Jon Husted (R) Ohio: Voting Record and Its Costs

Jon Husted is a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio who took the oath of office on January 21, 2025 after Gov. Mike DeWine appointed him to fill Vice President JD Vance’s seat, and he is on the Ohio ballot for the Senate on November 3, 2026. On July 1, 2025, Husted voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is projected to cost Ohio $33 billion in federal Medicaid funds over a decade and, a KFF expert told an Ohio panel, push 340,000 Ohioans off their coverage.

Husted also voted to block an extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits on December 11, 2025, voted against all five resolutions to end tariff emergencies that reached a Senate vote in 2025, and on September 10, 2025 voted to table an amendment that would have directed the attorney general to release the Epstein files. He voted to confirm the officials who carried out the cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Social Security Administration.

About Jon Husted

Full name

Jon Husted (Bioguide)

Current role

U.S. senator from Ohio, Republican, sworn in January 21, 2025

Prior offices

Ohio House of Representatives, 2001 to 2009 (speaker, 2005 to 2009); Ohio Senate, 2009 to 2011; Ohio secretary of state, 2011 to 2019; lieutenant governor of Ohio, 2019 to 2025

Seeking

U.S. Senate, Ohio, general election November 3, 2026 (AP)

Key votes

One Big Beautiful Bill Act, yes, July 1, 2025; ACA tax credit extension, no, December 11, 2025; ending the global tariff emergency, no, April 30, 2025; tabling the Epstein files amendment, yes, September 10, 2025; confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr., yes, February 13, 2025

What Jon Husted Is Responsible For

• Medicaid cuts. Husted voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed 50-50 with the vice president breaking the tie; CBO estimates the law cuts federal Medicaid spending by $911 billion over a decade and leaves 10 million more people uninsured, including 290,000 Ohioans who lose coverage because of the Medicaid changes.
• Rural hospitals. Husted voted against a motion on rural hospitals that Sen. Ed Markey offered during the bill's vote-a-rama, and the next day voted against an amendment to strike the bill’s limits on certain Medicaid payments; one Ohio economist surveyed afterward warned that rural hospitals may be forced to close.
• Health insurance premiums. Husted voted no as a bill to extend the enhanced ACA tax credits fell short of the 60 votes it needed, 51-48; after the credits expired, ACA sign-ups in Ohio fell 20 percent and enrollees’ premium payments rose an average of 58 percent nationally.
• Health agency cuts. Husted voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary; Kennedy's department announced a cut from 82,000 to 62,000 full-time employees, and about 400 of the workers notified at the occupational safety institute were in Cincinnati.
• Medicare. Husted voted to confirm Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, and Oz's agency launched a prior authorization model in traditional Medicare in six states, including Ohio, starting January 2026.
• Social Security. Husted voted against amendments to keep DOGE from closing Social Security offices and preserve Social Security phone service, and voted to confirm Frank Bisignano as commissioner of the agency.
• Food assistance. Husted voted to waive a point of order that Sen. Amy Klobuchar raised against the bill’s unfunded SNAP mandate on states; the law is projected to cost 98,000 Ohioans their food benefits and Ohio $416 million over 10 years.
• Tariffs. Husted voted against ending the emergency behind the global tariffs, which failed 49-49; Ohio farmers lost nearly three-quarters of their exports to China in 2025.
• DOGE. Husted said in a written statement that “DOGE is diligently working to save money for Ohio taxpayer” as Cuyahoga Valley National Park lost workers; NASA Glenn in Cleveland now has about 600 fewer workers than a year earlier.
• Epstein files. Husted voted to table the Schumer amendment directing release of the Epstein files, which was tabled 51-49; AP reported Leslie Wexner gave Husted $3,500 in July 2025, less than 10 weeks before that vote.
• Medicaid claims. Husted said of the bill, “it’s not by cutting benefits off anyone. That’s not the case,” while the KFF estimate puts 340,000 Ohioans off Medicaid and marketplace coverage.
• Insurance costs. When the Ohio Capital Journal asked about the expiring credits, Husted’s office did not respond to a request for comment, as nearly 600,000 Ohioans faced higher insurance costs.

How This Page on Jon Husted Is Sourced

Every vote on this page was checked against the Senate roll call record for the 119th Congress and links to the official senate.gov roll call; amendment and motion sponsors are identified from the Senate Daily Press Gallery’s floor log. Figures for Ohio come from KFF, Ohio news outlets, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio and federal agencies, each linked where it appears. Last updated October 28, 2026.

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