Republicans rounded out their 53-seat Senate majority on Tuesday with the swearing-in of Jon Husted and Ashley Moody, the two senators replacing Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted of Ohio will replace Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in the Senate, with Florida attorney general Ashley Moody set to take Marco Rubio’s place.

Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.

Jon Husted will replace Vice President-elect ... Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has named Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody as his replacement. Vance had four years left on his Senate term before he ...

Mike DeWine (R) on Friday named his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to fill the state ... announced Thursday that the state’s attorney general, Ashley Moody, would be his pick to succeed ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appoints Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill VP-elect JD Vance's former Senate seat. This move is part of President-elect Trump's cabinet selections causing GOP reshuffling. The appointment will remain until a November 2026 special election,

In order to keep the Senate job, Husted will have to win a 2026 special election to fill the last two years of the term JD Vance vacated to become vice-president, then seek a full-six year term in 2028.

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Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed his state's lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, on Friday to fill Vice President-elect JD Vance's former seat in the U.S. Senate. The move was among several playing out as members of the party's narrow majorities in Congress prepare to join President-elect Donald Trump's new administration on Monday.

Ohio's political landscape undergoes significant changes as Jon Husted is appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Mike DeWine, replacing JD Vance. Meanwhile, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy plans to run for Ohio governor in 2026.