ortman was directing the office of management. and on any race in america would be portman. reporter: and he s pounding portman for the other job as trade representative he negotiated with other countries. congressman rob portman knows how to grow the economy in china. he voted for billions in taxes for companies exporting jobs. reporter: and jobs are in charge of state economic development, the buckeye state budget is 8 billion dollars in the red and unemployment s been in double digit for months. fisher says hold him accountable for his job record. how is he doing? nearly 400,000 jobs lost, with a regard number moving to other states. reporter: republicans need to defends their senate seats and defeat ten more democrats to get the majority. tossups and trail in the polls in 11 states.
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