Fox Poll Showing Former Dem Senator Leading In Ohio Sparks Backlash

Husted was serving as Ohio’s lieutenant governor when he was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine (R) to fill the remainder of Vice President J. D.

Vance’s term.

“There were many people who I considered very qualified to serve in the U. S. Senate to represent the State of Ohio, but I came to the conclusion that the best person to serve is a person who has been close to me for the last six years – a person who I work with almost daily – and that is Lt.

Governor Jon Husted,” the governor said in a press release.