Rob Portman

Rob Portman
Official portrait, 2018
United States Senator from Ohio
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	George Voinovich
Succeeded by	JD Vance
Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee
In office February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Gary Peters
Succeeded by	Rand Paul
35th Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office May 29, 2006 – June 19, 2007
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Steve McMillin
Preceded by	Joshua Bolten
Succeeded by	Jim Nussle
14th United States Trade Representative
In office May 17, 2005 – May 29, 2006
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Robert Zoellick
Succeeded by	Susan Schwab
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 2nd district
In office May 4, 1993 – April 29, 2005
Preceded by	Bill Gradison
Succeeded by	Jean Schmidt
White House Director of Legislative Affairs
In office September 25, 1989 – April 12, 1991
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Gordon Wheeler
Succeeded by	Stephen Hart
Personal details
Born	Robert Jones Portman (1955-12-19) December 19, 1955 (age 69) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jane Dudley ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	3
Education	Dartmouth College (BA) University of Michigan (JD)
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Rob Portman's voice Portman discusses his proposed Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP) Act of 2017 Recorded February 2, 2017

Robert Jones Portman (born December 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Portman was the 35th director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2006 to 2007, the 14th United States trade representative from 2005 to 2006, and a U.S. representative from 1993 to 2005, representing Ohio's 2nd district.

In 1993, Portman won a special election to represent Ohio's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was reelected six times before resigning upon his appointment by President George W. Bush as the U.S. trade representative in May 2005. As trade representative, Portman initiated trade agreements with other countries and pursued claims at the World Trade Organization. In May 2006, Bush appointed Portman the director of the Office of Management and Budget.

In 2010, Portman announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat being vacated by George Voinovich. He easily defeated then-Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher and was reelected in 2016. On January 25, 2021, he announced that he would not seek a third term in 2022.^[1]

After leaving office in 2023, Portman founded The Portman Center for Policy Solutions at the University of Cincinnati.^[2] He currently serves as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Practice of Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute.^[3]