Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s appointment of Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, a fellow Republican, to the Senate resets Ohio’s 2026 game-board, notably the race to succeed DeWine, term-limited home in January 2027.

The role President Trump may play going forward -- in Jon Husted’s success as a senator, in the Ohio governor’s race and other contests -- remains to be seen. But in deep-red Ohio, as Gov. DeWine and Husted’s journey to Mar-a-Lago,

Fven a potential three-way race for 2026’s Ohio GOP gubernatorial nomination, including likely Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy and news-magnet Dave Yost, the Ohio attorney general, Jon Husted’s taking a Senate seat,

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) is set to become the newest addition to the Senate after Gov. Mike DeWine (R) selected him to fill Vice President-elect JD Vance’s seat on Friday. DeWine

Jon Husted was sworn in as Ohio's newest U.S. senator Tuesday, just one day after his predecessor became vice president of the United States. Vice President JD Vance administered the oath to Husted during a ceremony at the U.

With the appointment of Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to JD Vance’s Senate seat, Ohio has two Republican U.S. Senators for the first time in 18 years. The last time that happened, the senators were George Voinovich and Mike DeWine — Ohio's current governor who, last week, appointed the 57-year-old Husted to the Vance vacancy.

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.

Jon Husted is Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s pick to succeed Vice ... Choosing Husted, who had been positioning to run for governor in 2026, potentially averts a divisive and expensive GOP primary to fill Vance's seat next year. DeWine’s expected ...

Mike DeWine is expected to appoint his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to the Senate seat recently vacated ... Others who were in the mix to succeed Vance included former state GOP chair Jane Timken, state Treasurer Robert Sprague, Rep.

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.

Jon Husted will be the state’s next U.S. Senator ... leaders and officeholders thought to be on the list of possible candidates, including former Ohio GOP chair Jane Timken and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. DeWine had said last month that ...

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.