Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will fill Vice President-elect JD Vance's Senate seat and join new Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has selected Lt. Governor Jon Husted to fill the U.S. Senate seat left open when Vice President-elect JD Vance resigned. Husted will join Bernie Moreno as the other U.S. Senator from Ohio.
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.
J.D. Vance had four years left on his Senate term before he resigned from his seat. Jon Husted is expected to take his place.
His clean-cut hair and all-American front have been posterized by the two of you. Husted is often seen glistening in the background of video press conferences and photo opportunities. During the state Covid updates, he proved to be nonsensical and a simpleton.
A political newcomer who had taken himself out of consideration for the US Senate seat held by VP-elect JD Vance apparently wants back in the pool of candidates for the appointment by Gov. Mike DeWine.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to appoint his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to the Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance, two sources with knowledge of the decision told NBC News.
The anticipated appointment will end weeks of speculation about who will join newly minted Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington.
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday named state Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill the US Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.
Political leadership is shifting in the state of Ohio. Since Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill Vice President J.D. Vance’s Ohio Senator seat until the November 2026 special election,
Two appointed senators, with the significant failure rate of those appointees, might be the helping hand that Senate Democrats need to climb back into power.
Ohio's attorney general and a former state senator have officially put their names in for top jobs in state government.