A handful of Ohio Republicans have contacted him about the job, DeWine said, and plenty more are putting in their two cents.

Sen. JD Vance won the vice presidency Tuesday, just two years after he was first elected to the Senate. Per state law, DeWine will appoint someone to serve with Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno until 2026. Voters will then elect someone to fill out the remaining two years of Vance's term.

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is set to take the country’s second-highest office in January. After the Republican leaves his Ohio Senate seat vacant, there is state protocol for how his successor wi