Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is finished at President Trump’s Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) initiative, a supply near the multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur confirmed to Fox Information Digital.
And Ramaswamy, who together with Elon Musk, the world’s richest particular person, was tapped in November by Trump to steer DOGE, is predicted to launch a Republican marketing campaign for Ohio governor early subsequent week, in response to the supply.
GOP Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio is term-limited and can’t search re-election in 2026.
DeWine on Friday introduced that Lt. Gov. Jon Husted would fill the U.S. Senate seat that was held by former Sen. JD Vance till earlier this month, when the vice president-elect stepped down forward of Monday’s inauguration.
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Vivek Ramaswamy is seen on the sixtieth Presidential Inauguration within the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Occasions by way of AP, Pool)
Earlier than the Senate announcement, Husted had deliberate to run for governor in 2026 to succeed DeWine. Ramaswamy, for his half, had expressed curiosity in serving within the Senate.
DeWine’s determination to decide on Husted to fill the vacant Senate seat appeared to speed up Ramaswamy’s transfer towards launching a run for governor.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine publicizes his appointment of Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, proper, to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Vice President-elect JD Vance at a information convention on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photograph/Julie Carr Smyth)
Ramaswamy, 39, who launched his presidential marketing campaign in February 2023, noticed his inventory rise as he went from an extended shot to a contender for the Republican nomination.
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Ramaswamy campaigned on what he known as an “America First 2.0” agenda and was considered one of Trump’s largest supporters within the discipline of rivals, calling Trump the “most successful president in our century.”
Vivek Ramaswamy endorses former President Trump throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 16, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
He dropped his White Home bid a 12 months in the past after a distant fourth-place end within the Iowa caucuses and shortly endorsed Trump, turning into a prime surrogate on the marketing campaign path.
Ramaswamy’s exit seems to clear the best way for Musk, Trump’s prime donor and key ally, to steer DOGE with out having to share the limelight.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are main the hassle to chop authorities inefficiency. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs)
The transfer additionally comes a few weeks after Ramswamy and Musk sparked a firestorm amongst Trump’s arduous core MAGA supporters over their help for H-1B non permanent employee visas for extremely expert employees from international nations.
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Ramaswamy’s feedback criticizing an American tradition that he stated “venerated mediocrity over excellence” obtained loads of pushback from main voices on the far proper.
Ohio, which was as soon as a prime normal election battleground, has shifted pink over the previous decade as Republicans have dominated statewide elections.
