Jon Husted

**Jon Allen Husted** (born August 25, 1967) is an American politician serving as the junior U.S. senator from Ohio since 2025. He was the 66th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 2019 to 2025 under Governor Mike DeWine. Husted was also the 50th Ohio secretary of state from 2011 to 2019.

On January 17, 2025, Governor Mike DeWine announced that Husted would fill the vacancy in the United States Senate created by the resignation of JD Vance to become vice president. Husted was sworn in on January 21, 2025.

## Electoral history

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|2010|Ohio Secretary of State|Primary||**Jon Husted**|Republican|506,253|67.26||Sandra O'Brien|Republican|246,444|32.74||
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|2000|rowspan="4"|Ohio House of Representatives|General|||**Jon Husted**||Republican||24,593||50%|||Dick Church, Jr.||Democratic||18,698||38%||||||*|||||
|2002|General|||**Jon Husted**||Republican||22,468||64%|||Gabrielle Williamson||Democratic||12,403||36%|||||||||||||
|2004|General|||**Jon Husted**||Republican||36,490||65%|||John Shady||Democratic||19,640||35%|||||||||||||
|2006|General|||**Jon Husted**||Republican||28,339||100%||||||||||||||||||||||
|2008|Ohio Senate|General|||**Jon Husted**||Republican||103,975||61%|||John Doll||Democratic||65,216||39%||||||||||||
|2010|rowspan="2"|Ohio Secretary of State|General|||**Jon Husted**||Republican||1,973,422||54.04%|||Maryellen O'Shaughnessy||Democratic||1,500,648||41.09%|||Charlie Earl||Libertarian||179,495||4.87%||
|2014|General|||**Jon Husted**||Republican||1,811,020||59.83%|||Nina Turner||Democratic||1,074,475||35.50%|||Kevin Knedler||Libertarian||141,292||4.67%||||
<small>2000 election notes: Richard Hartmann got 3,934 votes, Bryan Carey (L) got 904 votes and Charles Turner (N) got 705 votes.</small>

## Other websites

- Senator Jon Husted at Ohio Senate
- Husted for Ohio - Campaign website
- Representative Jon A. Husted (OH)  at Project Vote Smart
- _Follow the Money_ - Jon Husted
    - 2006 2004 2002 HD-37 2002 HD-412000 campaign contributions

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Jon Husted
- **image**: Sen. Jon Husted official portrait, 119th Congress.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2025
- **office**: United States Senate, United States Senator
from Ohio
- **state**: Ohio
- **appointer**: Mike DeWine
- **alongside**: Bernie Moreno
- **term start**: January 21, 2025
- **predecessor**: JD Vance
- **office1**: 66th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
- **governor1**: Mike DeWine
- **term start1**: January 14, 2019
- **term end1**: January 21, 2025
- **predecessor1**: Mary Taylor (Ohio politician), Mary Taylor
- **successor1**: Jim Tressel
- **office2**: 50th Ohio Secretary of State, Secretary of State of Ohio
- **governor2**: John Kasich
- **term start2**: January 10, 2011
- **term end2**: January 14, 2019
- **predecessor2**: Jennifer Brunner
- **successor2**: Frank LaRose
- **state senate3**: Ohio
- **district3**: Ohio's 6th senatorial district, 6th
- **term start3**: January 5, 2009
- **term end3**: January 9, 2011
- **predecessor3**: Peggy Lehner
- **successor3**: Peggy Lehner
- **office4**: 99th List of Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
- **term start4**: January 3, 2005
- **term end4**: January 4, 2009
- **predecessor4**: Larry Householder
- **successor4**: Armond Budish
- **state house5**: Ohio
- **district5**: 41st
- **term start5**: January 8, 2001
- **term end5**: January 4, 2009
- **predecessor5**: Don Mottley
- **successor5**: Peggy Lehner
- **birth place**: Royal Oak, Michigan, Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
- **party**: Republican Party (United States), Republican
- **children**: 3
- **education**: University of Dayton (Bachelor of Arts, BA, Master of Arts, MA)