With the Trump-Vance ticket victorious, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine now faces the critical task of appointing JD Vance’s successor in the Senate. These moments often bring heightened drama. After Barack Obama’s 2008 election, controversy erupted when then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was accused of attempting to “sell” Obama’s vacated Senate seat. He reportedly discussed potential candidates in secretive and illicit dealings with Barack Obama himself.
According to a report from Fox News Digital, “elevating women is important to DeWine and that he would like to appoint a woman to the seat, although gender is not the deciding factor.”
Republican Jane Timken, an Ohio attorney who served as chair of the Ohio Republican Party from 2017 to 2021, is also widely considered to be another potential Vance replacement.
Other candidates reportedly in the mix include Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Attorney General Dave Yost, Treasurer Robert Sprague and State Sen. Matt Dolan.
Yost, who has said he wouldn’t accept the position, and Husted are believed to be focused on the upcoming governor’s race to replace DeWine. Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy had been floated as a possibility but he recently accepted a position in the Trump administration and withdrew his name.
Three Republicans currently serving in Congress – Reps. Mike Carey, David Joyce and Warren Davidson – are believed to be options as well.
Carey, who has strong relationships with both Trump and DeWine, reached out to DeWine shortly after Vance was selected, a source familiar with the discussion said this summer. […]
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