here in ohio they elected ron portman as our united states senator.ey also elected five new republican members of the house from here in ohio. they swept the democrats out of the halls of columbus, ohio. nationally i think the story was equally impressive. we elected 89 new freshmen members of the house of representatives making up 40% of our majority. kelly ayotte who is with us today is a proud new freshman member elected in 2010. joining a great new class of new members in washington, d.c. she gave up her career as a prosecutor, gave up her first big elected office as the first female to be elected attorney general in the state of new hampshire to take a shot at a seat in the united states senate. she had the courage to want to go to washington to deliver real change. she is doing just that. [applause] in our short time in washington, she has been an important voice to promote life, to project our veterans and stop runaway spending. i hear she is beginning to lead a bipartisan revolt in the united states senate against harry reid to actually do a b

he's got the endorsement from senator ron portman.rsed romney. our end of the state tends to be somewhat more less socially conservative than the southern part of the state which would indicate that i think romney would get more support up our way than santorum. >> how do you see them playing on ut? >> well, look, this is where romney's money advantage and where his organizational advantage really kicks in and he's rung up the delegate count where he's significantly ahead anyway and i think the press has a way to focus on the contest and that's what's clear here is ohio this time and assuming romney's ahead there and scores pretty much everywhere else and ron paul will win in washington state or something, but i don't think the storyline changes from here, and it says that romney remains his to lose. >> all right. sabrina eaton, and -- >> be sure to watch "meet the press." david gregory's guests include newt gingrich and eric cantor and debbie wasserman schultz. check your local listings for the time. >>> up next, a round of nuclear n

in ohio, here we go, senator rob portman, the linder family, eddie crawford, ron weinberg and honorary donald trump. [ applause ] >> he was on the radio all the time for us in iowa. in oklahoma, san coburn. ryan leonard, fred how and harold ham. senator alexander and commissioner bill haggerty. in vermont, darcy johnston and state senators randy brock and vince elusey, thank you. more states, guy, sorry. in virginia, a big thank you to governor bob mcdonald -- bob mcdonnell. we love him. our wonderful friend, lieutenant-governor bill bolland. and house leader eric cantor. thank you for that endorsement. bobby killberg, jack gerard and tom ferrell. finally, massachusetts, thank you! [ applause ] >> we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mi mitt. >> i have to thank senator scott brown, who's going to be your next senator. some of our favorite governors, bill weld and paul saluchi and our hearts go to paul and all the health problems and thank you brad jones. chris collins, sandy and paul, bob mcgin and ron. and a special thank you to t

in ohio, here we go, senator rob portman, the linder family, eddie crawford, ron and honorary buckeye donald trump. [applause] he was on the radio for us all the time in ohio. in oklahoma, thank you to senator tom coburn, thad, ryan leonard, fred hall. in tennessee, governor bill haslim, senator alexander and commissioner bill haggardy. in vermont, darcy and state senators brock and vince aluzzi. thank you. more states, guys. sore owe. in virginia, a big thank you to governor bob mcdonald. we love him. [applause] also, our wonderful friend, lieutenant governor, house majority eric cantor. eric, thank you for that endorsement. bobby kilborn, jack and tom. and finally, massachusetts, thank you! [applause] >> we want mitt! we want mitt! we want mitt! we want mitt! we want mitt! >> i have to thank senator scott brown who's going to be your next senator. some of our favorite governors, bill well and paul. our hearts go out to paul and all the health struggles he's been to. house majority leader, oh, thank you, brad jones. chris collins, sandy and paul edgerly. a special thank you to the th

in ohio, here we go, senator rob portman, the linder family, eddie crawford, ron weinberg and honoraryd trump. [ applause ] >> he was on the radio all the time for us in iowa. in oklahoma, san coburn. ryan leonard, fred how and harold ham. senator alexander and commissioner bill haggerty. in vermont, darcy johnston and state senators randy brock and vince elusey, thank you. more states, guy, sorry. in virginia, a big thank you to governor bob mcdonald -- bob mcdonnell. we love him. our wonderful friend, lieutenant-governor bill bolland. and house leader eric cantor. thank you for that endorsement. bobby killberg, jack gerard and tom ferrell. finally, massachusetts, thank you! [ applause ] >> we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mitt, we want mi mitt. >> i have to thank senator scott brown, who's going to be your next senator. some of our favorite governors, bill weld and paul saluchi and our hearts go to paul and all the health problems and thank you brad jones. chris collins, sandy and paul, bob mcgin and ron. and a special thank you to the tho