Ohio Sen. Rob Portman won't run for president in 2016

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman won&#039;t run for president in 2016

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Cross him off the list: Ohio Sen. Rob Portman (R) said he will not run for president in 2016, and will instead seek a second term in the Senate.

Portman told The Associated Press he believes he'll be able to play an important role as a member of the Republican majority in the Senate. "I'm excited about it," he said. Named as one of Mitt Romney's potential running mates in 2012, Portman shared that he isn't planning on going down that road in 2016. "I have been through it," he said. "It's obviously not something that you run for. But I'm not interested. I'm interested in staying in the Senate."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.