Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that his state’s lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, would fill the Senate seat left vacant by Vice President-elect JD Vance for at least the next two years.

The anticipated appointment will end weeks of speculation about who will join newly minted Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington.

Husted will replace JD Vance, who resigned from the Senate last week and will take office as the 50th vice president of the United States on Monday.

In making his announcement, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he wanted a "workhorse" in the U.S. senate who would focus on Ohio as well as the rest of the country.

Husted will serve at least through a 2026 special election to fill the remaining two years of the vice president-elect's term.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine named Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill the Senate seat that Vice President-elect JD Vance is vacating.

PHOTO: Jon Husted, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, accepted Gov., Mike DeWine's appointment to the US Senate, Jan 17, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (Courtney Hergesheimer/Columbus Dispatch/USA Today Network)

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