Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed curiosity within the Ohio U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance, two individuals with direct data of the biotech entrepreneur’s needs advised The Related Press.
The 39-year-old from Cincinnati had been weighing a marketing campaign for Ohio governor in 2026 and hoped to construct his coverage portfolio as associate to billionaire Elon Musk main a non-governmental effort to chop federal authorities spending, laws and personnel.
However in current weeks, Ramaswamy had a number of conversations with President-elect Donald Trump about filling the Senate seat, in line with one of many individuals. That individual stated Trump approached Ramaswamy to contemplate taking the seat as somebody acquainted with Trump’s purpose of slashing the federal forms.
The individuals with direct data of Ramaswamy’s curiosity within the Senate seat spoke on situation of anonymity to reveal a non-public dialogue.
Trump’s transition group didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine will appoint the successor to Vance, who was elected to the Senate in 2022 however is scheduled to be sworn in as Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s vp on Monday.
The individual DeWine appoints will serve till December 2026. They would wish to run once more for the rest of the time period in November 2026.
“Neither Gov. DeWine nor our workplace has commented on any doable candidates for the pending appointment,” Dan Tierney, a spokesperson for the governor’s workplace, stated in an announcement.
Ramaswamy waged an outsider bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination final 12 months however suspended his marketing campaign after a fourth-place end in Iowa’s leadoff precinct caucuses. Ramaswamy endorsed Trump, and have become a daily surrogate for the marketing campaign, headlining fundraisers in battleground states.
Ramaswamy had expressed curiosity within the Senate seat after the election, however initially took his title out of consideration as he was requested to assist lead the Division of Authorities Effectivity, an outdoor effort with Musk to drastically scale back the scale and value of presidency.
A spokesperson for Ramaswamy didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Ramaswamy’s renewed curiosity within the seat was first reported by The Washington Put up.
