SENATE SEAT UPDATE

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE TO APPOINT JD VANCES REPLACEMENT TO THE SENATE. NOW, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP IS ENCOURAGING A MEMBER OF HIS OWN CAMP TO PURSUE THE APPOINTMENT. 
THERE ARE REPORTS THAT FORMER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE VIVEK RAMASWAMY IS BEING ENCOURAGED BY PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP TO SEEK JD VANCE'S FORMER SEAT IN THE US SENATE. RAMASWAMY HAD PUBLICLY WITHDRAWN HIS NAME FROM CONSIDERATION FOR THE POST BACK IN NOVEMBER AFTER TRUMP CHOSE HIM TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY WITH ELON MUSK. GOVERNOR DEWINE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHO WILL FILL THE SEAT SOMETIME THIS WEEK.