Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has just appointed a replacement for JD Vance’s now vacant Senate seat and he’s chosen his own Lt. Govenor, Jon Husted.
Here’s more from NBC News:
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to the Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.
“I have worked with him, I have seen him. I know his knowledge of Ohio. I know his heart. I know what he cares about. I know his skills,” DeWine said at a Friday news conference from the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. “All of that tells me he is the right person for this job.”
Word of Husted’s selection began trickling out Friday morning, after it became clear that DeWine would announce his choice at an afternoon news conference. Signal Ohio first reported that DeWine had settled on Husted, and two sources with knowledge of the decision confirmed it to NBC News.
“This decision was not made lightly,” Husted said while standing alongside his wife, Tina, and DeWine. “My family and I listened to the advice of so many people, including the governor and so many others.”
Husted’s move has broader ramifications on Ohio’s political landscape, removing him from a long-planned run to succeed the term-limited DeWine as governor in 2026.
Vance was elected in 2022 and his term isn’t up until 2028. I hope Husted is a solid conservative because he’s going to be there for a while.
