Next Ohio senator, a 'fiscal conservative,' aims to 'get government out of people's lives'
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In his first interview since being named the next Senator-designate for Ohio, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted explained he wants to bring his fiscally conservative philosophy to Washington.
Husted will take over Vice President-elect JD Vance's vacated Senate seat and run in a special election in 2026 to determine who will serve the remainder of his term. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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The lieutenant governor said he plans to run both in 2026 and again when Vance's seat is up for re-election in 2028.
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