Another Republican Senator Bites The Dust As Rob Portman Won’t Run For Reelection

Sen. Rob Portman cited partisan gridlock in his choice to not run for reelection, which leaves three Republican-controlled Senate seats open in 2022.

Video clip of Portman’s announcement:

Rob Portman pronounces he will not run for reelection in 2022 which makes three Republican-held Senate seats that can be open. pic.twitter.com/mqkFoGj4ap

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 25, 2021

Sen. Portman mentioned:

I don’t suppose any Senate workplace has been extra profitable in getting issues accomplished, however truthfully, it has gotten tougher and tougher to interrupt by the partisan gridlock and make progress on substantive coverage, and that has contributed to my choice.

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We stay in an more and more polarized nation the place members of each events are being pushed additional to the precise and additional to the left, and which means too few people who find themselves actively trying to discover frequent floor. This isn’t a brand new phenomenon, after all, however an issue that has gotten worse over the previous few many years. This can be a powerful time to be in public service.

The traditional Beltway knowledge has been that Democrats could solely have management of the Senate for 2 years, however the map in 2022 isn’t trying good for Republican pickups. Outdoors of Sen. Warnock in Georgia, there are scant few Republican alternatives to select up seats, and it is vitally potential that Sen. Pat Toomey’s seat in Pennsylvania flips to Democrats.

Republicans had been already defending extra Senate seats than Democrats in 2022, and now they may even must run the desk and maintain three open seats to actually have a likelihood of profitable again the bulk.

Relying on how the early Biden presidency goes, Portman won’t be the final Republican incumbent Senator to go for the exits.

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Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor, who’s White Home Press Pool, and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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