SHOCKING REPORT: ‘Top Jon Husted Senate Aide Kept Working for Ohio Lobbying Firm’

SHOCKING REPORT: 'Top Jon Husted Senate Aide Kept Working for Ohio Lobbying Firm'

June 11, 2026

COLUMBUS, OHIO - New reporting out today shows that Jon Husted's senior advisor and general counsel has "maintained a paid consulting relationship" with an Ohio lobbying firm - receiving $22,652 in income in addition to his federal salary.

Previous reporting revealed that the same senior advisor in Husted's office worked as an opioid and utilities lobbyist whose clients "made millions" off the FirstEnergy corruption scandal, which resulted in a billion dollar bailout for utilities that's contributing to families paying thousands of dollars more on their energy bills.

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

"We've always known Jon Husted was corrupt, but he's not even trying to hide it anymore - his senior advisor is currently working as a consultant for a lobbying firm who helped pass the corrupt FirstEnergy bailout for utilities that's contributing to families paying thousands of dollars more on their energy bills. Ohioans deserve better, and they will vote Jon Husted out in November."

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NOTUS: Top Jon Husted Senate Aide Kept Working for Ohio Lobbying Firm

• A top aide to Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio maintained a paid consulting relationship with an Ohio lobbying firm while serving as the senator's senior adviser, according to a federal financial disclosure filing.

• Sean Dunn, who has served as Husted's senior adviser and counsel since February 2025, disclosed working as a consultant for Statehouse Impact Group - a Columbus-based government relations and lobbying firm.

• The disclosure - part of Dunn's certified personal financial report covering calendar year 2025 and submitted to Congress on May 14 - shows Dunn received $22,652 from the firm while he also worked in Husted's office.

• Husted's office did not respond to questions about the nature of Dunn's work with Statehouse Impact Group.

• Anne Griffin of Columbus, Ohio, filed a formal complaint on May 29 with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, asking for it to investigate both Dunn and Husted, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by NOTUS.

• The complaint also implicates Husted directly, arguing that the senator bore primary responsibility under Senate rules to prevent conflicts of interest among his staff and appears to have failed in that duty.

• The complaint asks the committee to investigate both whether Dunn received improper compensation and whether Husted was aware of the arrangement and failed to act.

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