Editing Rob Portman (section)

== Personal life ==
[[Image:TerraceParkSign.JPG|upright|thumb|right|Throughout his career, Portman and his family have resided in [[Terrace Park, Ohio]].]]

Portman married Jane Dudley in July 1986.<ref name="dispatch"/> Dudley, who previously worked for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Congressman [[Tom Daschle]], "agreed to become a Republican when her husband agreed to become a [[Methodism|Methodist]]."<ref name="nyt-master">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/us/politics/rob-portman-a-master-of-washingtons-inner-workings.html|title=A Senator Who Knows Washington's Ways|last=Zeleny|first=Jeff|date=July 3, 2012|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 3, 2012}}</ref> The Portmans attend [[United Methodist Church|church]] services at Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/26/what-is-rob-portmans-religion/|title=What Is Rob Portman's Religion|work=[[HuffPost]]|year=2010|access-date=November 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>The couple is cited as "Mrs. Jane Dudley Portman and Mr. Robert Portman" in the Giving Reports of the Forsythe County Day School, which are available online at fcds.org. She is also cited as Jane Dudley Portman in property records available at http://www.city-data.com/hamilton-county/M/Miami-Avenue-31.html, where she is listed as the owner of property the couple once owned together.</ref> The Portmans have three children.<ref name="dispatch"/> Portman still owns the Golden Lamb Inn with his brother Wym Portman and sister Ginna Portman Amis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vx2OQrBhSN4C&q=Jones+Comisar+in+Portman&pg=PA54|title=Historic Warren County: an illustrated history|isbn=9781935377092|access-date=December 15, 2012|last1=Pauwels|first1=Cynthia L.|year=2009|publisher=HPN Books }}</ref> In 2004, a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] purchased the Portman Equipment Company. Portman had researched the firm's local acquisitions, stating "It's a concept I've heard described as 'Glocalism.' All these companies are trying to achieve economies of scale. This lets us develop a network and coverage globally. But you can still have the local spirit, the local name and the customer intimacy to accomplish great things."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2004/03/01/story2.html?page=all|title=Dutch firm buys equipment business owned by Rep. Portman's family|date=March 1, 2004|newspaper=Cincinnati Business Courier|access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> A July 2012 article about Portman stated that in 40 years, his only citation has been a traffic ticket for an improper turn while driving.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/rob-portmans-thin-opposition-research-file-40-years/story?id=16652138|title=Rob Portman's thin opposition research file: In 40 years, one traffic ticket|date=June 26, 2012|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|access-date=December 8, 2012}}</ref> Portman is an avid kayaker, is fluent in Spanish, and enjoys bike rides.<ref name="Rob Portman.biography"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/veepstakes-things-rob-portman/story?id=16797806|title=Veepstakes: 9 Things You Didn't Know About Rob Portman|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref>

In December 2004, Portman and Cheryl Bauer published a book on the 19th-century [[Shakers|Shaker]] community at [[Union Village Shaker settlement|Union Village]], in [[Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio|Turtlecreek Township]], Warren County, Ohio. The book was titled ''Wisdom's Paradise: The Forgotten Shakers of Union Village''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Wisdom's Paradise: The Forgotten Shakers of Union Village|last1=Portman|first1=Rob|first2=Cheryl|publisher=Orange Frazer Pr Inc|year=2004|isbn=978-1882203406|last2=Bauer}}</ref>