Former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel was confirmed Wednesday as Ohio’s next lieutenant governor. State senators and representatives affirmed Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s Monday nomination of Tressel in separate floor votes Wednesday: 31-1 in the Senate,

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has filled the Lieutenant Governor position vacated by Jon Husted with former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine named former OSU coach Jim Tressel as lieutenant governor, citing his leadership, pending approval from the state legislature.

Tressel was confirmed in Ohio Senate and House votes two days after Gov. Mike DeWine nominated him to finish the final 22 months of Jon Husted’s term as lieutenant governor.

Mike DeWine has recruited Jim Tressel, a former Ohio State University football coach and ex-Youngstown State University president from Medina, to finish now-U.S. Sen. Jon Husted’s term as lieutenant governor.

Jim Tressel was officially sworn in as Ohio’s next lieutenant governor on Friday. Tressel was chosen by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to become the state’s 67 th Lt. Gov., after Jon Husted was tapped to replace Vice President JD Vance in the U.

Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has been officially confirmed by the General Assembly as Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s lieutenant governor.

The Ohio General Assembly has confirmed Jim Tressel as the state’s new lieutenant governor. Both the Ohio House and Senate approved Governor Mike DeWine’s nomination Wednesday afternoon.

A swearing in ceremony was held for the new Ohio Lieutenant Governor. On Friday, Ohio’s 67th Lieutenant Governor at the Statehouse Rotunda in Columbus. The inauguration comes four days after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine nominated Tressel to be the state’s new Lt.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine nominated Tressel on Monday to fill the position after appointing Jon Husted to the U.S. Senate.

Former Ohio State football coach and Youngstown State’s ex-president Jim Tressel becomes Ohio’s 67th lieutenant governor officially Friday with a Statehouse swearing-in ceremony.

Jim Tressel will fill the void left by former Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, who was tapped by Gov. Mike DeWine to replace Vice President JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.