Vivek Ramaswamy is bringing in several members of Vice President JD Vance’s political team as he prepares a mid-February launch of his 2026 Ohio gubernatorial campaign. As Jeremy Pelzer reports, the Columbus-area Republican’s hires include Jai Chabria,

President Trump, 78, pushed Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to consider installing Ramaswamy in Vance’s open Senate seat earlier this month — but was rebuffed by the governor in favor of Lt. Gov. Jon Husted.

Vivek Ramaswamy is no longer part of the government efficiency commission that President Donald Trump has championed.

Ramaswamy, 39, who had an unsuccessful run in the Republican presidential race, is now a close confidant of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J D Vance.

Ohio entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will announce a bid ... to consider replacing Trump's running mate J.D. Vance in the U.S. Senate. However, Gov.

Vivek Ramaswamy, who was also seen as a possible replacement for the vice president-elect, is widely expected to run for governor of Ohio instead.

It is ready,” a political operative with Ramaswamy told the Washington Post ... Jon Husted would replace Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in the Senate. He will serve as senator until 2026.

Billionaire DOGE co-chair is expected to announce his campaign after he was passed over to fill JD Vance’s seat

Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has brought on Vice President JD Vance’s top political advisers ahead of his expected bid for Ohio governor, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill. NBC News

Yost or Ramaswamy. Yost, age 68, once Ohio’s auditor and, earlier, Delaware County’s auditor and prosecuting attorney, is a master of self-promotion. And for almost a century,

Ramaswamy announced his departure from the Trump's new nongovernmental entity, the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), which he was chosen to lead alongside tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, in an X post the first day of Trump's term, writing that it was an "honor to help support the creation" of the department.