Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg Residents stand in a line that stretches around the block while waiting to cast ballots at an early voting polling location for the 2020 presidential election at the Lucas County Board of Elections in Toledo on Oct. 6, 2020. Cleveland businessman Mike Gibbons is joining the crowded Republican field for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman in a 2022 primary contest dominated so far by the effort to show who's most supportive of Donald Trump. Gibbons, 69, who started a business at age 37 that became the investment bank and financial advisory firm Brown Gibbons Lang & Co., announced his candidacy on Tuesday, April 13, saying he'll bring a plain-spoken approach to Congress.