Rob Portman is a United States Senator from the state of Ohio, a position he has held since he was first elected in 2010, running a campaign that focused on common-sense conservative ideas to help create jobs and get the deficit under control. Rob won with a margin of 57 to 39 percent, winning 82 of Ohio’s 88 counties. In 2016, he was re-elected, winning by an even larger margin of 58 to 37 percent and winning 84 out of Ohio’s 88 counties.
My top priority in the U.S. Senate is to promote policies that help create and foster an environment that leads to job creation and economic growth.
Too often, our government seems to do just the opposite. Rather than unleash the private sector, encouraging Ohioans to innovate and invest in new technologies and workers, government is instead saddling businesses with higher taxes, more burdensome regulations, and legislation we can't afford. While I will support and promote legislation to help Ohio small businesses succeed, I will also work to stop job-killing legislation that would make it harder for small businesses and entrepreneurs to grow.
I have traveled to every corner of our state, and everywhere I go I meet Ohioans who are frustrated by the lack of focus on jobs by their elected officials and who are looking for a new direction and real leadership to help Ohio's economy grow. My office will focus like a laser on jobs and Ohio's economy, rolling up our sleeves and working alongside regional chambers, economic development groups and businesses to bring jobs to Ohio.