Jon Husted

Republican · Candidate for Ohio U.S. Senate (special election) · Incumbent · November 3, 2026

Where they stand

Moderately right, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview). Senate roll-call votes, 119th Congress.

Source: data · how scores are linked to one scale.

Donor-based DIME score: moderately right.

AI read of their current public record: strongly right.

Issue by issue

Economy & taxesStrongly right
Climate & energyStrongly right

AI-estimated from their own website and Wikipedia article, only where they state a position.

Voting record in Congress

In the Senate (119th Congress, 907 votes): missed 0% of votes, voted with their party 99.2% of the time.

Sponsored 57 bills (0 became law), mostly on government operations and politics, environmental protection, health.

Source: Voteview.

Outside spending

Independent groups reported $67M supporting and $108M opposing Jon Husted.

For
Defend American Jobs · Crypto industry$36M
Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. (AFP Action) DBA CVA Action and DBA Libre Action · Libertarian / free-market$11M
No Going Back PAC Inc. · Trump-aligned super PAC$7.6M
Digital Freedom Fund · Crypto industry$3.0M
America PAC · Conservative advocacy$2.7M
The Sentinel Action Fund · Conservative advocacy$2.4M
Against
Winsenate · Democratic Senate leadership super PAC$62M
Duty and Country · Democratic Senate leadership super PAC$14M
Lower Costs Now · Unknown (no stated mission)$7.5M
Defend the Vote · Democratic Senate leadership super PAC$7.1M
LCV Victory Fund · Environment / climate$5.3M
Nrdc Action Votes · Environment / climate$3.6M

Source: FEC independent expenditures.

Endorsements

Endorsed by Donald Trump (source).

  • Executive branch officials: Donald Trump, George W. Bush, JD Vance
  • U.S. senators: Cynthia Lummis, Bernie Moreno, Tim Scott, John Cornyn
  • U.S. representatives: Jim Jordan, Bob Latta, David Taylor
  • Statewide officials: Keith Faber, Frank LaRose, Robert Sprague, Dave Yost
  • State legislators: Ohio Senate Republican Caucus, More than half of the Ohio House of Representatives (including Speaker Matt Huffman and members such as Kellie Deeter
  • Local officials: 75 Ohio county sheriffs, Hocking County Commissioners
  • Individuals: Vivek Ramaswamy, Jon Gruden
  • Labor unions: Associated Builders and Contractors of Ohio, Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council, Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 85, Local 105, and Local 744, International Union of Operating Engineers Locals 18 & 66, National Border Patrol Council and 1 more
  • Organizations: AIPAC, ClearPath Foundation, National Federation of Independent Business, Ohio Cattlemen's Association, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Right to Life and 5 more
  • Party chapters: Columbiana County Republican Party, Pickaway County Republican Party, Pike County Republican Party, Warren County Republican Party
  • Political parties: Ohio Republican Party

More about Jon Husted

Campaign website · Wikipedia · Ballotpedia

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