Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently met with Vivek Ramaswamy to discuss the vacant U.S. Senate seat left by JD Vance. Despite earlier withdrawing from consideration, Ramaswamy is now back in the mix for the appointment. DeWine aims to appoint someone who can win in both 2026 and… pic.twitter.com/VdY43ERY3s

With the appointment of Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to JD Vance’s Senate seat, Ohio has two Republican U.S. Senators for the first time in 18 years. The last time that happened, the senators were George Voinovich and Mike DeWine — Ohio's current governor who, last week, appointed the 57-year-old Husted to the Vance vacancy.

Vivek Ramaswamy will launch his campaign for Ohio governor next week after stepping away from the Trump administration’s efforts to cut spending.

The second administration of President Donald Trump only started on Monday, but there is already one high-profile exit from the commander-in-chief’s team. Vivek Ramaswamy, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur who ran for the Republican presidential nomination,

Cincinnati native Vivek Ramaswamy is expected to step down from his position to lead President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and announce a run for Ohio governor, two sources.

President-elect Donald Trump is urging his former campaign rival, Vivek Ramaswamy, to consider an appointment to Ohio's vacant U.S. Senate seat, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Gov. Mike DeWine must pick someone to replace Vice ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Vivek Ramaswamy, co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and a former Republican presidential candidate, is preparing to announce his candidacy for governor of Ohio in 2026. According to several media reports, Ramaswamy will make the official announcement early next week.

Gov. Mike DeWine announced his own Lt. Gov. Jon Husted as the next senator from Ohio, passing over entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. “Jon Husted will be right at home in the United States Senate, and he’ll be at home on day one,” DeWine said Friday in a press conference at the statehouse in Columbus.

DeWine will hold a news conference at 1 p.m., but his office declined to provide further details about topic of discussion.

Husted has been the state’s lieutenant governor since 2019. Ramaswamy is expected to remain with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, effort for now.

Vivek Ramaswamy will not be part of a commission on federal spending that he was picked by President Donald Trump to lead alongside MAGA billionaire Elon Musk. A spokesperson for the Department of Government Efficiency,