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Sittenfeld Endorses Primary Opponent In Race For U.S. Senate Seat

WCBE 90.5FM | By Ohio Public Radio

Published May 2, 2016 at 8:14 PM EDT

Former Democratic U.S. Senate candidate P.G. Sittenfeld is endorsing the person who beat him in the March primary. Ohio Public Radio’s Jo Ingles reports.

Cincinnati City Council member P.G. Sittenfeld has released a video, saying he’s proud of the race he rain with former Governor Ted Strickland.

“The Governor whooped my butt at the polls.”

Now Sittenfeld is urging his supporters to vote for Strickland, saying he’s well known, well liked and well positioned to help Ohioans in the U.S. Senate. The man Strickland will face this fall, Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman, has released a video of his own. It features written anti-Strickland comments made by many of Sittenfeld’s supporters, most of which were said prior to the primary. Recent polls show Strickland and Portman are in a tight race.

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