Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur who sought the GOP nomination for president in 2024, has signaled plans to run for governor of Ohio next year. A native of Cincinnati, Ramaswamy, 39, had shown interest in Vice President JD Vance’s recently vacated Senate seat before Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine chose Lt. Gov. Jon Husted as Vance’s successor.

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.

NBC News confirmed a report - citing two sources - that Ramaswamy will focus his efforts on a campaign to become the next governor of Ohio.

The new Trump administration is confirming that Vivek Ramaswamy won’t stay with the Department of Government Efficiency at the start of President Trump’s second term, noting that he “intends to run for elected office soon,

WASHINGTON – Mr Vivek Ramaswamy will not join US President Donald Trump’s government efficiency effort as he readies a campaign for governor in Ohio. Mr Trump had named the biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate to lead the panel – dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency – alongside billionaire donor Elon Musk.

Vivek Ramaswamy has stepped down from the Department of Government Efficiency, leaving Elon Musk to lead the Trump-backed task force alone. Ramaswamy is expected to run for Ohio governor in 2026.

Vivek Ramaswamy is no longer part of the commission that President Donald Trump championed, officials confirmed hours after the Republican took office Monday, and that leaves billionaire Elon Musk to run the cost-cutting operation alone.

Speaking at an inauguration eve rally in Washington, Trump claimed that the forthcoming pardons would make his supporters “very happy,” once again referring to the convictees—who tore through the U.S. Capitol complex in a deadly riot, halting Congress’s certification of votes in delirious support of his failed presidential bid—as “hostages.”

Vivek Ramaswamy, who is a close confidant of Trump and Vice President JD Vance, was appreciated by Trump in November last year, to be co-leader of DOGE with Elon Musk.

Ohio entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will announce a bid for Ohio governor "shortly," a source confirmed.