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Rob Portman

Republican · Former U.S. Senator from Ohio, 2011–2023 · born 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Work
Practiced law at Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C., then at Graydon Head & Ritchey in Cincinnati, after law school.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Work
Practiced law at the firm Squire Sanders in Cincinnati from 2007, after leaving the Office of Management and Budget.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Public service
Associate White House counsel, then director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, under President George H. W. Bush, 1989-1991.

Sources: bioguide.congress.gov · en.wikipedia.org

Education
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1979; J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1984.

Source: bioguide.congress.gov

Ballotpedia · Wikipedia

11 of 11 sections researched

46 sources · 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016 · updated 2026-09-25

What has been checked
  • Profile 10 entries
  • On the ballot 0 entries The 2016 race is complete; no pending candidacy is published for it.
  • Where they stand 4 entries
  • What they have said, checked 3 entries
  • Record in office 5 entries
  • Money 3 entries
  • Financial interests 4 entries
  • Polling and approval 3 entries
  • Elections 6 entries
  • Endorsements 1 entry
  • Sources 27 entries
Coverage, by section11 of 11 sections researched.Profile: 10 entriesOn the ballot: 0 entriesWhere they stand: 4 entriesWhat they have said, checked: 3 entriesRecord in office: 5 entriesMoney: 3 entriesFinancial interests: 4 entriesPolling and approval: 3 entriesElections: 6 entriesEndorsements: 1 entrySources: 27 entries11 of 11 sections researched · 46 sources
Coverage, by section11 of 11 sections researched.Source: Cracked Buckeye coverage record for Rob Portman, 11 of 11 sections researched · as of 2026-09-25 · Download this chart
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Rob Portman
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Where they are on the ballotOn the ballot for U.S. Senator from Ohio.Rob Portman: U.S. Senator from Ohio, Republican
Where they are on the ballotOn the ballot for U.S. Senator from Ohio.Source: U.S. House districts of the Ohio Redistricting Commission plan of October 31, 2025 · as of 2026-09-24 · Download this chart
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ChamberDistrictNote
StatewideAll of OhioU.S. Senator from Ohio

On the ballot

None found in the records checked

The voting scheduleNo race is pending for Rob Portman in the calendars on file.None found in the records checked
The voting scheduleNo race is pending for Rob Portman in the calendars on file.Source: ohiosos.gov · as of 2026-11-03 · Download this chart
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Status
None found in the records checked

Where they stand

Energy policy

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.

2010 · 2010 U.S. Senate campaign platform, per Ballotpedia

Sources: ballotpedia.org · politifact.com

Guns

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.

September 29, 2016 · Campaign record, per PolitiFact

Source: politifact.com

Opioid crisis

the first time in decades that Congress has passed comprehensive addiction legislation

July 2016 · Office of Sen. Rob Portman, press release on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

Sources: portman.senate.gov · web.archive.org

Trade

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.

2016 · Campaign record, per The Hill

Source: thehill.com

What they have said, checked

Said about Rob Portman

Record in office

Record in office, dated entries5 record entries from 2007 to 2016; 3 of them actions; 4 offices held on the record.20002010Portman (R)U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District, 1993-05 to 2005-04U.S. Trade Representative, 2005-05 to 2006-05Director, Office of Management and Budget, 2006-05 to 2007-06U.S. Senator from Ohio, 2011-01 to 2023-012007 (action): As OMB Director, oversaw federal budget submissions during the period leading into the 2008 financial crisis; the federal deficit rose from 2011 (action): Served as one of twelve members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the 'supercommittee'), tasked with finding at least $1.52016 (action): As chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led an 18-month bipartisan investigation i2016-03 (bill): Lead Senate co-author, with Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and others, of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which pas2016-05-09 (statement): Endorsed Donald Trump for president on May 9, 2016, after fellow Ohioan John Kasich exited the GOP primary, then publicly rescinded that end
Record in office, dated entries5 record entries from 2007 to 2016; 3 of them actions; 4 offices held on the record.Source: Cracked Buckeye person record for Portman (R), 5 dated entries · as of 2016-05-09 · Download this chart
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PersonDateKindEntry
Portman (R)1993-05officeU.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District
Portman (R)2005-05officeU.S. Trade Representative
Portman (R)2006-05officeDirector, Office of Management and Budget
Portman (R)2011-01officeU.S. Senator from Ohio
Portman (R)2007action2007 (action): As OMB Director, oversaw federal budget submissions during the period leading into the 2008 financial crisis; the federal deficit rose from
Portman (R)2011action2011 (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)2016action2016 (action): As chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led an 18-month bipartisan investigation i
Portman (R)2016-03bill2016-03 (bill): Lead Senate co-author, with Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and others, of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which pas
Portman (R)2016-05-09statement2016-05-09 (statement): Endorsed Donald Trump for president on May 9, 2016, after fellow Ohioan John Kasich exited the GOP primary, then publicly rescinded that end

  1. statement May 9, 2016

    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 source

    Sources: abc6onyourside.com · cleveland.com

  2. bill March 2016

    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

  3. action 2016

    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

  4. action 2011

    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

  5. action 2007

    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

Recorded votes

Rob Portman cast 9,736 Yea or Nay votes on the roll calls we hold, across 12 terms from 1995 to 2022, all in Congress, from Voteview. Each term opens to every roll call, with the question, the result, how Rob Portman voted and how the majority of their party voted.

TermChamberYeaNayDid not voteWith party
117th Congress, 2021–2022U.S. Senate5493613968% of 731
116th Congress, 2019–2020U.S. Senate65160997% of 412
115th Congress, 2017–2018U.S. Senate51085497% of 358
114th Congress, 2015–2016U.S. Senate375120781% of 307
113th Congress, 2013–2014U.S. Senate3273151588% of 432
112th Congress, 2011–2012U.S. Senate296185589% of 267
109th Congress, 2005–2006U.S. House, district 293421499% of 78
108th Congress, 2003–2004U.S. House, district 28003774195% of 592
107th Congress, 2001–2002U.S. House, district 27172482596% of 409
106th Congress, 1999–2000U.S. House, district 28883051691% of 542
105th Congress, 1997–1998U.S. House, district 27983392991% of 606
104th Congress, 1995–1996U.S. House, district 27955002692% of 877

"With party" counts only roll calls on which most Republicans and most Democrats voted opposite ways.

Sources: Congressional roll-call votes · Roll call votes · Roll call votes

Money

Where the money went, as filedRob Portman raised $19.8M, spent $25.3M, $382K on hand as of December 31, 2016; $5.8M more went out or stayed on hand than this filing reports raised.Raised to Spent: $19.6MOther funds (derived) to Spent: $5.7MRaised to Cash on hand: $295KOther funds (derived) to Cash on hand: $86KRob Portman: Raised, $19.8M as filed, as of 2016-12-31Raised$19.8MRob Portman: Other funds (derived), $5.8M as filed, as of 2016-12-31Other funds (derived)$5.8MRob Portman: Spent, $25.3M as filed, as of 2016-12-31Spent$25.3MRob Portman: Cash on hand, $382K as filed, as of 2016-12-31Cash on hand$382KIn, as filedWhere it went, as filed
Where the money went, as filedRob Portman raised $19.8M, spent $25.3M, $382K on hand as of December 31, 2016; $5.8M more went out or stayed on hand than this filing reports raised.Source: FEC filings, committee S0OH00133, through 2016-12-31 · as of 2016-12-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
FromToDollarsShare of totalNote
RaisedSpent19,554,158.7576.2%
Other funds (derived)Spent5,722,365.2522.3%
RaisedCash on hand295,336.251.2%
Other funds (derived)Cash on hand86,427.750.3%
Money, as filedRob Portman raised $19.8M, spent $25.3M, $382K on hand as of December 31, 2016; 2 filings on file.2010 U.S. SenateRaisedRob Portman, 2010 U.S. Senate: raised $16.5M as filed with the FEC, as of 2010-12-31$16.5MSpentRob Portman, 2010 U.S. Senate: spent not yet researchedNot yet researchedCash on handRob Portman, 2010 U.S. Senate: cash on hand not yet researchedNot yet researched2016 U.S. SenateRaisedRob Portman, 2016 U.S. Senate: raised $19.8M as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$19.8MSpentRob Portman, 2016 U.S. Senate: spent $25.3M as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$25.3MCash on handRob Portman, 2016 U.S. Senate: cash on hand $382K as filed with the FEC, as of 2016-12-31$382K
Money, as filedRob Portman raised $19.8M, spent $25.3M, $382K on hand as of December 31, 2016; 2 filings on file.Source: FEC filings, committee S0OH00133 · as of 2016-12-31 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
GroupItemUSDNote
2010 U.S. SenateRaised16,500,000
2010 U.S. SenateSpentNot yet researched
2010 U.S. SenateCash on handNot yet researched
2016 U.S. SenateRaised19,849,495
2016 U.S. SenateSpent25,276,524
2016 U.S. SenateCash on hand381,764
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemizedNo filing on file for Rob Portman breaks itemized contributions down by state.None found in the records checked
Itemized contributions from inside Ohio, share of all itemizedNo filing on file for Rob Portman breaks itemized contributions down by state.Source: fec.gov · as of 2026-11-03 · Download this chart
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Status
None found in the records checked

Totals as filed

RaceFilerRaisedSpentCash on handAs of
U.S. Senator from Ohio FEC S0OH00133 $19,849,495$25,276,524$381,764December 31, 2016
U.S. Senator from Ohio FEC $16,500,000December 31, 2010

Sources: fec.gov · projects.propublica.org

Sources: opensecrets.org · opensecrets.org

Donors, as filedNo itemized donor is on file for Rob Portman yet.None found in the records checked
Donors, as filedNo itemized donor is on file for Rob Portman yet.Source: fec.gov · as of 2026-11-03 · Download this chart
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Status
None found in the records checked

Outside spending

Outside spending, as reported$36.3M supporting, reported, not filed.2016 U.S. SenateSupportingreported, not filedSupporting Rob Portman, 2016 U.S. Senate: $36.3M reported, not filed, as of 2016-11$36.3MOpposingOpposing Rob Portman, 2016 U.S. Senate: not yet researchedNot yet researched
Outside spending, as reported$36.3M supporting, reported, not filed.Source: opensecrets.org · as of 2016-11 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
GroupItemUSDNote
2016 U.S. SenateSupporting, reported, not filed36,300,000
2016 U.S. SenateOpposingNot yet researched

  • U.S. Senator from Ohio · supporting $36,300,000 reported, not filed · as of November 2016

    Freedom Partners Action Fund · $9,400,000 reported, not filed · support

    Fighting For Ohio Fund · $9,260,000 reported, not filed · support

    Sources: opensecrets.org · opensecrets.org

Financial interests

Disclosed holdings

  • OpenSecrets' Personal Finances database estimated Portman's net worth at $16,867,559 as of 2016, with major disclosed assets including real estate holdings valued around $3,000,000, an iShares Russell 1000 Index fund position valued around $3,000,000, and an interest in 'Lebanon House Inc.' valued around $3,000,000. His underlying Senate Financial Disclosure reports only categorical value ranges, not exact figures.

    2016 · Reported by OpenSecrets

    Source: opensecrets.org

Disclosed income

None found in the records checked.

Reported conflicts

  • Registered as a foreign agent for Haiti in 1985 while at the law/lobbying firm Patton, Boggs & Blow, a fact used in 2016 Ohio Democratic Party attack advertising tying him to Haiti's Duvalier dictatorship; PolitiFact rated the ad's 'spoke for a dictator' framing Mostly False, citing a former managing partner's sworn statement that Portman did no actual work for the Haitian government and that the registration was standard firm procedure for a client he was not assigned to.

    1985 · Reported by PolitiFact, rating an Ohio Democratic Party ad

    Source: politifact.com

Net worth, as estimated

  • $8,800,000 to $8,800,000, 2010

    Estimated by OpenSecrets' analysis of Portman's federal personal financial disclosure for 2010.

    Source: opensecrets.org

  • $16,867,559 to $16,867,559, 2016

    Estimated by OpenSecrets Personal Finances / Net Worth database, calculated as a midpoint estimate across the value ranges reported on Portman's U.S. Senate Financial Disclosure filing.

    Source: opensecrets.org

Polling and approval

Polls, U.S. Senator from Ohio, as published1 field date from October 2, 2016 to October 2, 2016; the latest has Portman at 51.0%25%50%75%100%Nov 2016Election dayRob Portman 51% - Quinnipiac University, 2016-10-02 - likely votersField date
Polls, U.S. Senator from Ohio, as published1 field date from October 2, 2016 to October 2, 2016; the latest has Portman at 51.Source: Cracked Buckeye poll log for Rob Portman, 1 poll, as published by Quinnipiac University · as of 2016-10-02 · Download this chart
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Field dateCandidateSharePoll
Oct 2, 2016Rob Portman51Quinnipiac University, likely voters

Elections

Election results, share of the vote6 races on file, 6 won; shares from 56.9% to 75.8%.1998 U.S. House 2Rob Portman, U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District: won, 75.8%75.8%2000 U.S. House 2Rob Portman, U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District: won, 73.6%73.6%2002 U.S. House 2Rob Portman, U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District: won, 74.0%74.0%2004 U.S. House 2Rob Portman, U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District: won, 71.7%71.7%2010 U.S. SenateRob Portman, U.S. Senator from Ohio: won, 56.9%56.9%2016 U.S. SenateRob Portman, U.S. Senator from Ohio: won, 58.0%58.0%
Election results, share of the vote6 races on file, 6 won; shares from 56.9% to 75.8%.Source: Ohio Secretary of State, official canvass, 1998-2016 · as of 2016 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
GroupItemPCTNote
1998 U.S. House 275.8
2000 U.S. House 273.6
2002 U.S. House 274
2004 U.S. House 271.7
2010 U.S. Senate56.9
2016 U.S. Senate58.0
RacePartyResultVotesShare
U.S. Senator from Ohio (2016) RepublicanWon 3,118,567 58.0%
U.S. Senator from Ohio (2010) RepublicanWon 2,168,742 56.9%
U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District (2004) RepublicanWon 227,102 71.7%
U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District (2002) RepublicanWon 139,218 74.0%
U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District (2000) RepublicanWon 204,184 73.6%
U.S. Representative, Ohio's 2nd District (1998) RepublicanWon 154,344 75.8%

Offices held

Endorsements

Endorsements given

Sources

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 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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