Appointing Ramaswamy to the Senate would offer Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted a cleaner shot to succeed DeWine by eliminating a potential competitor.“DeWine isn’t incentivized to pick Ramaswamy for Senate, but Vivek is also the one roadblock to Husted,” this person said.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - When Gov. Mike DeWine was at Mar-a-Lago with Republican governors, DeWine said he planned to name a new U.S. senator this week. We’re talking about who may replace Vance on Today in Ohio.

President-elect Donald Trump has privately encouraged Vivek Ramaswamy to consider an appointment to the US Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance if offered the position by Ohio Gov.