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."

Most of Ohio's statewide races are considered to be close. But barring a 2016-style upset, Brown widely is expected to defeat his Republican challenger, Rep. Jim Renacci. A major part of that is his fundraising strength. Renacci has struggled with fundraising and spent only $3.8 million, compared to $19.1 million spent by Brown, as of Oct. 17, the most recent campaign finance deadline.

Barasky said Brown's overall support for the rest of the Democratic ticket is the highest from any candidate in Ohio history. Including the $1.8 million Brown's campaign has raised for the Ohio Grassroots Victory Fund, a joint venture with the Ohio Democratic Party that funds state Democrats' voter-mobilization program, Brown has given nearly $2 million to other Ohio Democrats during the current two-year election period, Barasky said.

But it's not without precedent.

A week before the November 2010 election, during which he ended up winning his U.S. Senate race by 17 points, Republican Rob Portman similarly gave maximum contributions to the five Republican statewide candidates. He also transferred $250,000 to the state Republican Party. Republicans ended up sweeping the statewide races that year.

Matt Borges, a former state GOP chairman who ran Republican Dave Yost's state auditor campaign that year, has said Portman's contribution helped push Yost over the top in the final week of a tough election.