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Vice President-elect JD Vance to resign from US Senate seat ahead of inauguration

Published 01/09/2025, 05:57 PM
Updated 01/09/2025, 06:00 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Vice President-elect JD Vance waves as he attends a joint session of Congress to certify Donald Trump's election, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Vice President-elect JD Vance said on Thursday he will resign from his U.S. Senate seat from Ohio at midnight ahead of his inauguration later this month.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Vance defeated the Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in the Nov. 5 U.S. election.

Vance's Senate seat will now be filled by another person appointed by Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.

Vance's replacement will serve until a special election is held in November 2026. The winner of that election will finish the remainder of Vance's Senate term, which had been set to end January 2029.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Vice President-elect JD Vance waves as he attends a joint session of Congress to certify Donald Trump's election, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

In his resignation letter to the Ohio governor, Vance wrote that "it has been a tremendous honor and privilege to serve the people of Ohio in the Senate over the past two years."

Republicans won a narrow majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives in the November elections.

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