John Husted
United States
Republican
United States senator
government
Jon Allen Husted is an American politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2019 to 2025 as the 66th lieutenant governor of Ohio and from 2011 to 2019 as the 50th Ohio secretary of state.
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Sep 12, 2026
Lean Right
The Republican senator parted ways with his top staffer over the Nazi profile photo controversy.
The right is watching whether Husted handled this decisively or caved to media pressure, with the broader question being how GOP offices vet young staff in the social media era.
Sep 12, 2026
Lean Left
The Republican senator parted ways with a top staffer over a Nazi profile photo on social media.
The left sees this as a minor cleanup that does not address the broader pattern of far-right hiring in GOP offices.