MEET JON

JON'S STORY

Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted is a leading, consistent, and conservative voice in the Republican Party.

Jon is driven by the values of hard work, personal responsibility, family, faith, and freedom.

He has focused his entire career, both in the private sector and public service, on creating a strong economy and thriving communities. As Lt. Governor, his work has driven some of the largest economic development deals the state has ever seen, including attracting new investment in every region of the state from companies like Ford, Abbott Labs, Medpace, General Motors, Honda - - and the largest economic development deal in Ohio's history with Intel’s chip manufacturing facility in Licking County.

As Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, he’s worked to ensure our residents have the skills they need so all those new jobs are filled by Ohioans, in addition to attracting new talent to our state. He pioneered new strategies for job training through business (not government)-driven programs like TechCred and Industry Sector Partnerships in order to give new opportunity to every Ohioan.

Since becoming Lt. Governor, Jon has also been a leader in meaningful regulatory reform. In January 2023, he announced a plan to completely eliminate one-third of Ohio’s regulatory code in the next year. He also founded InnovateOhio, which focuses on using technology to improve the way we serve Ohioans while reducing costs and government waste. Under his leadership, the initiative has transformed the Ohio BMV, implementing Online Driver’s License Renewal, Online Title Transfer, and other digital services to reduce the need for people to go in-person to a government office. He also implemented the use of technology to catch waste and fraud in government payments. In total, InnovateOhio initiatives have saved millions of taxpayer dollars and Ohioans hundreds of thousands of hours interacting with government agencies.

Throughout his time in office, Jon has been a constant champion of the right to life. His views were shaped by his own life experience, having started life in foster care before being adopted by his parents, Jim and Judy Husted.

Additionally, when many of our nation’s leaders rejected the men and women in law enforcement, Jon was a strong advocate for police officers, working to secure millions in funding for local law enforcement agencies when they needed it most.

He has done all of this in just one term as Ohio’s Lt. Governor, but his long record of conservative leadership is clear. As Ohio’s Secretary of State, he made Ohio the least costly state in the Midwest to start and maintain a business, and by cutting costs, he ran the office using no taxpayer money for the last two years of his term. And as Speaker of the House, he led the passage of the most fiscally-conservative budget in 40 years while delivering, what was at the time, the largest income tax cut in Ohio’s history.

Of all his responsibilities, he considers his most important roles to be “Husband” to his wife, Tina, and “Father” to Alex, Katie, and Kylie.