Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy President Donald Trump is in his corner, his enormous vision of elevating the country to the “next level” is a plan to be vibrant education, harnessing energy potential and living in the American dream.
“People talk about rust belts. I don’t want to talk about rust belts. I want to take us to platinum belts,” the former 2024 presidential candidate told Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures, and the way I think about it, it seems like Silicon Valley has been in the U.S. economy for the past decade, and I want to make sure this is the Ohio Valley for the next decade, and that’s my vision to take the country to the next level.”
Trump will be eliminated after next year in Ohio Ramaswamy and Florida Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Governor Mike Dewine) and Ron DeSantis, respectively.
Senator takes a step back for Ohio Governor Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy spoke in front of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Madison Square Garden, New York City on October 27, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Ramaswamy Announce his bid Dewine was replaced by the governor’s mansion at a rally in his hometown of Cincinnati last month.
The 39-year-old Trump ally recently received separate recognition from president and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who now leads the Department of Administration Efficiency (DOGE), who Ramaswami once scheduled to co-lead him, but he quits at Trump’s inauguration.
Trump, Musk supports Ohio Governor Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy won recognition from President Trump for the 2026 Ohio governoral campaign. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
If elected, Ramaswamy’s Buckeye program includes embracing the “Drilling” message to accommodate the growing age of AI data centers, focusing on “performance-based compensation” for employees in the field of education, taking school choices to the “next level” and emphasizing school choices and helping students excel in reading, writing and math in reading, writing and math to understand reading, writing and math. The “national standard” of education.
“I want to lead Ohio into the best state in the United States, generate wealth and raise a young family and give your children a world-class education,” he said. “I want to turn our country into a special economic region at the center of the country, without the traditional Chinese tape festival, without bureaucracy.
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Landon Mion of Fox News contributes to the report