YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Republican Sen. Rob Portman’s retirement announcement Monday didn’t just send shock waves throughout the halls of the U.S. Capitol. Ohioans said they said were blindsided as well.

But perhaps they should not have been, given few politicians in Washington have any motivation to work together — something Portman said in his announcement he found untenable.

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