Ted Strickland

None found in the records checked

• even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns

  A Ted Strickland campaign ad · September 2016

  PolitiFact rated this False, September 29, 2016 · the check

• we don't have a super PAC, and quite frankly, we don't want one that spends millions to spew out lies

  Campaign fundraising email · May 2016

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, May 31, 2016 · the check

• job to stop China's illegal dumping of steel. He failed, looked the other way, did nothing.

  A Ted Strickland campaign ad ('Beltway Rob') · April 2016

  PolitiFact rated this False, April 1, 2016 · the check

• With 320,000 net Ohio manufacturing jobs lost, (Sen. Rob) Portman calls NAFTA a 'proven success.'

  Campaign statement · February 2016

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, February 5, 2016 · the check

Said about Ted Strickland

• went to Washington, D.C., and he became a lobbyist. He made $400,000 a year.

  Rob Portman · A 2016 Ohio Senate debate · October 2016

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, October 20, 2016 · the check

• As governor, Ted Strickland left only 89 cents in Ohio's rainy day fund.

  U.S. Chamber of Commerce · A U.S. Chamber of Commerce attack ad · September 2016

  PolitiFact rated this True, September 8, 2016 · the check

1. 2011 · action

   After leaving office, helped lead the 2011 citizen-referendum campaign against Senate Bill 5, which would have sharply limited public-employee collective bargaining; Ohio voters repealed SB 5 with more than 60% support.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

2. 2009 · action

   Drew down Ohio's Budget Stabilization ('rainy day') Fund from roughly $1 billion to $0.89 by the time he left office, using it to help balance the state budget during the 2008-09 recession.

   U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a 2016 ad: As governor, Ted Strickland left only 89 cents in Ohio's rainy day fund. · the source

   Source: politifact.com

3. 2008 · bill

   Signed Ohio's renewable-portfolio standard, mandating that 25% of the state's electricity come from renewable/advanced sources by 2025.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

4. 2007 · action

   Created the University System of Ohio to expand access to in-state higher education; Ohio's K-12 system rose from 27th to 5th in the nation (grade B-) in Education Week's 'Quality Counts' rankings during his term.

   Sources: thinkbeyond.osu.edu · edweek.org

Totals as filed

Sources: fec.gov · fec.gov

Top donors, as filed

• New York City-based attorneys, real-estate executives and financial-services professionals · $120,000 · campaign committee · U.S. Senator from Ohio

  Fourth-quarter 2015 individual donors, per FEC records analyzed by the Washington Free Beacon

  Source: freebeacon.com

• Washington, D.C.-based attorneys, lobbyists, consultants and CEOs · $54,000 · campaign committee · U.S. Senator from Ohio

  Fourth-quarter 2015 individual donors, per FEC records analyzed by the Washington Free Beacon

  Source: freebeacon.com

Outside spending

• U.S. Senator from Ohio · supporting $5,900,000 · opposing $30,400,000 · as of November 2016

  • Senate Majority PAC · $9,960,000 · support

  Source: opensecrets.org

Disclosed holdings

None found in the records checked.

Disclosed income

None found in the records checked.

Reported conflicts

• Repeatedly said in fundraising appeals that he had no super PAC and did not want one, contrasting himself with Portman's reliance on outside money; PolitiFact rated the claim Half True because Strickland was simultaneously benefiting from millions of dollars in Senate Majority PAC spending on his behalf.

  May 31, 2016 · Reported by PolitiFact

  Source: politifact.com

• Ran on an economic-populist message contrasting himself with Portman's donor base, while his own campaign drew a share of its early money -- more than $174,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015 alone, about 21% of that quarter's individual contributions -- from wealthy donors in New York City and Washington, D.C.

  2016 · Reported by Washington Free Beacon

  Source: freebeacon.com

Net worth, as estimated

None found in the records checked.

• Quinnipiac University · October 2, 2016 · U.S. Senator from Ohio

  Portman 51 · Strickland 39

  likely voters

  Source: realclearpolitics.com

• RealClearPolitics polling average · September 6, 2016 · U.S. Senator from Ohio

  Portman None · Strickland None

  polling average

  Sources: realclearpolitics.com · rollcall.com

Offices held

• U.S. Representative, Ohio's 6th District · 1993-01 to 1995-01 · elected

  Source: en.wikipedia.org

• U.S. Representative, Ohio's 6th District · 1997-01 to 2007-01 · elected

  Source: en.wikipedia.org

• Governor of Ohio · 2007-01 to 2011-01 · elected

  Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ballotpedia.org

Not yet researched

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Ted Strickland · 2016 United States Senate election in Ohio · United States congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction

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