Vivek Ramaswamy, the former presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur partnering with Elon Musk on a project to slash the size of the federal government, plans to announce a 2026 campaign for Ohio governor, according to a campaign operative familiar with his thinking.
Ramaswamy’s future came into clearer focus on Friday after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine bypassed him and chose his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the US Senate.
But the Ohio campaign operative said Ramaswamy’s plan was always to help with a sweeping federal cost-cutting initiative under President Donald Trump to build ...
