Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that his state’s lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, would fill the Senate seat left vacant by Vice President-elect JD Vance for at least the next two years. “I came to the conclusion, as you see, that the person who ...

The anticipated appointment will end weeks of speculation about who will join newly minted Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington.

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.

A major move in Ohio's Capitol could be announced as soon as Friday. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine may appoint a new U.S. senator to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance. Vance resigned from his Ohio Senate seat last week, ahead of his upcoming inauguration.

In naming his lieutenant governor and loyal ally Jon Husted to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy created when Sen. JD Vance of Ohio was elected vice president, Gov. Mike DeWine appears to have used as ...

Gov. Mike DeWine announced his own Lt. Gov. Jon Husted as the next senator from Ohio, passing over entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. “Jon Husted will be right at ...

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.

Gov. Mike DeWine to pick Lt. Gov. Jon Husted for J.D. Vance's U.S. Senate seat

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will fill Vice President-elect JD Vance's Senate seat and join new Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington.

COLUMBUS - Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday, throwing a wrench in Ohio’s 2026 race for governor. Husted's ...

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.

Governor Mike DeWine has chosen his Lt. Governor Jon Husted to fill an Ohio Senate seat vacated by incoming Vice President JD Vance, a source with knowledge of the pick told WCPO.