GOP Sen. Rob Portman Announces He Won’t Run Again In 2022

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Ohio Sen. Rob Portman said Monday he’s not seeking re-election in 2022 — joining at least two other swing-state Republicans who will retire.

Portman told the Cincinnati Enquirer that “it has gotten harder and harder to break through the partisan gridlock and make progress on substantive policy, and that has contributed to my decision.”

Portman, 65, is completing his second six-year term. He is a former House member and was White House budget director during former President George W. Bush’s second term.

Although midterm elections often are good for the opposition party during a president’s first term — with big Republican gains in 1994 and 2010 and Democrats retaking the House in 2018 — retirements among Republicans could be a challenge.

Also retiring in 2022 are Republican Sens. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Richard Burr of North Carolina. No Democratic senators have announced their retirement.

Read more at NY Post.

{Matzav.com}


3 COMMENTS

  1. Two senatorial terms – TWELVE YEARS should be more than enough for any public servant, especially after having been a Congressman AND having reached the age of 65.
    The country doesn’t need an elite class of career politicians, who hold on to power with their last breaths, and only let go when carried out upon reaching room temperature, with flowers and music.

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