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U.S. Senator from Ohio · Class III

Jon Husted

Republican 1st term On 2026 ballot

Replaced J.D. Vance in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$19.9M raised · top PACs: Young Victory Committee, Cardinal Health, Abbott Laboratories Breaks with Republicans most onImmigration: broke on 5 of 29 party-line votes (17%; most Republicans: 0%)
99LoyaltyMed 100
100AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 9
7BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 2% of the Senate
Committees
  • Special Committee on Aging 7th majority
  • Environment and Public Works 9th majority
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 10th majority
Age
59

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

See the full race

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1325701669077

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Labor and Employment 13% 4%
Government Operations and Politics 13% 11%
Energy 9% 7%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Labor and Employment and Energy; bills go to Government Operations and Politics and Environmental Protection.

  • He talks most about: Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 57 bills sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberSpecial Committee on Aging7th majority
MemberEnvironment and Public Works Committee9th majority
MemberHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee10th majority
MemberSmall Business and Entrepreneurship Committee10th majority

+1 more on Background

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 2% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 2% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

20%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Husted.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

20% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills; closest in his party: Graham Nordone and Sheehy.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 51 · expected 44
Action in committee 5 · expected 5
Beyond committee 4 · expected 4
Passed Senate 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 81 of 100 in the Senate

0.40expected 0.69 · average member 1.00

0 of 51 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 0.40 against a peer median of 0.69.

  • On the move: S. 3618 (out of committee), S. 4745 (out of committee), S. 2082 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.58
Immigration5 of 29

With his party on the other 14 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 7 times (peer median 2), most on Immigration.

  • Position: +0.58, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Immigration 5 of 29, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 184.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Husted$19.9M raised17%32%14%37%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

49% of what he raised came from individuals; 17% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$19.9M raised, 14% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

138 PACs of the 338 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Young Victory Committee0% D
  2. Cardinal Health37% D
  3. Abbott Laboratories46% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

98 bills

Husted voted Yea on 17, Nay on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 79 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.