Mike DeWine signed a certificate of appointment to the United States Senate on Sunday for Lt. Gov. Jon Husted. Husted was announced Friday as the successor for Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. The 57-year-old Husted,
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Friday that he selected Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, tapping a like-minded fiscal and defense hawk to replace one of the Republican Party’s leading populist voices.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Friday announced his pick to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.
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.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Governor Mike DeWine has tapped his Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill J.D. Vance’s seat in the United States Senate.
Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine has an n ounced that Jon Husted, the state’s lieutenant governor, will fill the vacant seat created by J.D. Vance’s elevation to the vice presidency. Vance resigned his senate seat on January 10, so the appointment increases the Republican advantage in the Senate to 53–47.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine today signed the certificate of appointment to the U.S. Senate for Lt. Gov Jon Husted, who will be filling the senate seat being vacated by incoming Vice President JD Vance. DeWine signed it in Washington,
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. Husted is set to become the first U.S. senator from northwest Ohio. He grew up in Montpelier in Williams County.
JD Vance, an Ohio native with strong ties to Columbus, will be sworn in as vice president Monday. Vance, the now-former senator from Ohio who was tapped as presidential candidate Donald Trump's running mate this summer, grew up in Middletown, Ohio, as he details in his 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ."