Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati and attended a Greater Cincinnati public school before graduating from a Cincinnati high school, according to his campaign. His campaign describes him as a business leader who built companies, including one that developed medications for patients, and says he lives in the Columbus area. He is the Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2026, running with Rob McColley as his candidate for lieutenant governor. In the May 5, 2026 Republican primary he received 82.4 percent of the vote to Casey Putsch's 17.6 percent, according to the NBC News Decision Desk, which called the race with all expected votes in. He faces Democratic nominee Amy Acton, who was unopposed in her primary, in the November 3 general election.