Jon Husted’s One Year Anniversary in the Senate: Higher Costs for Ohioans

Jon Husted's One Year Anniversary in the Senate: Higher Costs for Ohioans

January 21, 2026

Columbus, Ohio - One year after being appointed to the United States Senate, Jon Husted's record is clear: life is more expensive for Ohio families.

Over the last year, Husted has voted to drive up costs for health care, groceries, and utility bills, leaving families struggling. Meanwhile, Husted has repeatedly denied an affordability crisis exists at all - complaining that Ohioans' "work ethic is broken" and lecturing families to simply "earn more" money to make ends meet.

Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:

"In just one year in the Senate, Jon Husted has made life more expensive for Ohioans - voting to cut health care, drive up premiums, and protect reckless tariffs hurting small businesses and farmers. He's completely out of touch with the people of Ohio, and they'll send him packing in November."

Read more about Jon Husted's year of higher costs:

• Husted has dismissed concerns from struggling Ohioans, claiming that he has helped lower grocery and gas prices and that affordability problems do not exist.

• Husted revealed he has no solutions to actually lower prices, suggesting that Ohioans should just "earn more" money to make ends meet.

• Husted insulted hardworking Ohioans, complaining that their "work ethic is broken."

• Husted voted nine times against lowering health care costs, sending premiums soaring for more than half a million Ohioans.

• Husted called the cuts to health care "purposeful" and said he "love[s] doing that kind of stuff," even as families, seniors, and rural communities across Ohio face losing life saving coverage.

• Husted has doubled down on his support for the reckless tariffs that are raising costs, saying that critics "are wrong", they "haven't affected the economy negatively," and "the policies are working."

• Ohioans are furious as electricity bills have doubled during Jon Husted's first year in office. They are expected to increase even further in 2026.

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