Ramaswamy was appointed and then left the controversial Department of Government Efficiency, now helmed by Musk alone, last month, but has signaled he plans to take the ethos of the newly created department into his gubernatorial run.
An endorsement from the president, especially ahead of the GOP primary in May 2026, will give Ramaswamy the edge in the race to replace current Ohio governor Mike DeWine, whose term is currently scheduled to end in January 2027.
Vivek Ramaswamy hasn’t been elected yet but already thinks he’ll be a two-term governor The biotech entrepreneur and former presidential hopeful is expected to announce his campaign formally this month.
Ramaswamy told the WSJ his campaign will focus on trying to “shred the regulatory barriers to new business creation" and that Ohio should be at the “bleeding edge of a new kind of industrial revolution” from “biotech to cryptocurrency to aerospace to defense to AI.”.
So far, polling looks positive for Ramaswamy’s run, with a WSJ survey of 600 likely Republican primary voters in Ohio on January 26 to 27, showing him winning 52 percent of a primary vote.
