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Vivek Ramaswamythe billionaire biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate, plans to launch a bid for governor of Ohio, multiple sources confirm to Fox News Digital.
The sources added that Ramaswamy, who along with Elon Musk is a co-leader President-elect Donald Trump The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative is expected to make an announcement on a gubernatorial race “shortly.”
“Vivek’s basic plan is still (the) same: get success in DOGE and then announce a gubernatorial bid shortly,” an Ohio operative familiar with Ramaswamy’s thinking said on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity. to speak more freely, he told Fox News on Friday.
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Vivek Ramaswamy speaks before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024 in New York City. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Ohio’s current Republican governor. Mike DeWine he is term-limited and cannot seek re-election in 2026.
DeWine announced Friday that Lt. Gov. Jon Husted would fill the US Senate seat former Senator JD Vance until earlier this month, when the vice president-elect resigned ahead of Monday’s inauguration.
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Before the Senate announcement, Husted had long planned to run for governor in 2026 to succeed DeWine.
Governor Mike DeWine announced that Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted will fill the vacant US Senate seat, held until earlier this month by Vice President-elect JD Vance, on Friday, January 17, 2024. (Reuters)
Ramaswamy, now 39, who launched his presidential campaign in February 2023, saw his stock rise as he transitioned from a longtime target to a contender for the Republican nomination.
Ramaswamy campaigned on what he called an “America First 2.0” agenda and was one of Trump’s biggest supporters in the challenger camp, calling Trump the “most successful president of our century.”
Vivek Ramaswamy, right, supports former President Donald Trump during a campaign event at the Atkinson Resort and Country Club in Atkinson, New Hampshire on January 16, 2024. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
He abandoned his bid for the White House a year ago after a distant finish in the Iowa caucuses. Ramaswamy quickly endorsed Trump and became a primary campaign surrogate.
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Ramaswamy, an native of ohio, he was named along with Musk, the world’s richest person, to lead DOGE, in a November announcement by Trump.
Once a general election battleground, Ohio has turned red over the past decade as Republicans have dominated state elections.
