Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine expected to appoint Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to Vance's Senate seat

[highplainsdem]

Source: NBC

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to appoint his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to the Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance, two sources with knowledge of the decision told NBC News.

The sources, who were granted anonymity to share details of private discussions, said the announcement is scheduled to come at a 1 p.m. Friday news conference that DeWine has called at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.

A spokesperson for DeWine declined to comment about the agenda for the news conference. A Husted spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

Husted, who would serve at least through a 2026 special election to fill the remaining two years of Vance’s term, had recently emerged as a leading contender. DeWine had said appointing someone who could win a competitive Republican primary next year was among his chief considerations.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-expected-appoint-lt-gov-jon-husted-vances-senate-rcna186160

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Husted's corrupt.

General Discussion thread about about what David Pepper, former Ohio Democratic chair, has to say about him:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219912847

[Walleye]

1. Certainly didn't expect him to appoint a woman to Vance's seat