Editing Rob Portman (section)

==== 2010 ====
{{See also|2010 United States Senate election in Ohio}}
On January 14, 2009, two days after [[George Voinovich]] announced he would not be running for re-election, Portman publicly declared his candidacy for the open [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seat.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rulon |first1=Malia |last2=Whitaker |first2=Carrie |title=Portman makes it official |url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090114/NEWS0108/901140316/1055/NEWS |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |date=January 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111065327/http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090114/NEWS0108/901140316/1055/NEWS |archive-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hallett|title=Portman enters Senate race &#124; Columbus Dispatch Politics|first=Joe|url=http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/01/14/copy/portman.html?sid=101|publisher=Dispatchpolitics.com|date=January 14, 2009|access-date=August 21, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124131024/http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/01/14/copy/portman.html?sid=101|archive-date=November 24, 2010}}</ref> Running unopposed in the [[United States Republican Party|Republican primary]], Portman benefitted substantially from [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]] support, and by July 2010 had raised more campaign funds than [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Lee Fisher]] by a 9 to 1 margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/230830/could-rob-portman-have-9-1-cash-advantage-ohios-senate-race|title=Could Rob Portman Have a 9-to-1 Cash Advantage in Ohio's Senate Race?|last=Geraghty|first=Jim|date=August 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720115633/http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/230830/could-rob-portman-have-9-1-cash-advantage-ohios-senate-race|archive-date=July 20, 2012|work=[[National Review]]}}</ref> Portman campaigned on the issue of jobs and job growth.<ref name="BloombergBusinessweek">{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_45/b4202029083519.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101225543/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_45/b4202029083519.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 1, 2010|title=Rob Portman's Business Ties Don't Bother Ohio|publisher=BloombergBusinessweek|date=October 28, 2010|access-date=November 24, 2012}}</ref>

Of all candidates for public office in the US, Portman was the top recipient of corporate money from insurance industries and commercial banks in [[2010 United States elections|2010]].<ref name="BloombergBusinessweek" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjGdIhSWI7U| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/hjGdIhSWI7U| archive-date=November 18, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Rachel Maddow examines Dan Coates & Rob Portman's 'Tea Party' cred|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|date=November 3, 2010|access-date=November 24, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Portman possessed the most campaign funds of any [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] during [[2010 United States elections|2010]], at $5.1 million, raising $1.3 million in his third quarter of fundraising.<ref name="politico">Kraushaar, Josh. [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28395.html Cha-ching! Campaign cash tops and flops], ''Politico'', October 16, 2009</ref>

Portman won the election by a margin of 57 to 39 percent, winning 82 of [[List of counties in Ohio|Ohio's 88 counties]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portman.senate.gov/about.cfm|title=Senator Portman, U.S. Senator from Ohio – Official Page|publisher=portman.senate.gov|access-date=February 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203092714/http://portman.senate.gov/about.cfm|archive-date=February 3, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2010 campaign advertisement, Portman said a "[ [[cap-and-trade]] bill] could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs we cannot afford to lose;" subsequently, ''The Cleveland Plain Dealer'' and PolitiFact called Portman's claim "barely true" with the most pessimistic estimates.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2010/aug/02/rob-portman/portman-uses-outdated-context-claim-cap-and-trade-/|title=Portman uses outdated context to claim cap-and-trade could cost 100,000 Ohio jobs|newspaper=The Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=July 6, 2010|access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref>