Column: Contest to succeed Portman could be crowded Thomas Suddes Here’s the shrewdest thing said so far about Ohio’s 2022 race to succeed Sen. Rob Portman: “If Jim Jordan decides to run, it is highly likely he will win that [Republican] primary.” That’s what Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, a Democrat, told The New York Times last week. Whaley, who herself may run for the Senate or for governor next year, was 100 percent correct. Before anyone says it’s too soon the think about Campaign ’22, cleveland.com reported Tuesday that some Democrats are floating the name of ex-state Health Director Amy Acton as a Senate candidate. Acton was GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s anti-COVID-19 point-person. She resigned in June partly because mulish General Assembly Republicans fought ant-virus measures she ordered.