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Common Ground Scorecard for Rob Portman

U.S. Senate

Rob Portman (OH - R)

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[Retiring at end of current term.] Rob Portman has been a standard bearer for mainstream Republican principles and one of his party’s trusted tax and trade gurus. He offers a combination of know-how about Washington’s inner workings, policy expertise, and a temperament toward bipartisanship. Portman worked at two lobbying firms before President George H.W. Bush tapped him in 1989 to be an associate White House counsel. He served as the U.S. trade representative for President George W. Bush and headed the Office of Management and Budget before joining the Senate.

(Bloomberg Government biography of Rob Portman)

Learn what Rob Portman says about finding common ground

No Longer in Office

Top Organizations and Groups

  • Senate Committee on Finance
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Joint Economic Committee
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Ranking Member)

Common Ground Score is

70
Champion

Based on a scale of 0-100, below is a breakdown of the Common Ground Score:

Official PerformanceMAX 30
30
Personal ActionsMAX 30
20
CommunicationsMAX 20
20
CommitmentsMAX 20
0
BONUS: Outstanding Common GrounderMAX 10
0

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Official Performance Commentary

Maximum credit for Official Performance.

Personal Actions Commentary

Joined Democratic Senator Chris Murphy for an Oxford-style debate as part of The Senate Project hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center. Also joined Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar for a conversation on Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier's Common Ground segment. Also joined Democratic Senator Chris Coons for a conversation on Bret Baier's (Fox News) Common Ground podcast. Also joined Senator Murphy for a conversation about the war in Ukraine hosted by the Atlantic Council. Member of the Senate Common Sense Coalition.

Communications Commentary

"I will continue to do my part to try to find that common ground to bring our country together to address the many challenges we face." Sixth most instances of promoting common ground in communications (57) among all officials.

Commitments Commentary

The politician has not affirmed the commitments.

Outstanding Commmon Grounder Commentary

There is no information available to support this score.

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  • Somewhat Above Average
  • Average
  • Somewhat Below Average
  • Well Below Average

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For candidates without congressional or gubernatorial service, Official Performance points are a predictive estimate using statistical modeling.

Personal Actions points can be provisionally awarded for a commitment to take the action(s) within the first six months of office, if elected.

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