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Ted Strickland was governor of Ohio from 2007 through 2010. He lost his bid for re-election in 2010 to Republican John Kasich.

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Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 in the Ohio Senate debate:

Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio."

By Allison Graves • October 21, 2016
Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 in the U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland:

Says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose "client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was killing people."

By Linda Qiu • October 21, 2016
Ted Strickland
stated on October 14, 2016 in in a Ohio senatorial candidate debate:

Says Sen. Rob Portman said, "It would be irresponsible not to cut Medicare."

By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Ted Strickland
stated on September 21, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Rob Portman "even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 29, 2016
Ted Strickland
stated on May 14, 2016 in a fundraising email by campaign manager:

"While Rob Portman relies on his super PAC and a handful of billionaires to do his dirty work, we don’t have a super PAC, and quite frankly, we don’t want one that spends millions to spew out lies and distortions."

By Nadia Pflaum • May 31, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on October 17, 2016 in at a debate in Columbus, Ohio:

Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.

By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
American Unity PAC
stated on August 30, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays.

By Nadia Pflaum • September 15, 2016
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on August 12, 2016 in a campaign ad :

"As governor, Ted Strickland left only 89 cents in Ohio’s rainy day fund."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 8, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 18, 2016 in "Flush," a campaign ad :

"And while (Ted) Strickland proposed cuts for services for children, he wasted over $250,000 remodeling his bathrooms at the governor’s mansion."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 1, 2016
Ohio Right to Life
stated on August 2, 2016 in a press release:

"Ted Strickland stands in lockstep with Hillary Clinton and the abortion lobby in their desire to force Americans to pay for abortion on demand, up until the moment of birth, with their taxpayer dollars."

By Nadia Pflaum • August 12, 2016

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