Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel replaces Sen. Jon Husted, who took over Vice President JD Vance's Senate seat last month.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — If governor Mike DeWine’s nomination of former OSU football coach, Jim Tressel, for lieutenant governor is confirmed by the Ohio General Assembly, Tressel will catch a political football and fill in for Jon Husted. Husted moved to the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by J.D. Vance, who is now serving as Donald Trump’s vice president.
In a whirlwind week for Jim Tressel that started with the announcement he would be nominated as Ohio’s lieutenant governor and ended with his swearing-in ceremony, he summed it up by saying: “I’m totally humbled and excited.
Gov. Mike DeWine has nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel as Ohio’s next lieutenant governor.
Jim Tressel will be officially sworn in as Ohio’s 67th Lieutenant Governor Friday in a ceremony in the Statehouse Rotunda.