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The re-election campaign of Rep. Jim Renacci, a Wadsworth Republican, was fined $5,425 by the Federal Election Commission for failing to file 48-hour notices of contributions it got in the run-up to last year's primary and general elections.

(Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Federal Election Commission has ordered Rep. Jim Renacci's re-election campaign to pay a $5,425 fine for failing to promptly report several donations it got last year.

The campaign finance agency says the Wadsworth Republican's re-election campaign didn't immediately tell it about more than a dozen big-ticket contributions received shortly before last year's primary and general elections.

Federal laws give congressional campaigns 48 hours to let the FEC know about donations of $1,000 or more that arrive in a period after they've filed pre-election disclosure reports. Renacci's campaign didn't do that for 22 donations it got last year that totaled $33,500, FEC says.

Most of the donations at issue came from political action committees, such as those representing the National Beer Wholesalers, the American Hospital Association and Quicken Loans Inc.

Records the FEC released on May 22 show Renacci's campaign paid the fine on April 29. Renacci's campaign paid a $9,749 fine last year for a similar reporting violation.

Renacci spokeswoman Megan Taylor said the fine resulted from "an administrative error" and has been paid.