Vivek Ramaswamy reportedly announcing bid for Ohio governor after DeWine picks lieutenant governor to fill JD Vance seat

Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will reportedly announce a run for governor of Ohio after Republican Gov. Mike DeWine revealed his pick to succeed Sen. JD Vance.

A Politico report said Ramaswamy, who is a Cincinnati native, was energetically seeking the Senate seat, but DeWine announced that he was choosing Lt. Gov. Jon Husted on Friday.

His gubernatorial announcement is already drafted and ready to go, according to the source.

Ramaswamy will announce his run for governor shortly, according to two sources who spoke to the Washington Post.

The 39-year-old unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and then endorsed President-elect Donald Trump. He and billionaire Elon Musk were chosen by Trump to run a new government spending accountability office called DOGE in the new administration.

“Vivek’s base plan remains [the] same: to get accomplishments at DOGE and then announce a run for governor shortly,” the source said to the Post.

His gubernatorial announcement is already drafted and ready to go, according to the source, said to be an Ohio insider.

The entrepreneur might have lost the support of the anti-immigration wing of the Republican Party after he entered the debate over H-1B visas. He and Musk argued that the visas were pivotal to maintaining Silicon Valley’s advantage in the technology industry.

“Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer),” Ramaswamy wrote. “More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less ‘chillin.’ More extracurriculars, less ‘hanging out at the mall.'”

DeWine is being term-limited out of the governor’s office. The next Ohio gubernatorial election is scheduled for Nov. 2026.

A representative from Ramaswamy’s office did not respond to a request for comment from the Post. He has not previously held an elected office.

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