The file

Jon Husted

Republican · U.S. Senator, Ohio · Ohio · Spectrum score +48

Senate · 2026 ballot ·

Jon Husted is U.S. Senator, Ohio in Ohio. Political positions and ideology score +48 (Right). Husted is the appointment in the other special.

College: University of Dayton, B.A. 1989, M.P.A. 2005
Spouse: Tina Husted
Children: Three
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Ohio · 2025–
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio · 2019–2025
Ohio Secretary of State · 2011–2019

Net worth: $4.0M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $1.0M
2026 raised: $8.5M
Years in office: 25

Where Jon stands on the spectrum

Jon Husted scores +48 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +48 · Right · economic +48 · social +47 · authoritarian +27

Confidence 86. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Husted is the appointment in the other special. The file is an Ohio careerist who waited his turn, got Vance’s remainder, and now runs a 2026 special the GOP treats as inventory. The SoS years are the reel.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$4.0M

+300% since taking office

Disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$1.0M

Now$4.0M

Ohio House, SoS, LG, appointed Senate. Career pol with Ohio business money. Not a dealer, not a hedge fund.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $8.5M
Cash on hand: $3.5M

Top industries

Ohio business
Energy
Republican PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Ohio careerist. Funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$100K–$500K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$30K–$150K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$100K–$500K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$30K–$150K

Sum of ranges $130K–$650K · midpoint $390K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

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Conflicts

Appointment to Vance’s seat — the path is the governor’s pen.
SoS years as the 2020 brand in a state that wanted a fight.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +48
Social: +47
Authoritarian: +27
Confidence: 86

Taxes & spending+54
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+42
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+48
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+52
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+38
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+46
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+48
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+56
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+50
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+54
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+58
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+30
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

Appointment 2025
2026 special
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.