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Ohio Sen. Rob Portman is running for reelection to the U.S. Senate. | Getty Portman 'not interested' in Trump VP slot

Rob Portman has been floated as Donald Trump’s potential running mate, but the incumbent Ohio senator who faces a tough reelection this year has no interest in the position, his campaign manager said Thursday.

“Rob is not interested in anything but continuing to serve Ohio in the U.S. Senate,” Corry Bliss said in a statement. “He will continue to do what he does each and every day: wake up determined to get results for Ohio families.”

Trump, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee with Ted Cruz and John Kasich exiting the race this week, has said he will definitely choose a Republican to run as his veep and signaled that his selection will have political experience to help usher legislation through Congress.

The Senate campaign of Democratic challenger Ted Strickland issued a statement Thursday tying Portman to Trump, whose rise has divided the Republican Party, driving longtime Republicans to leave the party and others to claim they now stand with Hillary Clinton.

“It’s no surprise that Donald Trump wants Senator Portman to be his Vice President because on many issues Trump and Portman share the same toxic agenda: both oppose a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions, higher wages for … working people, and have a record of pushing the agenda of the wealthy and well-connected at Ohio’s expense,” Strickland spokeswoman Liz Margolis said in a statement.

“On the other hand, Portman’s status as the ultimate Washington insider and his unabashed, decades-long support for job-killing trade deals may disqualify him from this position in Trump’s view,” she continued. “Only time will tell.”

Bliss maintained that Portman will retain his Senate seat, calling Strickland “the worst Senate candidate in America.”

“The race for U.S. Senate offers Ohio a choice between a brighter future with Rob Portman or a return to Retread Ted's Ohio when the state lost more than 350,000 jobs and ranked 48th in job creation,” he said. “It's simple: Ted Strickland is the worst Senate candidate in America and has enough baggage to sink the Titanic.”

Portman and Strickland are tied in the latest poll of the Ohio Senate race released last week.