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Vivek RamaswamyThe billionaire biotechnology entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate plans to launch a bid for governor of Ohio, multiple sources confirm to Fox News Digital.
The sources add that Ramaswamy, who along with Elon Musk is co-director of President-elect Donald Trump The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative is expected to make an announcement about his candidacy for governor “shortly.”
“Vivek’s basic plan remains the same: make gains in DOGE and then announce a run for governor shortly,” an Ohio operative familiar with Ramaswamy’s thinking who requested anonymity to speak told Fox News on Friday. more freely.
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Vivek Ramaswamy speaks before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at the campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024 in New York City. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Current Republican governor of Ohio. Mike DeWine He is term-limited and cannot seek re-election in 2026.
DeWine announced Friday that Lt. Gov. Jon Husted would fill the U.S. Senate seat he holds former Senator J.D. Vance until earlier this month, when the vice president-elect resigned before 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 and launching his presidential campaign in February 2023, saw his stock rise as he went from a long shot 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 field of his rivals, calling Trump “the most successful president of our century.”
Vivek Ramaswamy, right, endorses 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 White House bid a year ago after a distant finish in the Iowa caucuses. Ramaswamy quickly endorsed Trump and became a top surrogate on the campaign trail.
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Ramaswamy, a ohio native, He was named alongside Musk, the world’s richest person, to run DOGE, in a Trump announcement in November.
Ohio, once a major general election battleground, has turned red over the past decade as Republicans have dominated state elections.
