Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, who’s succeeding Vice President-elect JD Vance in the Senate, is a seasoned conventional Republican whose political service predates Donald Trump’s rise to dominance within the party.
Husted, appointed Friday by Gov. Mike DeWine (R) to serve until Dec. 15, 2026, will also run in a special election next year to complete the final two years of the term Vance won in 2022. Husted starts out as the favorite to win both the Republican primary and the general election in the GOP-leaning state.
He’s a “pre-MAGA Republican” said Kyle Kondik, an Ohio politics expert who’s managing ...