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Jon Husted

23 dated events on the record · 18 primary-source · 0 contradictions · 2011–2026

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2026-05-02 Transactions SECONDARY Quiver Quantitative estimates Husted's net worth at approximately $8,000 from publicly disclosed stock trades, though his financial disclosure reports more extensive holdings through his spouse and other investment…
2026-04-19 Transactions SECONDARY The Senate Leadership Fund, the main Republican super PAC for Senate races, announced plans to spend $79 million on Husted's behalf — roughly one-quarter of its planned national spending across eight contested Senate…
2026-04-16 Transactions SECONDARY The Sentinel Action Fund, a conservative super PAC backed by crypto interests including the Solana Institute and Multicoin Capital, pledged $8 million to support Husted's 2026 Senate campaign in April 2026. Husted is a…
2026-03-11 Other facts PRIMARY [disclosure] Husted's calendars, obtained via public records request, showed multiple meetings and phone calls with former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones, Ohio's former top utility regulator, and then-Ohio House Speaker…
2026-02-17 Transactions PRIMARY Husted subsequently announced he would donate the Wexner contributions to charity, but his campaign communications director declined to specify how much would be donated or which charities would receive the funds.
2026-02-02 Transactions PRIMARY Husted has declined to support a congressional ban on stock trading while actively holding investments in companies where he had close government knowledge, including Intel Corp (where his wife held up to $15,000 in…
2026-01-15 Other facts PRIMARY [statement] When asked about the growing affordability crisis facing Ohio families, Husted told Ohioans to 'earn more' money and criticized what he described as a 'broken' American work ethic.
2025-10-15 Stated positions PRIMARY [statement] Husted stated on a Columbus radio show that Medicaid work requirements and cuts in the OBBBA were 'purposeful' and added: 'So I love fighting for those things. I love doing that kind of stuff.'
2025-10-01 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.R. 9745 (Government Funding Continuing Resolution — October 2025) on 2025-10-01: Husted voted yea on the failed stopgap funding bill to keep federal agencies open. The bill was rejected, triggering a…
2025-09-19 Votes PRIMARY Voted nay on S.Con.Res. (Vote Against Extending Enhanced ACA Tax Credits) on 2025-09-19: Husted voted against permanently extending Affordable Care Act cost-lowering tax credits. Approximately 513,000 Ohioans benefited…
2025-09-10 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on S.Amdt. 512 (Motion to Table Schumer Amendment on Epstein Files Release) on 2025-09-10: Husted voted to block the release of Epstein-related DOJ files just two months after receiving a $3,500 donation from…
2025-09-10 Votes PRIMARY Husted received $116,892 in campaign contributions from Les Wexner, the billionaire founder of Victoria's Secret and an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, between 2001 and 2025. The most recent contribution of $3,500 was…
2025-07-16 Transactions PRIMARY [statement] Husted deleted a social media post in July 2025 showing him laughing with lobbyists while bragging that the OBBBA was a 'pro-family' bill for 'working class families,' after being asked about the message it…
2025-07-15 Transactions SECONDARY Husted raised $959.8K in Q2 2025, the 3rd highest of all Q2 Senate reports. As of July 2025, he held $2.6M cash on hand for his 2026 reelection campaign. Sherrod Brown dramatically outraised him in Q4 2025, with Brown…
2025-07-01 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — Senate passage) on 2025-07-01: Husted voted yea on what the Ohio Democratic Party and health policy analysts described as 'the largest Medicaid cut in U.S…
2025-06-17 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on S. 2154 (GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins)) on 2025-06-17: Husted proudly supported the GENIUS Act, stating on StandWithCrypto.org: 'I'm fighting for…
2025-01-25 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on PN 11-3 (Confirmation of Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security) on 2025-01-25: Husted voted to confirm Noem to head DHS — the department carrying out Trump's mass deportation agenda. Noem was…
2025-01-24 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on PN 12-1 (Confirmation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense) on 2025-01-24: Husted voted to confirm Hegseth despite widespread allegations of sexual assault and financial mismanagement. Hegseth was…
2025-01-20 Votes PRIMARY Voted yea on S. 5 (Laken Riley Act) on 2025-01-20: Husted voted yea on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes — the first bill signed into law in Trump's second term and a…
2025-01-17 Other facts PRIMARY Husted has served in elected office since 2000: Ohio House of Representatives (2000-2008), Ohio House Speaker (2005-2009), Ohio State Senate (2009-2011), Ohio Secretary of State (2011-2019), Ohio Lieutenant Governor…
2022-06-15 Transactions PRIMARY [statement] When asked what role he played in the HB6 bailout legislation (the $1 billion FirstEnergy nuclear bailout at the center of Ohio's $60 million bribery scandal), Husted answered, 'None.' He has reiterated…
2022-05-24 Transactions PRIMARY While serving as Ohio's lieutenant governor in 2022, Husted joined the executive board of Heartland Bank — a financial institution regulated by the Ohio Department of Commerce, whose director was appointed by Gov…
2011-08-23 Other facts SECONDARY Jon Husted filed filing with the SEC on 2011-08-23. Accession number: N/A.