Vivek Ramaswamy launches bid for Ohio governor weeks after quitting DOGE
Indian-American billionaire and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who give up Donald Trump’s Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) final month, has entered the race for the Ohio governor’s publish. Nonetheless, Ramaswamy, who has cultivated a nationwide profile and has shut ties with Trump, can have his job minimize out with high Republicans set to place their hat into the ring.
Republican Dave Yost, Ohio’s Legal professional Basic and former state auditor, has already introduced his bid for the November 2026 election that’s doubtless to attract different GOP contenders. From the Democrats, former Ohio well being director Amy Acton is within the race.
Ramaswamy’s marketing campaign will likely be guided by the highest political advisers of Vice President JD Vance, who beforehand represented Ohio within the US Senate.
Talking at a rally in Cincinnati whereas formally launching his marketing campaign, Ramaswamy, an Ohio native, mentioned, “I’m working to be the subsequent governor of an important state on the coronary heart of the best nation recognized to mankind – the state the place I used to be born and raised, the state the place Apoorva and I elevate our two sons immediately – a state whose finest days are nonetheless forward.”
Ramaswamy is married to Apoorva Tewari, a throat surgeon, and the couple have two youngsters.
Placing out his imaginative and prescient for Ohio, the biotech entrepreneur made enterprise and slashing crimson tape and laws central to his speech. Apparently, the situation he selected for the announcement, an aerospace firm, highlighted his assist for enterprise and manufacturing.
“I’ll lead Ohio to be the highest state within the nation to start out and develop a enterprise… We’ll shred each extra regulation on this state. For each new regulation that will get on the books below my administration, we would require rescinding at the very least ten others earlier than that regulation hits the books,” he mentioned in a rousing speech.
