Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia says she was raped this summer while trying to repair a campaign sign in a parking lot in Sun City.

She reported being struck on the head, losing consciousness and waking during the assault, later suffering bruising, bleeding and what she believes was a concussion.

Greene-Placentia reported the rape to police two weeks later and says she is continuing her campaign while speaking publicly to encourage other sexual assault victims to come forward.