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 ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

Gov. Mike DeWine signed the certificate of appointment on Sunday for Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to replace vice-president elect JD Vance in the United States Senate.Hu

COLUMBUS - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate on Friday. Husted's appointment ends weeks of speculation about who will join Sen. Bernie Moreno, who took the oath of office earlier ...

Sketchy dealings: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed consumer protection lawsuits against two central Ohio automobile dealers, Shahid Meighan of The Columbus Dispatch reports. They’re accused of altering odometer readings, failing to turn over titles to dozens of customers who purchased vehicles, and other violations.

Who will be the new lieutenant governor of Ohio? We could be closer to an answer, in what will be a unique process.

Ohio is without a lieutenant governor now that Jon Husted is a U.S. Senator. Husted’s appointment to Washington came just two weeks ago, and now Gov.

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,

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.