https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0xe4qlzxoVivek Ramaswamy won the Republican nomination for Ohio governor on Tuesday, putting the staunch ally of Donald Trump on a path to running the Rust Belt state.In unofficial results, he defeated Casey Putsch, a car designer with an automotive-themed YouTube channel, for a place in the general election, according to US media reports.Ramaswamy, a health-technology entrepreneur, gained national recognition during his unsuccessful run against Trump for president in 2024. He later threw his support behind Trump.In the Ohio primary, even as he ran against Republicans, he focused on Democratic nominee Amy Acton, the former Ohio public health director who guided the state's response to the pandemic and ran unopposed for her party's nomination.Ohio's current governor, Republican Mike DeWine, cannot run for re-election because of term limits.Trump boosted Ramaswamy in a Truth Social post on Tuesday, writing that, "I know Vivek well, competed against him, and he is something SPECIAL. He is Young, Strong, and Smart!"Vice President JD Vance, who previously represented Ohio in the US Senate, travelled to Cincinnati on Tuesday to cast his ballot for Ramaswamy and others.The state has shifted towards Republicans in recent years, and Ramaswamy benefitted from name recognition and shuffling in the top ranks of the state's Republican Party caused by the ascension of Vance to the vice presidency.Ramaswamy burst onto the national political scene in 2023 as a neophyte with a knack for using social media and podcast appearances to bolster his image. His mile-a-minute cadence and brash attacks resulted in viral moments during the 2024 Republican presidential debates, but he dropped out early due to lackluster support from voters.
Ramaswamy went on to serve as a top Trump surrogate during the 2024 presidential race and was involved in the effort to start Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, before ceding control of the project to Elon Musk.When he announced his run for Ohio governor, Ramaswamy cleared the Republican primary field of most competitors. He has drawn on his personal fortune to help fund his campaign; The Columbus Dispatch reported he loaned his operation $25m (£18.4m).His victory sets up a general election campaign focused on the lingering fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.Acton had a highly visible role as the state's public health director during the height of the crisis. Under DeWine's leadership, Ohio took a more moderate approach to the pandemic response than other Republican-controlled states. Still, Ohio suspended in-person dining and postponed its presidential primary in 2020 as the virus spread.But ongoing political backlash to Covid-19 restrictions, including masking and school closures, has opened up a path for Republicans to attack Acton six years later.Ramaswamy recently released an ad claiming that Acton "called off Ohio's election at the last minute, defying a judge's order and abusing her power."DeWine – who has endorsed Ramaswamy – took the unusual step of defending Acton from the ad's claims."I told her to issue the health order," DeWine told NBC4 news station. "The decision was mine."The race promises to get more intense and expensive heading into the general election in November.
Meanwhile, seven Republican senators in Indiana who voted against Trump's redistricting plan faced challengers in Tuesday's primary election.Five of the Trump-backed challengers have beat the incumbents, while one has lost. Results for the seventh race have not yet been determined.The Indiana Republicans defied intense pressure from Trump last December by rejecting his demands to pass a voting map meant to favour their party in midterm elections, scheduled for November.In one of the most conservative states in the US, 21 Republicans in the Senate joined all 10 Democrats to torpedo the redistricting plan last year.Trump warned at the time that Republicans who did not support the initiative could risk losing their seats.
>>1512441So Acton is going to be the next governor of Ohio.
>>1512445Unfortunately she's going up against a Republican pajeet, so expect double the usual amount of cheating and fraud.
I wonder if Vance will drop by to his "home state" to stump for this slob.
>>1512447My culture is 3,000 years old, yours is 300. You are not worthy for me to shit on your street
>>1512445The conservative biased media in America has really glossed over how Ohio has been just as bad, if not worse than other leading fascist states like Texas and Florida in terms of taking rights away from it's population and voter suppression to create a permanent republican rule.
>>1512441ewwww
>>1512460>democrats screeching election fraud now that they can't rig the voteslol
>>1512465>Republicans>Rigging electionsPick two
>>1512466>democrats>self-projecting
>>1512467god you're esl
>>1512441Wow, an Indian Immigrant is the best Republicans have to offer Ohio.
>>1512467But enough about republicans
>>1512467>Trump warned at the time that Republicans who did not support the initiative could risk losing their seats.This is Trump saying that they need to gerrymander or they will lose seats. This is Trump OPENLY ADMITTING that they need to cheat to win, and that they are actively doing so.
>>1512471>>1512473see>>1512468ESL cunts>>1512473um actually he's going to win by preventing YOU from cheating.
>>1512476See >>1512471You have already lost due to projecting, esl shill.You are proven to be esl or you would demand the Republicans nominate a white person for the Ohio primary, if you were the white American you claim to be.Disavow Ramaswamy, or be proven to be the foreign shill you actually are.
>>1512473Yet it's OK to import illegal immigrants for seats?
>>1512473>the democrat is upset with gerrymandering now>It's only okay when WE do it!!!
This is why I love the GOP. Every election they invent fantasies of illegals crawling across the border to vote for Democrats ... none of these have ever been proved, even though they file lawsuits about it. Then they come up with this slob and love him.Jeets/Jews. Somebody runs the GOP and it isn't Americans.
>>1512516Illegal immigrants can't vote, but you already knew that.>>1512517Democrats only do it after Republicans do .
>>1512520>Democrats only do it after Republicans do .Look, libtard, this is simpleIf you follow the will of the people and redistrict after putting it to a statewide vote, thats facismIf you roll over and bare your anus to Trump before forcing whatever he says on statewide voters, thats democracy manifest
>>1512520>Democrats only do it after Republicans do .Bullshit. I grew up in Illinois. Our civics teacher in high school used our county as an example to explain gerrymandering. Even after telling us how this was supposed to be illegal, when asked why nothing was being done about it he just smiled and shrugged.
>>1512519>Somebody runs the GOP and it isn't Americans.>You can't be an American if you're a conman preying on sheepWell clearly you're American cause our education system has failed you.
I don't want this disgusting jeet to win because he's going to bring more jeets over. Jeets always open the door for more jeets. On the other hand, it's just as awful to have a democrat win and bring in a million Somalians
>>1512523You only have a problem with it when it doesn't benefit you. You don't care about how fucked the districts are in New England and California
>>1512559Maybe you should be mad about the actual bad shit he'll do instead of the fake bad shit he'll do or the fake bad shit dems will do.
>>1512441>Casey Putschalso a holocaust denier
>>1512560>republicans invent unfair corrupt system>blame dems when they're forced to use the same corrupt systemHilarious
