Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s pick to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.
The responsibility to name a successor to JD Vance's Senate seat fell to Governor DeWine, who chose his Lieutenant Governor, Jon Husted.
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will replace Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in the Senate, ending weeks of speculation as Washington, D.C., prepares to inaugurate Donald Trump for a second time as president.
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Friday announced his pick to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.
Vivek Ramaswamy, who was also seen as a possible replacement for the vice president-elect, is widely expected to run for governor of Ohio instead.
In choosing Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill Vice President J.D. Vance’s former seat in the U.S. Senate, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is sending
No comment.” That’s all Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said and walked away. Only at the tail end of DeWine’s press conference last Friday, to announce Lt. Gov. Jon Husted as his pick to replace J.D. Vance in the U.
Current Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was chosen by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Friday afternoon to fill Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s U.S. Senate seat. Husted, who has served as the 66th lieutenant governor of Ohio since 2019 and was Ohio’s 50th Secretary of State from 2011-2019,
Husted will join freshman Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington to fill out the next two years of Vance’s term before running in a special election in 2026. The Senate flipped to a Republican majority in the 2024 election cycle and now stands at 53-47 with the appointment.
Hardly anyone, including Jon Husted, pictured him as a U.S. senator. But the Republican, who has eyed the Ohio governor’s seat for
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.