Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy soared to victory over his opponent, Casey Putsch, in Ohio’s Republican gubernatorial primary race on Tuesday evening.
Ramaswamy, who previously ran as a Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential race, received 297,750 votes, or 82.2 percent of the vote, while Putsch received 64,445 votes, or 17.8 percent of the vote.
The race was called by the Associated Press (AP) at 7:42 p.m.
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“It is an honor, and I am proud to officially say that today it is our pleasure to become the Republican nominee for the governor of Ohio,” Ramaswamy told a crowd of supporters at his victory rally. “So, thank you, guys, for getting us to this point.”
“I believe we have a historic opportunity to lead Ohio, not just to be the best state in the Midwest — because we are already the best in the Midwest,” Ramaswamy continued. “We have a historic opportunity to lead
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