DeWine cannot run for reelection in 2026 because of term limits. Lt. Gov. Jon Husted planned to run as DeWine's successor, but Husted recently accepted DeWine's appointment to the U.S. Senate, replacing Vice President JD Vance.

The summit comes as Ohio’s largest business lobbies have thrown their collective weight behind improving child care in Ohio, a policy position they say is critical to attracting more jobs.

Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and assisted suicide.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that he's running for governor to replace term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine in 2026.

DeWine will hold a news conference at 1 p.m., but his office declined to provide further details about topic of discussion.

Mike DeWine will appoint ... plant in central Ohio. He also enjoyed a moment in the national spotlight when he gave the vice-presidential nomination speech for Vance at last year's Republican National Convention. DeWine will need to appoint someone to ...

Yost, 68, seeks to succeed two-term Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a fellow Republican, who is term-limited in 2026. He had teased his plans in a somewhat ominous black-and-white video posted to the social platform X in November.

“At the federal legislative level, that’s a different yardstick and standard than for governor of Ohio," said Republican consultant Terry Casey. “Historically, the governor's a little closer to voters — clearing highways, running prisons — than senators and members of Congress.”

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed his lieutenant ... post was in line with Husted's personal and political ambitions. DeWine had said appointing someone who could win a competitive Republican primary next year was among his chief considerations.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is expected to appoint Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) to the empty Senate seat left vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance. The post Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Expected to Appoint His Lt.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Friday that Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will be the state's new U.S. senator. But who will take over the governor's seat in 2026?

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to appoint his Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to take over Vice President-elect JD Vance's Senate seat, according to two people familiar with the matter. Vance resigned from his Ohio Senate seat last week, ahead of his upcoming inauguration.