Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appoints Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to take JD Vance’s vacant seat in the Senate
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Caroline Molloy
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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 is best suited to be the United States senator is a person who has been close to me for the last six years — a person who, almost daily, I work with,” DeWine said. “And that is Lieutenant Governor John Husted.”
“For decades, Ohioans endured the harsh effects of globalization, automation and complacency, leading to high unemployment and a reputation as being one of the worst states to do business,” Husted said after accepting DeWine’s nomination.
“But today, Ohio stands as one of the best states to do business with more jobs than at any point in our history.”
“Serious times demand serious people,” DeWine, 78, said of his deputy, noting that he “interviewed a large number of people” and the decision “took a while.”
