Todd Brian Portune (August 14, 1958 – January 25, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Cincinnati City Council and as a Hamilton County Commissioner.
Portune was regarded as left of center on social issues, and a fiscal conservative.
[citation needed] Portune was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Cincinnati City Council in 1993.
[3] Cincinnati has voted solidly for Democratic candidates in the early 21st-century; the suburbs have supported the Republicans.
[9] On January 31, he announced that he would not be a candidate, making the decision just days before the early February deadline to file nominating petitions to qualify for a place on the primary election ballot.
[11] Portune stated in September 2019 that he would not run for re-election in 2020, and announced the following month he would retire at the end of the year.