mr. strickland. he conceded very early, like 8:15. the final results are not in yet, but right now we have 76% portman with 59 to ted strickland's 30 sick. >> romona: it is not surprising to many that the ohio senate race was called early. sara goldenburg is live at rob portman's victory party. sara? >> reporter: it has been a happy reaction as you can imagine at the watch party here in columbus just across from the state capitol and you can see that we have a pretty good crowd where they are watching the election results many of the candidates take the stage. senator rob portman is winning in a landslide against ted strickland. the polls predicted this would happen and we were at his victory speech a few blocks from here earlier today. he talked about the decisiveness and how he hopes to bring both sides together when he goes back to the capitol. be a time to press the reset button over in washington. two big things he talked about in his campaigning. one is the heroin epidemic in northeast ohio and ohio in general. he has fought aga

rob portman won the election over ted strickland, who joked about a rigged election during his concession speech in columbus last night.ggon >> just let me say, mr. donald trump is always talking about elections being rigged. will that be say if thisut sena election was rigged, there were some of good rigors doing it. with regard to the senate, regardless of which party controls applied to treat my colleagues, with the assumption that they care about a country as much as i do.. a e1 58-37 percent, do not campaign with donald trump and residential nominee after a tap ofe donald trump making lewd comments about women surfaced weeks ago. a number of local initiative on the ballot, they improvee to school issues and local income tax hike,, issse 108, is a renewal of issue 107, called the cleveland plan, which is passed in 2012, since it was enacted, graduation rates ofas 17 percent and the moment also up. >> they also approved7 up issue the first income tax increases 1981, to raise the rate from 2 percent up to 2.5 percent the said it would improve city services including street repai and public health department.ou >> parma voters gave a thumbs up

rob ohio oveon reelection over democratic former governor ted strickland who joked about a rigged election during hising hs just let me say mr. donald trump was always talking about elections being rigged. well, let me say if this senatee election was rigged, there was some damn good riggers doing iti with regard to the senate, regardless of which party controls it i'm going to treatht my senate colleagues, new and old, republican and democrat alike with the assumption thatac they care about our country as much as i do. portman won 58 percent to 37 percent.they carunt amuch one of the early ones that camem in as well. that was confirmed. he did not campaign with trump and withdrew his support from haignwiublican presidentiall nominee after a 2005 tape of trump making lewd comments about women surfaced weeks ago.ng ld a number of important local issues were also on the ballot as voters approved two school issues and a local income tax hike. cleveland schools issue 108 passed. it's a renewal of issue 107,s ah passed in 2012.d in 2012. since the plan was enacted, school leaders say graduation rates have gone up 17 percent, whil