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Portman Says No Way to Being Trump's Running Mate and Again Suggests Kasich for the Job

Ideastream Public Media | By M.L. Schultze,
M.L. Schultze
Published May 24, 2016 at 6:37 PM EDT
Portman says he has no interest in running for anything but the Senate
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Portman says he has no interest in running for anything but the Senate
Portman says he has no interest in running for anything but the Senate
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Portman says he has no interest in running for anything but the Senate

  Ohio’s U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is endorsing Donald Trump for president, but emphatically ruling out any interest in being Trump’s running mate.  

Portman was vetted as one of the handful of people considered for GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012. This year, he says he wouldn’t even consider filling out the questionnaire that campaigns usually give to potential VP candidates.

“I’ve been through this before so I kind of know what the drill is. And I would simply say what I’m telling to you, which is it’s not something I’m interested in pursuing.”

Portman is running for re-election to his Senate seat and says that’s where he’s focused. He’s repeatedly suggested Ohio Gov. John Kasich as Trump’s running mate. Kasich has not yet even endorsed Trump.  

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M.L. Schultze came to WKSU as news director in July 2007 after 25 years at The Repository in Canton, where she was managing editor for nearly a decade. She’s now the digital editor and an award-winning reporter and analyst who has appeared on NPR, Here and Now and the TakeAway, as well as being a regular panelist on Ideas, the WVIZ public television's reporter roundtable.