Jon Husted Jon Husted is a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, appointed by Gov.

“We have the most jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in our history.”

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show · US Politics · October 2026

Context

Sen. Jon Husted on the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show, October 28, 2026, making his case for re-election; he said he led Ohio's economic revitalization as lieutenant governor.

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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show Around 00:44 into the episode

Speaker 1

All right.

Buck Sexton

…midterms, which are just days away now. Get out and vote. Get out and vote or Clay will shame you. We have now Senator John Husted with us. He is from the great state of Ohio. And Senator, you got to win, sir. I just I don't know what else to say. You got to win. Tell us how you're going to win.

John Husted

…I could be more places in Ohio than I've been from the river to the lake to the Indiana border to the Pennsylvania border. We've been everywhere reminding people about what we've done to fight for them, meaning working family tax cut plan, no tax on tips over time or social security, helping families get ahead and reminding them that I led the economic revitalization of Ohio. And today in Ohio, we have the most jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in our history. And if you elect Democrats, if you elect Sherry Brown, you will destroy. all of that momentum that we are creating, you will destroy the future of our state and our nation because this guy has been in office for over 50 years. And everywhere I go, I ask the question, what has Sherrod Brown done to make your life better? And nobody can come up with a single thing. They recognize he's had 50 years…

Clay Travis

So Trump won the state of Ohio by about 11 points. Bernie Marino beat this same guy, Sherrod Brown, running in 2024. But a part of me thinks there's probably because you just laid it out. He's been in office for so long. I bet you're running into a lot of people who think he's still in office…

Buck Sexton

Is there a little bit of that when you're on the campaign trail?

Clay Travis

And how might that impact things when people are upset about the direction of the country? You've got to be upset with a guy who was there for nearly 50 years.

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