Vivek Ramaswamy, former GOP presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur, is planning to run for governor of Ohio in 2024. Ramaswamy, known for his strident conservative views and ties to former President Donald Trump, is drawing both support and criticism from within the Republican Party. His entry into the race complicates the field for established GOP politicians, including Attorney General Dave Yost and Treasurer Robert Sprague, who were also considered frontrunners.
Fresh off of his unexpected departure from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on becoming governor of Ohio, his home stateFILE - Biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks with reporters ahead of a town hall, Sept. 19, 2024, in Springfield, Ohio.
“At the federal legislative level, that’s a different yardstick and standard than for governor of Ohio," said Republican consultant Terry Casey. “Historically, the governor's a little closer to voters — clearing highways, running prisons — than senators and members of Congress.” Ramaswamy is the son of Indian immigrants and a native of Cincinnati. He earned Harvard and Yale degrees before joining a hedge fund firm and leading its pharmaceutical investments. Ramaswamyin 2014, Roivant, specializing in buying discount patents for drugs stuck in development and resurrecting them. His portfolio is now measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars, enough to dwarf the $15 million he loaned his presidential campaign.
That popularity does not always translate to those who know Ramaswamy well. Some inside and outside the Trump universe say his style can be abrasive and exhausting., Ramaswamy pulled himself out of consideration for the Senate seat that came open with Vance's election as vice president.
Yost, 68, is a former county prosecutor elected four times statewide — twice as auditor, twice as attorney general. Sprague, 51, has been twice elected statewide after spending years in the Ohio House and county government. Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a former state senator whose job running elections makes him among the state’s highest profile politician, has yet to announce his plans.
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