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FIRST ON FOX: Two of the highest Republicans within the strong crimson state of Ohio are endorsing one another, representing a transfer towards unity within the state the place Republicans are hoping to win subsequent November with out President Trump on the ticket.
“I’m proud to again Jon Husted for U.S. Senate,” Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated in a press launch alongside an occasion with Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Columbus on Monday night time.
“Jon represents Ohio values, and he’s a common sense chief who I’ve recognized for years. He’s a fighter for our households and our freedoms, and he’ll carry Ohio’s voice to Washington with out compromise.”
Husted reciprocated the sentiment by issuing his personal endorsement of Ramaswamy’s marketing campaign for the governorship in Ohio.
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Sen. Jon Husted and Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy endorsed one another on Monday night time (Al Drago/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
“Vivek has articulated daring concepts for our state, and I imagine his imaginative and prescient for excellence aligns carefully with the priorities Ohioans anticipate and deserve,” Husted stated. “I’m proud to endorse my good friend Vivek Ramaswamy to be the following Governor of Ohio.”
The press launch touted Husted’s “popularity as Ohio’s common sense public servant who streamlines authorities and expands alternative” together with Ramaswamy’s “perspective of a profitable entrepreneur who champions innovation and free markets.”
The 2 candidates collectively, the press launch acknowledged, signify a pairing that’s “uniting Ohio round a powerful mission for the state on the nationwide stage.”
Husted, appointed to the U.S. Senate by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to switch Vice President JD Vance, is working for re-election in opposition to former Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republicans throughout the nation have circled the wagons in help of the freshman senator.
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Ohio GOP Sen. Jon Husted (Getty Photographs)
“After 50 years of dwelling off the tax payer, shedding an election by a large margin with $300 million in out of state cash, abandoning working Ohioans to be Chuck Schumer’s lap canine, and sucking as much as coastal elites, it’s time for @SherrodBrown to simply go away,” Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, who defeated Brown final 12 months regardless of coming into the race as an underdog within the polls, stated on X after Brown entered the race.
“Ohio is fortunate to have @SenJonHusted within the Senate!,” Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan posted on X after Brown jumped within the race.
Husted, who has beforehand served as Ohio’s lieutenant governor and secretary of state, has Trump’s endorsement as he runs subsequent 12 months to fill the ultimate two years of Vance’s six-year time period.
Ramaswamy, a billionaire entrepreneur within the pharmaceutical sector, catapulted onto the political scene when he ran for president in 2024 earlier than dropping out and endorsing Trump however persevering with a push for the “America First” agenda as a surrogate. Ramaswamy had additionally acknowledged an curiosity in being appointed to the Senate to switch Vance earlier than Husted was appointed.
“One in every of my core areas of focus that I feel is basically resonating, is elevating the requirements of instructional achievement in our state,” Ramaswamy stated earlier this 12 months about his gubernatorial marketing campaign.
“The No. 1 subject that I see resonating throughout the board, in a non-partisan method, is the popularity that we’re in the course of this instructional achievement disaster.”
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Vivek Ramaswamy steps on stage at CTL Aerospace on February 24, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ramaswamy launched his Ohio gubernatorial marketing campaign through the occasion. (Jon Cherry/Getty Photographs)
Former Ohio Division of Well being Director Dr. Amy Acton is presently the main Democrat within the governor’s race in Ohio, a state Trump carried by 11 factors in 2024.
Ramaswamy and Husted endorsing one another represents a united Republican entrance between Husted, elevated to the Senate by DeWine, a longtime political stalwart considered as an institution determine, and Ramaswamy, who has taken up the mantle of the Republican “MAGA” base in Ohio.
RNC surrogate and Ohio lawyer Mehek Cooke advised Fox Information Digital that “this sort of unity is uncommon” in “right now’s political local weather” and sends a “highly effective message” that the Republican Celebration is a “massive tent.”
“We don’t all need to look the identical, communicate the identical, and even come from the identical lane to imagine in what’s greatest for Ohio,” Cooke stated.
“Endorsements are extra than simply phrases on a press launch—they’re a testomony to a shared perception that Ohio can and should lead. From excellence in our faculties, to financial progress that empowers households, to constructing protected and robust communities rooted in alternative, Vivek and Jon are displaying that when leaders come collectively, Ohioans win.”
