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What they report · Where they serve · not the pond

Reported assets: No net worth reported.
Median household income, Ohio: $71,389 (±$321); Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimate. Census table ↗

Median household income, Ohio $71,389

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Reported assets are what the disclosure form lists, in value bands, before debts and not counting a primary home. The median is one year's household income. They measure different things.

Context only. The income figure never moves the pond.

How they voted · the eight · not the pond

Latest roll call per issue, shown as the stance it supports. A NO counts as the other side. The line under each label is the exact vote.

ImmigrationStrictervoted NO on S. 744, the 2013 immigration overhaul (Senate, 2013)Before 2015 · not in the pond AbortionPro-lifevoted NO on S. 4132, the federal abortion-rights bill (Senate, cloture to proceed, 2022)+2 earlier GunsMixedMixed: voted for 1 Stricter measure · against 1 Stricter measure · see record below+1 earlier Free speechNO VOTE YETNo vote on this issue yet TaxesLowervoted NO on H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act (Senate, 2022)+1 earlier EnergyFossil fuelsvoted YES on S. 1, the Keystone XL pipeline bill (Senate, 2015)Crime & policingYESvoted YES on S. 756, the First Step sentencing bill (Senate, concur, 2018)Parental rightsStrong parental rightsvoted YES on S.Amdt. 1852, the 529 K–12 savings amendment (Senate, 2017)

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About Rob Portman

Age: 70 (born Dec 19, 1955)source
Born in: Cincinnati, Ohiosource
Years in office: U.S. Senate, 2011–2023 (12 years). Not in that office now.source
Hobbies & fun facts: An avid kayaker who is fluent in Spanish.Source: ABC News, 2012

Born in Cincinnati and of Terrace Park, Ohio, Portman earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He was associate counsel to President George H.W. Bush and director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, then served as U.S. Trade Representative and as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He is married to Jane Portman and has three children.

Last updated: Oct 19, 2026

For context only. These details never change the pond.

What they're running on

From their campaign site, in their own words. Not the pond.

No official platform found.

Also on the record — not in the pond

Votes and disclosures. A single vote here doesn't change the pond. A checked flip on any bill is listed in the Flips section.

Next election · not the pond

Not currently in an elected office · No upcoming race for them in the site's ballot data

"No upcoming race for them in the site's ballot data" means the site's own ballot data has no 2026 race for that person. If a later roster rebuild adds a candidacy, the candidate rule wins. Don't infer candidacies from news.

Federal general elections are the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Not the pond.

Reported assets · not the pond

No financial disclosure on file in our data.

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Reported assets. Not the pond.
Disclosure	No financial disclosure on file in our data.

Committee assignments · not the pond

U.S. Congress — past assignments

As listed on Nov 29, 2022, before they left Congress. Shown so you can see it. Committees never move the pond.

Senate Committee on Finance — Member
Subcommittee: International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness — Member
Subcommittee: Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy — Member
Subcommittee: Taxation and IRS Oversight — Member
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Member
Subcommittee: Europe and Regional Security Cooperation — Member
Subcommittee: Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy — Ranking Member
Subcommittee: Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues — Member
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Ranking Member
Subcommittee: Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight — Ex officio
Subcommittee: Government Operations and Border Management — Ex officio
Subcommittee: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations — Ex officio
Joint Economic Committee — Member

Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators file history (commit 5e4d9a065645).

Funding — not the pond

FEC money track · 2024–2026 cycle · never part of the pond

Did they take money from PACs that funded both Democrats and Republicans? Money never moves the pond.

Campaign — didn’t take the both-sides check

$0 TAKE (dual-party PAC)

Under $1,000 from PACs that fund both parties this cycle. Super PACs are not in this number. Money never moves the pond.

Context. Not the pond. Taking the check is not a flip. Flipping after the check, and staying quiet, is.

Traditional PAC contributions to candidate committees only. A dual-party PAC gave at least $1,000 to both parties. AIPAC in this table is committee C00797670. Legal, disclosed, hard-capped. Super PACs and dark money are not in this number. Taking this money is common. The amount is the story. HippoCricket doesn't put this in the pond. FEC bulk committee-to-candidate (24K/24Z), cycles 2024+2026. Dual-party = PAC gave ≥$1,000 to Dems and ≥$1,000 to Republicans. AIPAC = C00797670 only. Download the PAC table.

Stock trading

S.Amdt. 1481 to S. 2038 — Brown amendment to prohibit financial conflicts of interest
What this was: Would have forced senators to sell individual stocks and dump conflicts of interest. Failed 26–73.
Senate · 2012
Force divestiture. Failed. Rejected 26–73, February 2, 2012.
Nay
Official roll call

Bills they sponsored · floor outcomes · not the pond

Bills and joint resolutions they sponsored since 2015 that passed or failed in a chamber. Sponsor only. Shown so you can see it. Bills never move the pond.

Sponsored 269 since 2015. 8 became law. 9 passed a chamber and did not become law. 0 failed a floor vote.

S. 4052 (117th Congress) — Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2022
Introduced Apr 7, 2022 · Became law Dec 20, 2022 (Public Law 117-241) · Official record ↗
S. 4166 (117th Congress) — Technological Hazards Preparedness and Training Act of 2022
Introduced May 10, 2022 · Passed Senate Sep 28, 2022 · Official record ↗
S. 4899 (117th Congress) — IMPROVE Act
Introduced Sep 20, 2022 · Passed Senate Sep 20, 2022 · Official record ↗
S. 2129 (117th Congress) — Otto Warmbier Countering North Korean Censorship and Surveillance Act of 2021
Introduced Jun 17, 2021 · Passed Senate Jun 16, 2022 · Official record ↗
S. 2123 (117th Congress) — Pray Safe Act
Introduced Jun 17, 2021 · Passed Senate Apr 5, 2022 · Official record ↗
S. 2382 (117th Congress) — A bill to authorize the National Cyber Director to accept details from other elements of the Federal Government on nonreimbursable basis, and for other purposes.
Introduced Jul 19, 2021 · Passed Senate Jul 22, 2021 · Official record ↗
S. 2472 (116th Congress) — Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility Act
Introduced Sep 12, 2019 · Became law Dec 30, 2020 (Public Law 116-263) · Official record ↗
S. 4857 (116th Congress) — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the "Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office".
Introduced Oct 23, 2020 · Passed Senate Dec 17, 2020 · Official record ↗
S. 1434 (116th Congress) — Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2019
Introduced May 13, 2019 · Passed Senate Dec 19, 2019 · Official record ↗
S. 2065 (116th Congress) — Deepfake Report Act of 2019
Introduced Jul 9, 2019 · Passed Senate Oct 24, 2019 · Official record ↗

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS (Library of Congress actions), pulled Oct 20, 2026. Provisions passed inside other bills are not counted.

Where they stand on the eight

A sourced vote always wins. Nothing is guessed.

Immigration & Border SecurityShown, not in the pond.Shown, not in the pond.
AbortionSupportedNo flipPro-life / restricting abortion
Gun Rights & Second AmendmentSupportedNo flipMore restrictions
Free Speech & CensorshipNo sourced recordNo sourced record
Taxes, Spending & DebtSupportedNo flipLower taxes and tax cuts
Energy PolicySupportedNo flipExpanded domestic and fossil-fuel production
Crime & PolicingYeaNo flip
Parental Rights & School ChoiceSupportedNo flipVoted Yea. Would let 529 accounts cover K–12 tuition, not just college.

Votes with own party

91% of the time — 10 of 11 roll calls on this page went with the rest of the Republican caucus.

Fat Hippo is whether they stay themselves. This is whether they stay with the party. Doesn't touch the pond.

Why this pond: No flip on the file. Never changed. The landmark votes are shown below.

We show what they said and what they did. The verdict is yours.

Recorded flips

Explained

Unexplained

Stance timeline by issue

Flips first

Each line is a sourced position. One banner is one flip on a landmark issue. Flips on other bills are listed in the Flips section, and Recorded flips counts both.