- Associated Press - Thursday, July 9, 2015

Here are members of the African American Leadership Council formed by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s re-election campaign:

STEERING COMMITTEE

Jennette Bradley, former Ohio lieutenant governor, Ohio treasurer



Bishop Timothy J. Clarke, senior pastor, First Church of God in Columbus

Leonard Hubert, president and CEO, L. Hubert & Associates, LLC

Larry H. James, attorney, Crabbe, Brown & James, Columbus

Rev. Dr. Damon Lynch, Jr., pastor, New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Cincinnati

Rev. Dr. Larry L. Macon, Sr., senior pastor, Mt. Zion Church, Oakwood Village (Cleveland suburb)

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Rev. Peterson Mingo, Christ Temple Baptist Church, Evanston (Cincinnati suburb)

Bishop Marva Mitchell, pastor and co-founder, Revival Center Ministries International, Project Impact-Dayton

Rev. Dr. Michael Noble, founder and senior pastor, Shiloh Holistic Opportunity Programs, Newark

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF LEADERSHIP COUNCIL:

Cincinnati: Paul Booth, Josh Burton, Ron Dumas, Brian Jarvis, Jeffrey Pastor, Charlie Winburn.

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Cleveland: Brian Barnes, Rev. Henry F. Curtis IV, Ebony Grantonz-Curtis, Darryl McNair, Stacey Polk, Tracey Winbush, James “Jim” Brady (Shaker Heights).

Columbus: Ted Adams, Apps Akpofure, Terry Boyd, Kacy Bullard, Rev. John T. Coats II, James Ervin Jr., Mark Hatcher, Jack Marchbanks, Ruth McNeil, Clarence Mingo, Denise Robinson, Dimitrious Stanley, Ibrahima Sow, Jesse Thomas.

Dayton: Ronald C. Todd II, Anthony Whitmore.

Marion: Stanley Jackson.

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Toledo: Cliff Porter, Jan Scotland.

Wilberforce: Austin Harris.

SOURCE: Portman for Senate

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