Vivek Ramaswamy emerges as a surprise prospect for Vance's old Senate seat

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-15 23:12:55 | Updated at 2025-01-19 20:51:22 3 days ago

Vivek Ramaswamy emerges as a surprise prospect for Vance's old Senate seat
NBC News ^ | January 15, 2025 3:54 PM CST | Henry J. Gomez

Posted on 01/15/2025 2:57:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

CLEVELAND — Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur slated to help oversee President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to cut government spending, is in discussions about filling Vice President-elect JD Vance’s Senate seat in Ohio, two people briefed on the process told NBC News.

The development is a reversal for Ramaswamy, who in November said his work alongside billionaire Elon Musk at Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency would remove him from consideration for the Senate job.

But Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who will appoint an interim successor to take over Vance's seat, chatted with Ramaswamy about the Senate vacancy during a meeting last weekend at the governor’s mansion in Columbus, according to a source familiar with the talks. The source, who was granted anonymity to share details about private conversations, also said that Trump has encouraged Ramaswamy to accept the appointment if DeWine offers it.

Trump aides did not respond to requests for comment. Spokespeople for DeWine and Ramaswamy declined to comment.

“Neither Governor DeWine nor our office has commented on any possible candidates for the pending appointment,” DeWine spokesperson Dan Tierney wrote in a text message.

The Washington Post first reported about Trump’s encouragement of Ramaswamy. Politico first reported on the meeting with DeWine.

Though Ramaswamy initially took himself out of the running for the Senate, he has been a constant factor in DeWine’s deliberations over who should replace Vance, who resigned last week in advance of his swearing-in as vice president.

Ramaswamy, a Cincinnati native who now lives in the Columbus area, is widely believed to be interested in running to succeed the term-limited DeWine as governor next year. But so is DeWine’s preferred successor, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted.

A bruising GOP primary featuring Husted, Ramaswamy and others could dent DeWine’s legacy...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No damn way should we have this grifting fraud anywhere near a Senate seat

2 posted on 01/15/2025 2:59:02 PM PST by montag813

To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

3 posted on 01/15/2025 2:59:26 PM PST by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))

To: E. Pluribus Unum

The source, who was granted anonymity to share details about private conversations,
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Already with the spies.

4 posted on 01/15/2025 2:59:40 PM PST by pa_dweller (Projection, prosecution, prevarication and party over country: That's the Democrat brand)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

5 posted on 01/15/2025 3:01:49 PM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)

To: E. Pluribus Unum

I thought someone had already been nominated for that open seat

6 posted on 01/15/2025 3:08:37 PM PST by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")

To: E. Pluribus Unum

7 posted on 01/15/2025 3:08:43 PM PST by Sacajaweau

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