Strickland raises more than $970K in third quarter for US Senate bid

YOUNGSTOWN — Ex-Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in 2016, raised $970,741 in the third quarter of the year.

In comparison, Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, another Democrat seeking the party’s nomination for the seat, raised $229,000, and incumbent U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican, collected $2 million during the same July-to-September time frame.

As of Sept. 30, Strickland had more than $1.5 million in his Senate campaign fund compared to $784,000 for Sittenfeld and more than $11 million for Portman.

Meanwhile, Sittenfeld’s campaign said it would air a commercial in five television markets, including Youngstown, during Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate on CNN.

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