Broadcaster Geraldo Rivera Pondering Run for Ohio Senate Seat

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Geraldo Rivera in Trump Tower in New York in 2017.Photographer: Albin Lohr-Jones/Pool/Bloomberg

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By Emma Kinery

March 10, 2021 at 9:51 PM UTC

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Television journalist Geraldo Rivera says he may run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Ohio Senator Rob Portman.

Rivera, in a tweet tagged from Siesta Key, Florida, said he was “pondering running” for Portman’s seat. Rivera, 77, has lived in Shaker Heights, Ohio, since 2017 and has hosted a radio show “Geraldo in Cleveland” since 2018.