U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District
November 5, 2002 · general election · District 2 · 2 candidates with a page
About this district
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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Last time, 2000: Rob Portman (Republican) 73.6% · 204,184 votes; Charles W. Sanders (Democratic) 23.1% · 64,091 votes; Robert E. Bidwell (Libertarian) 3.3% · 9,266 votes.
That result was under the district's previous boundaries.
Sources: Federal Elections 2000 (Excel, House results, sheet 'House (with Totals & Percents)', Ohio rows); compiled from state elections offices · Federal Elections 2000: House · Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000 (Ohio, U.S. Representative)
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by surname. Ohio rotates the order candidates appear in by precinct, so no order on this page is the order on a ballot.
- Practiced law at Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C., then at Graydon Head & Ritchey in Cincinnati, after law school.
- Practiced law at the firm Squire Sanders in Cincinnati from 2007, after leaving the Office of Management and Budget.
- Associate White House counsel, then director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, under President George H. W. Bush, 1989-1991.
11 of 11 sections researched · 46 sources
4 of 11 sections researched · 12 sources
Rob Portman
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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Charles W. Sanders
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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The race in pictures
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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A note on our coverage
Read before the columns: where one candidate has more entries than another, this says which of the two reasons it is.
Endorsements given: Rob Portman has 1 entry and Charles W. Sanders has 0 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Where they stand: Rob Portman has 4 entries and Charles W. Sanders has 0 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Rob Portman's record in office has 5 entries and Charles W. Sanders's has 0. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Sources: Rob Portman has 27 entries and Charles W. Sanders has 9 entries. The difference reflects the length of each public record and the depth of our research; it is not a judgment.
Jump to a candidate
- Rob Portman: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- Charles W. Sanders: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
Where they stand
Their own words, by issue, with the date, the venue and the link. A paraphrase is marked as one.
Energy policy
Rob Portman
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Opposed federal cap-and-trade climate legislation, arguing it would function as an energy tax that could cost Ohio up to 100,000 jobs.
Sources: ballotpedia.org · politifact.com
Charles W. Sanders
Not yet researched
Guns
Rob Portman
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Held an NRA 'A' rating and campaigned as a Second Amendment supporter, while backing a Republican alternative (the Cornyn amendment, with judicial-review safeguards) to keep people on the terrorism watch list from buying guns, rather than the Democratic Feinstein amendment.
Source: politifact.com
Charles W. Sanders
Not yet researched
Opioid crisis
Rob Portman
the first time in decades that Congress has passed comprehensive addiction legislation
Sources: portman.senate.gov · web.archive.org
Charles W. Sanders
Not yet researched
Trade
Rob Portman
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Announced he could not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership in its then-current form, citing inadequate currency-manipulation protections and weak rules of origin for automobiles and biologics.
Source: thehill.com
Charles W. Sanders
Not yet researched
What they have said, checked
Newest first. Each check is shown in the checker's own rating word, with their name, the date and the link.
Rob Portman
None found in the records checked
Charles W. Sanders
Not yet researched
Record in office
Dated actions. Any evaluation of an action is printed with the name of whoever made it and the link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
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| Portman (R) | 1993-05 | office | U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District |
| Portman (R) | 2005-05 | office | U.S. Trade Representative |
| Portman (R) | 2006-05 | office | Director, Office of Management and Budget |
| Portman (R) | 2011-01 | office | U.S. Senator from Ohio |
| Portman (R) | 2007 | action | 2007 (action): As OMB Director, oversaw federal budget submissions during the period leading into the 2008 financial crisis; the federal deficit rose from |
| Portman (R) | 2011 | action | 2011 (action): Served as one of twelve members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the 'supercommittee'), tasked with finding at least $1.5 |
| Portman (R) | 2016 | action | 2016 (action): As chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led an 18-month bipartisan investigation i |
| Portman (R) | 2016-03 | bill | 2016-03 (bill): Lead Senate co-author, with Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and others, of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which pas |
| Portman (R) | 2016-05-09 | statement | 2016-05-09 (statement): Endorsed Donald Trump for president on May 9, 2016, after fellow Ohioan John Kasich exited the GOP primary, then publicly rescinded that end |
Rob Portman
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May 9, 2016 · statement
Endorsed Donald Trump for president on May 9, 2016, after fellow Ohioan John Kasich exited the GOP primary, then publicly rescinded that endorsement on October 8-9, 2016 after the 'Access Hollywood' tape surfaced, saying he would instead write in Trump's running mate Mike Pence for president.
Columbus Dispatch, via archive.org:
Most Ohio GOP leaders still behind Trump
· the sourceSources: abc6onyourside.com · cleveland.com
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March 2016 · bill
Lead Senate co-author, with Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and others, of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which passed the Senate 94-1 in March 2016 and was signed into law in July 2016, funding addiction prevention, treatment and recovery programs.
Sources: portman.senate.gov · news.yahoo.com
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2016 · action
As chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led an 18-month bipartisan investigation into Backpage.com; the subcommittee's report found the site knowingly facilitated sex trafficking of vulnerable women and children, and the Senate voted unanimously to hold Backpage in contempt of Congress after it resisted a subpoena.
Source: portman.senate.gov
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2011 · action
Served as one of twelve members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the 'supercommittee'), tasked with finding at least $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction; the committee failed to reach agreement, triggering automatic sequestration spending cuts.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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2007 · action
As OMB Director, oversaw federal budget submissions during the period leading into the 2008 financial crisis; the federal deficit rose from $163 billion in fiscal year 2007 to $455 billion in fiscal year 2008, a figure his 2010 opponent's campaign cited as evidence of a 'spending spree' during his tenure.
Sources: politifact.com · factcheck.org
Charles W. Sanders
Not yet researched
Money
Totals and donors exactly as filed with the FEC or the Ohio Secretary of State, each figure with its filing link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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Rob Portman
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
None found in the records checked
Top donors, as filed
None found in the records checked
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
Charles W. Sanders
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
Not yet researched
Top donors, as filed
Not yet researched
Outside spending
Not yet researched
In-state share
Not yet researched
The result
Rob Portman · certified 2002-12
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
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| Rob Portman | 139,218 | 74.0% |
| Charles W. Sanders | 48,785 | 25.9% |
Sources: Federal Elections 2002 (Excel edition of the entire publication, sheet '2002 House & Senate Results', Ohio rows); compiled from state elections offices · Federal Elections 2002 · Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002 (Ohio, U.S. Representative)
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 2 · 2010 United States Senate election in Ohio · Rob Portman · 2016 United States Senate election in Ohio · United States congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
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- Sen. Rob Portman - Campaign Finance Summary · OpenSecrets · accessed 2026-09-21
- Rob Portman - Net Worth - Personal Finances (2010) · OpenSecrets · accessed 2026-09-21
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- Ohio Democrats' ad ties Sen. Rob Portman to Haitian dictator · PolitiFact · 2016-08-23 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Portman, Whitehouse, Ayotte, Klobuchar Cheer Final Passage of Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act · Office of Sen. Rob Portman · 2016-07 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Portman, McCaskill Release Stunning New Report Detailing Findings From Bipartisan Sex Trafficking Investigation Into Backpage.com · Office of Sen. Rob Portman · accessed 2026-09-19
- United States congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Rob Portman endorses Donald Trump · ABC6 On Your Side · 2016-05-09 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Rob Portman rescinds endorsement of Donald Trump · Cleveland.com · 2016-10 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Most Ohio GOP leaders still behind Trump · The Columbus Dispatch, via archive.org · 2016-10-12 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Vulnerable senator comes out against Obama trade pact · The Hill · 2016 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Sen. Rob Portman on the opioid epidemic and being Trump's running mate · Yahoo News · accessed 2026-09-19
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- https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000449
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Quick answers
When was the 2002 U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District election?
The election for U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District was held on November 5, 2002.
Who ran for U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District in 2002?
On the ballot for U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District, in surname order: Rob Portman (Republican), Charles W. Sanders (Democratic).
Who won the 2002 U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District election?
Rob Portman won the election for U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District. Results as certified: Rob Portman 74.0%, Charles W. Sanders 25.9%.
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