Senator Bernie Moreno supports Vivek Ramaswamy’s offer for Ohio’s governor

Senator Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, has supported Vivek brancaswamy to become Governor of Ohio.

Ramasswamy, former 2024 presidential candidate who briefly co -presided the efficiency department of the government of President Donald Trump, formally He released his 2026 governor campaign February 24.

Trump gave him his support behind the offer of brancheswamy almost immediately, and now the biotechnology entrepreneur has received another key support from Moreno, one of the two senators of the state of Buckeye.

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“Vivek is a United States stranger and the best person to make Ohio the best state to live, work and raise a family,” Moreno said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.

“I am proud to join President Trump to support a bold leader to be the next governor of Ohio,” he added.

Moreno announced that he supports Ramasswamy at an event on Saturday night. “The first moral and unique duty of American elected officials is for US citizens,” Ramasswamy wrote in X, sharing a clip of Moreno’s comments. “Senator Bernie Moreno understands that and does not apologize for it. He is a star in the United States Senate and I am proud to win his support tonight. Our party is united in Ohio and we will not waste it.”

The other American senator of Ohio, Senator John Husted, also republican, occupied the unoccupied seat of vice president JD Vance. It was the anticipated support of brancaswamy by Trump and a strong financing that some political observers believe that he convinced, previously the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, to accept the appointment of the Senate instead of launching an offer of their own elementary governor. Husted previously considered a probable favorite for the governor.

The governor of Ohio, Mike Dewine, seen as more republican of establishment, called Jim Tressell, a popular former soccer coach of the state of the state of Ohio, to replace Husted as Lieutenant Governor. Tressell’s future political ambitions are still clear.

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The time of Trump’s announcement intrigued Ohio’s political observers, who have observed in recent years as their decisions to evaluate key state careers have passed days before the elections, months, more than a year.

Robert Clegg, a republican campaign advisor for a long time, told The Associated Press last month that it can be a message for Ohio Dave Yost attorney, who is looking for the republican nomination for governor, or maybe even Tressell. “This is terribly early in the game, and I expected a support perhaps later this year, as in the fall, or even wait until January,” said Clegg. “I wonder if the president does not want to have a demolished and dragged primary here in Ohio.”

Trump tempted Republican candidates in the bruises of 2022 primary of the United States Senate until only 19 days before the elections, When he supported Vance and pushed it on the finish line to ensure the nomination of the Republican party. Vance won the general elections for the seat in the Senate that fall. A year later, Trump issued his support for Moreno for the Senate three months before primary. Moreno won the primary and general elections.

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It is expected that Trump’s support will help the first Ramasswamy campaign efforts in a state that has been strongly voted by Trump three times. In the period before his announcement, Ramasswamy had also aligned with key political advisors who had helped Vance with his 2022 Senate offer, as well as the backs Blackburn.

Associated Press contributed to this report.