set to meet separately with President Trump this week. Meanwhile, members of Congress are pushing to pass a Russian sanctions bill now named in Graham's memory as they work to bring the war in Ukraine to an end.