When a senator becomes a president or vice president the sweepstakes to replace them becomes a massive audition for the governor of the state they came from.

People call in favors, have meetings and make power plays to get a chance to be one of only 100 of the most powerful people in the nation and now that Vice President-elect JD Vance is on his way to Washington DC alongside President-elect Donald Trump the Ohio sweepstakes has begun, Fox News reported.

Several names have emerged as candidates for the coveted spot and one of the names will be very familiar to Fox News viewers.

Republican attorney Mehek Cooke, a pro-Trump advocate who served as a political and legal surrogate for the president-elect, has become a top contender for the seat, according to people familiar with GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s thinking, Fox News noted.