UPDATE: Sen. Rob Portman to Campaign in Kent Friday

UPDATE: Ohio Lt. Governor Mary Taylor will campaign with Portman in Kent today.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman will campaign in downtown Kent this afternoon for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Portman, a Cincinnati native, has spent the past several weeks making stops on the campaign trail and speaking to media in support of the Romney campaign.

He will speak in Kent at 4:30 p.m. at the Romney campaign office on the third floor in Acorn Alley II.

While Portman is speaking in Kent, Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan will be speaking at a rally in North Canton.