Strickland to run for US Senate next year, sources say
Former Gov. Ted Strickland, who last successfully ran for office in 2006, will seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate next year, sources close to him confirmed.
Strickland couldn’t be reached to comment Friday by The Vindicator.
However, three sources said Strickland told political allies Thursday that he would run in the 2016 primary, and spent Friday talking to high-level national donors discussing his decision and seeking support.
Vindy.com, the newspaper’s website, first reported Strickland’s decision early Thursday. The report was picked up by the Washington Post and Huffington Post, National Journal and Talking Points Memo websites as well as numerous statewide news organizations. Several that did their original reporting wrote that Strickland was “seriously” considering a challenge to incumbent U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, a 59-year-old Republican from the Cincinnati area.
Strickland, 73, is visiting Israel this weekend and, before the Vindy.com arti-
cle, had planned to make an official announcement in the middle of February, one source said.
Read more about the decision in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.