Here's how VP-elect JD Vance's Senate seat will be filled

With Sen. JD Vance poised to instrumentality connected the relation of vice president adjacent year, Ohioans volition request idiosyncratic other to capable his Senate seat.

Initially, Ohio's politician volition pat idiosyncratic to capable the void caused by Vance vacating the seat. Later, determination volition beryllium a peculiar predetermination to capable the remainder of Vance's Senate term, according to Ohio law.

"The appointee shall clasp bureau until the fifteenth time of December succeeding the adjacent regular authorities predetermination that occurs much than 1 100 eighty days aft the vacancy happens," Ohio law states. 

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is seen onstage astatine the Fiserv Forum during preparations for the Republican National Convention connected July 14, 2024 successful Milwaukee. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"At that adjacent regular authorities election, a peculiar predetermination to capable the vacancy shall beryllium held, provided, that erstwhile the unexpired word ends wrong 1 twelvemonth instantly pursuing the day of specified regular authorities election, an predetermination to capable the unexpired word shall not beryllium held, and the assignment shall beryllium for the unexpired term," Ohio instrumentality stipulates.

Since existent Ohio Gov. Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, is slated to prime Vance's impermanent replacement, the spot should stay successful GOP hands.

A peculiar predetermination volition beryllium held successful November 2026, according to cincinnati.com.

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Sen. JD Vance, left, and erstwhile President Donald Trump look connected during an predetermination nighttime lawsuit astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center successful West Palm Beach, Florida, connected Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Vance took bureau successful 2023, and his Senate word is not slated to extremity until aboriginal 2029.

During remarks celebrating the victory, Vance said, "After the top governmental comeback successful American history, we're gonna pb the top economical comeback successful American history, nether Donald Trump's leadership."

Earlier this year, entrepreneur and writer Vivek Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital that helium would see serving successful the Senate relation if asked to bash so. 

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Sen. JD Vance carries his ballot astatine a polling spot connected Nov. 5, 2024 successful Cincinnati. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

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Ramaswamy mounted a bid for the GOP statesmanlike information successful 2023 earlier dropping retired successful aboriginal 2024 and backing Trump.

The Fox News Decision Desk projected that Republicans won power of the Senate during the 2024 elections.