{"id":2405758,"date":"2025-02-23T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T19:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-faces-doge-focused-opponent-in-ohio-governor-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T14:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T19:57:50","slug":"ramaswamy-faces-doge-focused-opponent-in-ohio-governor-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-faces-doge-focused-opponent-in-ohio-governor-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy faces DOGE-focused opponent in Ohio governor race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Framaswamy-faces-doge-focused-opponent-in-ohio-governor-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405758&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and co-leader of the\u200d Department of Government Efficiency\u200d (DOGE), is running for governor\u2063 of \u200bOhio. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-giuliani-banned-from-appearing-in-person-at-new-york-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Andrew Giuliani Banned From Appearing In-Person At New York GOP Debate\">faces strong competition<\/a> from\u200b dave\u2063 Yost, \u200bOhio&#8217;s \u200bRepublican attorney general, who has \u2064previously campaigned on \u2064DOGE-like priorities and claims \u2064to have championed these ideas before\u200d they became popular. Yost&#8217;s campaign\u2064 is well-funded, having raised nearly $2.5 million, and he has criticized Ramaswamy for his \u2063past ambitions for \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-who-promise-to-stop-leftist-racism-win-texas-school-board-seats\/\" title=\"Conservatives Who Promise To Stop Leftist Racism Win Texas School Board Seats\">higher political office<\/a>, suggesting that he might not be fully committed to the governorship.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy aims to \u200cincorporate DOGE principles of efficiency and \u2063deregulation into Ohio&#8217;s governance, \u2063although \u2062he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">downplays direct comparisons<\/a> between his campaign\u200b and \u2062his work with DOGE.\u200c His\u200d gubernatorial \u200dplatform focuses on establishing a \u2062&#8221;culture of victory over victimhood,&#8221; merit-based compensation for educators, and educational reform aimed at raising standards in the classroom. With several potential rivals \u200cwithdrawing from the race, Ramaswamy seems to have a clearer path to securing \u200bthe\u200c GOP nomination.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ramaswamy faces DOGE-focused opponent in Ohio governor race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1922210\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As he prepares his campaign to be Ohio&rsquo;s next governor, any attempt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> makes to run on his links to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> will face stiff competition from his biggest gubernatorial rival.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ohio&rsquo;s Republican attorney general, Dave Yost, who announced his campaign for governor last month, has touted DOGE-like priorities <a href=\"https:\/\/ohioauditor.gov\/news\/PressReleases\/Details\/980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">during past political campaigns<\/a>. And during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/doge-ohio-vivek-ramaswamy-enters-governors-race-pushing-cuts-merit-pay-rcna188980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NBC News<\/a> released Sunday, the attorney general reiterated that he was &ldquo;DOGE before DOGE was cool.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3228342\/department-of-government-efficiency-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT IS DOGE? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yost&rsquo;s comments come after President Donald Trump tapped Ramaswamy, an Ohio native, to co-lead DOGE alongside Elon Musk shortly after his reelection in November 2024. The position offered the billionaire entrepreneur a massive platform to expand his political career. As the president prepared to take the oath of office in January, Ramaswamy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3294404\/vivek-ramaswamy-will-leave-doge-considers-run-ohio-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">withdrew from DOGE<\/a>, later announcing that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3309915\/vivek-ramaswamy-elected-office-right-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">elected office was the right place<\/a>&rdquo; for him to enact changes.&nbsp;On Feb. 15, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3321457\/vivek-ramaswamy-officially-files-ohio-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">filed<\/a> to run for governor of the Buckeye State.<\/p>\n<p>During Ramaswamy&rsquo;s own interview with the outlet, which previewed what his campaign would focus on ahead of his campaign launch on Monday, the entrepreneur downplayed analogies between his previous plans for DOGE and his own agenda for Ohio. Still, he cheered on &ldquo;bringing some of [DOGE&rsquo;s] principles of efficiency and spending and deregulation to our state&rdquo; and promised to carry out those principles in a way that would be &ldquo;wildly popular with everyone who is a parent and has skin in the game for the next generation.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yost, who has served as Ohio&rsquo;s attorney general since 2019 and has already set records with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveyost.com\/press\/dave-yost-reports-raising-more-than-one-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nearly $2.5 million raised<\/a> for his gubernatorial campaign, jabbed at his competitor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has wanted, over the last year, to be president, to have a Cabinet spot, to be co-leader of DOGE,&rdquo; Yost said. &ldquo;The governor of Ohio is not a consolation prize. &hellip; My concern is that what he seems to do best is to quit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; Ohio attorney general Dave Yost speaks during a rally for Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, in Middletown, Ohio, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Paul Vernon, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the difference between somebody who can give a speech and somebody who can do a job,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I just candidly think I&rsquo;m much better prepared to bring bold leadership to Ohio.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In posts to social media, Yost has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DaveYostOH\/status\/1886918650353082849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">highlighted<\/a> DOGE&rsquo;s work to scrutinize federal spending. He has also rallied behind focusing on DOGE-like priorities in his own state, making <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DaveYostOH\/status\/1891916219982266615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">comments<\/a> earlier this month that rooted for &ldquo;cleaning the federal closet.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other than Yost, Ramaswamy&rsquo;s path to claiming a GOP primary win has largely been cleared after several other people viewed as likely contenders pulled their names from the running. Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was tapped to fill a Senate seat that was vacated by Vice President JD Vance while Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose endorsed Ramaswamy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vivek Ramaswamy laughs as he listen as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo\/Jeffrey Phelps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aside from DOGE references, Ramaswamy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3303358\/ramaswamy-aims-combat-victimhood-culture-political-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">signaled<\/a> his own campaign gubernatorial campaign will focus on themes on which he has long harped, including reviving a &ldquo;culture of victory over victimhood&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3270525\/ramaswamy-claims-american-culture-mediocrity-excellence-too-long\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">championing a culture of meritocracy <\/a>over identity politics. Those talking points are outlined in his 2022 book, <em>The Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence<\/em>, and were<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3109865\/why-ramaswamy-wants-harris-trump-stop-playing-identity-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> reiterated<\/a> by the entrepreneur as he campaigned last year for Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Ohio, some of those goals translate into changes in the education system and pursuing excellence in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Merit-based pay for teachers, merit-based pay for principals, administrators and superintendents,&rdquo; Ramaswamy told the outlet. &ldquo;The best teachers deserve to be paid much more than they are right now, and yet they&rsquo;re not, because there&rsquo;s no meritocracy in compensation. That would make the state the magnet for the best educators across the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1922210\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1922210\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramaswamy faces tough competition from Yost in Ohio governor race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2405759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24146024100792.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23466,48712,50929],"class_list":["post-2405758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-doge","tag-ohio-governor-race","tag-ramaswamy-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24146024100792.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405762,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405758\/revisions\/2405762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}