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.

Yost – though not to be underestimated – likely deterred Husted less from running for governor than did another Republican, Cincinnati-born biotechnology tycoon Vivek Ramaswamy.

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign says it raised $9.7 in the first four months of his Ohio governor run. Filings become public on ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Following Jon Husted’s appointment to the U.S. Senate, the Republican campaign for Ohio governor in 2026 is quickly shaping up to become a three-way race between ex-presidential ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has selected his own Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to become the next senator from Ohio, passing over entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Two sources, granted ...