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Portman Will Not Run For President

By Associated Press
Published December 2, 2014 at 6:56 AM EST
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Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio says he will not run for president in 2016. He says he will run for a second term in the Senate.  Portman says his decision was not affected by his support for same-sex marriage, which led some conservatives to pledge to oppose him. Portman was on the short list of Mitt Romney's potential running mates in 2012.

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Jim Letizia
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