35 Facts About Jon Husted

Jon Allen Husted was born on August 25,1967 and is an American politician serving as the 66th lieutenant governor of Ohio, since 2019.

Jon Husted was previously the 53rd Ohio Secretary of State.

From 2005 to 2009, Husted served as Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and remains the 7th youngest person to ever become Ohio House Speaker.

Jon Husted was elected Ohio Secretary of State in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.

Jon Husted was a candidate in the Republican Party primary for Governor of Ohio in the 2018 election but later announced that he would instead run for lieutenant governor of Ohio as Attorney General Mike DeWine's running mate.

Jon Husted was born in the Detroit area in 1967 and was immediately placed for adoption.

Jon Husted has stated that his biological father did not want him and his biological mother was unable to care for him.

Jon Husted was adopted by Jim and Judy Husted and raised in the Northwest Ohio Community of Montpelier, Ohio as the oldest of three children.

Jon Husted cites his experience having been adopted as a child as the foundation for his staunch opposition to abortion.

Jon Husted later received both a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Dayton where he played on the Dayton Flyers Football team.

Jon Husted then stayed in the Dayton area and worked for Montgomery County Commissioner Don Lucas and was eventually named Vice-President of Business and Economic Development at the Dayton-Area Chamber of Commerce, a position he held until seeking public office as State Representative in 2000.

Jon Husted went on to serve as Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, State Senator and Ohio Secretary of State.

Jon Husted was first elected Ohio Secretary of State in 2010 after defeating Democratic challenger Maryellen O'Shaughnessy by nearly a half-million votes.

Jon Husted was re-elected in 2014 against the Democratic challenger, then-State Senator Nina Turner by over 700,000 votes.

Shortly after taking office, Jon Husted set uniform days and hours for voting across the state, replacing the prior system that allowed each county board of elections to set their own days and hours for early voting.

Chris Redfern, then Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party stated Jon Husted had been looking for a way to chip away at the number of days and hours.

Jon Husted's directive was covered by a wide variety of Ohio media.

Jon Husted boasted about this ranking in a press release following the biannual release of the national rankings.

On March 7,2016, the ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to Jon Husted's office indicating their opinion that 17-year-olds should be allowed to vote in the 2016 primary March 15.

All Ohio businesses are required to maintain a business registration with the Secretary of State's Office and the business services division was the focus of a large number of changes after Jon Husted took office in 2011.

Jon Husted reduced the fee for starting a new business in Ohio by 21 percent and launched a partnership with Google's Get Your Business Online initiative which directed new business filers to free business startup resources offered through the web giant.

Jon Husted leaned heavily on technology in his efforts to streamline the operation of his office, which allowed him to reduce spending over his predecessor, Democrat Jennifer Brunner, by $14.5 million in his first term.

In 2015, Jon Husted announced he would close his office's in-house business call center and instead contract with a nonprofit organization in northeast Ohio called the Cleveland Sight Center, which employs individuals who are blind or have significant visual impairments.

Jon Husted said at the time that his own experiences as a student athlete in both high school and college helped to shape his view that extra-curricular experiences develop good character skills and a strong work ethic that we should want to instill into all students in their younger years.

Jon Husted supported the legislative efforts of State Senator Cliff Hite, which sought to restrict school districts' ability to charge participation fees, though the legislation did not make it out of committee.

Jon Husted said there were eligible voters choosing to not register out of fear for their own safety.

Mid-way through the primary, Jon Husted announced that he was dropping out of the gubernatorial race to run as a combined ticket with candidate Mike DeWine.

In January 2021, Senator Rob Portman announced that he would not seek re-election and Jon Husted's name was floated as a possible replacement.

In 2005, while representing the 41st Ohio house district, Jon Husted was criticized for a fishing trip during Memorial Day Weekend, which included three Columbus lobbyists in the middle of an important budget debate, in which the lobbyists had a stake in the budget outcome.

Jon Husted initially denied the lobbyists were involved in politics.

In 2008, as Speaker of the House, Jon Husted was accused of being "in sync" with FirstEnergy in their energy regulation dispute with Gov.

Jon Husted supported FirstEnergy's position over the regulation sought by the Governor and manufacturers to control FirstEnergy's highest rates in the state.

Since 2001, Jon Husted has accepted $39,500 from FirstEnergy's political action committee, and since 2008, has accepted $71,000 from FirstEnergy employees.

In October 2008, Jon Husted became the subject of an electoral investigation concerning his residency.

Governor of Ohio, Jon Husted was appointed to a paid position on the board of directors for Heartland Bank ltd.