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Posted on 12/21/2024 8:15:40 PM PST by SeekAndFind
With former Sen. JD Vance's (R-OH) vice presidential win, a new political figure will have the opportunity to step into the spotlight and represent Ohio in Washington. The race to fill the open seat has become an anticipated contest, with potential candidates from both major parties vying for the chance to succeed Vance.
Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted recently paid a visit to President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home with as rumors speculate he is the top candidate to fill the position.
According to state law, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) must appoint a Republican to fill Vance’s Senate seat until a special election is held in November 2026 to determine who will serve the remainder of Vance’s term, which ends in 2028. The winner of that election can then choose to run again that year for a new six-year term.
Other candidates DeWine is considering for the position include Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH), who has been endorsed by Trump three times.
Carey said tht Trump "needs somebody in the Senate that will make sure that we get his agenda through.” Similarly, the president-elect said that Vance’s replacement in the senate needs to be ready to begin implementing his agenda on day one of his new term.
The Ohio representative said he would be honored to serve as a senator under Trump’s administration, echoing remarks by the incoming president.
“I think you need to have somebody that's able to start on Day One, hit the ground running as a U.S. senator," Carey said. "You don't want to have somebody coming in from the great state of Ohio who has to be on the job training. And so we've had a track record of success here in the, you know, in the 15th Congressional District. I can easily parlay that into the Senate."
DeWine must choose a new senate appointment soon, as the new Congress will be sworn in on Jan. 3. He said that whoever he chooses to fill the seat will need to be a “workhorse" and is "qualified and ready to earn the trust of Ohio voters for another term."
Elizabeth Kucinich.
It’s a pity Vivek doesn’t want the spot - he’s apparently from Ohio, he and Vance are friends, and he’d be a strong supporter of Trump for the next four years, and of Vance after that.
Oh Hell no!
Or Dennis? 🤪
Not really. Vivek has an important role to play in the Trump administration. He is part of the Trump brain trust and he along with Musk are the point of the executive spear going after waste and corruption.
The governor of Ohio will appoint a conservative. He has many to choose from. I suspect we will be pleased.
I'll even publicly apologize for calling you Governor DeRINO.
I won't mean it, but I will say the words.
“The governor of Ohio will appoint a conservative.”
I think that is the funniest thing I’ve ever read on FR, lol.
No...more than likely it will be Matt Dolan, DeWino’s gun control and red flag hero.
Was in Columbus last week - rumors point to John “The Mailman” Kasich - he and DeWine are allies.
Yeah, no, just no.
Ugh! Kasich actually crossed my mind — as a joke.
Mike Carey...He will never have my vote. May he wear that recent “bankrupt social security act” vote like a millstone.
I’m not forgetting J.D.Vance was a cosponsor of this travesty either. I checked on the police in Vance’s fabled hometown of the working man. One officer 1 year on patrol pulling down $101k base salary and getting 72 percent of his salary in retirement.
What a scary thought.
John “make me a sandwich, bitch” Kasich, lol.
We can never have to many solar panel installations in my county, right...
Agree, Ramaswamy would be excellent in that position and it would keep him in politics for at least four and maybe more years.
But he’s so smart and creative, he’d probably be bored to death with all the bullschtein in D.C. Plus, he has a young family that would be better off staying where they are.
“ Was in Columbus last week - rumors point to John “The Mailman” Kasich - he and DeWine are allies.”
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Please don’t torment your FReeper brothers and sisters. 🙀🙀
If it’s any consolation, I hear his father was a mailman
Unfortunately.
Usha would be great, but being away from her husband would not. And it would be awful for their little kids. I think living in D.C. and getting acclimated to the slash and burn political and social landscape there would be far better. She could be our next First Lady.
When will Vance leave his senate seat? He could wait until the morning of January 20th.
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