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.

Gov. Jon Husted,” DeWine said. Husted said he looks forward to working with President-elect Trump, Vance and the Senate GOP majority to fight inflation, end illegal immigration and advance ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appoints Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill VP-elect JD Vance's former Senate seat. This move is part of President-elect Trump's cabinet selections causing GOP reshuffling. The appointment will remain until a November 2026 special election,

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s pick to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate

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.

Gov. Jon Husted, right. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.) Following our reporting on a proposal by Republican leadership in Ohio to cut public school spending, which resulted in the lawmakers facing backlash, half a dozen GOP legislators personally reached out ...

Jon Husted speaks during a news conference in January ... potentially averts a divisive and expensive GOP primary for the governor’s race. The 57-year-old Husted, a former Ohio House speaker ...

In making his announcement, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he wanted a "workhorse" in the U.S. senate who would focus on Ohio as well as the rest of the country.

Sen. Jon Husted joined the Senate to replace Vice President JD Vance after the chamber voted to enact the ban against TikTok, but expressed his support for it.

Former Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was sworn in as Ohio's newest U.S. Senator on Tuesday. Here's a deeper look at what that means for who might replace him as LG, and also how his appointment reshapes the Republican primary for Ohio governor in 2026.

GOP Ohio governor campaign is shaping up to become a three-way race between ex-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Treasurer Robert Sprague, and Attorney General Dave Yost.