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Vivek Ramaswamy Faces Tough Ohio Gubernatorial Race Against Democrat Amy Acton
- •Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is locked in a tight race against Democrat Amy Acton in the Ohio gubernatorial election, holding a slim three-point lead in a recent survey.
- •Endorsed by US President Donald Trump, 41-year-old Ramaswamy aims to become the third person of Indian descent to hold a US gubernatorial post.
- •Recent polls and prediction markets show mixed results, with some surveys favoring Acton while Republicans deploy high-profile figures like Trump and Vance to campaign in the state.
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Born in Cincinnati on August 9, 1985, Vivek Ramaswamy is a 41-year-old biotech billionaire, accomplished pianist, and nationally ranked tennis player who graduated from Yale Law School in 2013 as a millionaire. He launched a presidential campaign in 2023, later led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk following the 2024 election, and subsequently entered the Ohio gubernatorial race with Donald Trump's endorsement.
Vivek Ramaswamy faces Democrat Amy Acton, the former state health chief, in a tight gubernatorial race. Recent polling has shown mixed results, with a CNN-SSRS poll giving Acton an eight-point lead, a New York Times/Siena University poll showing her leading 49 to 45 per cent, and an ActiVote survey giving Ramaswamy a slender three-point advantage.
If Vivek Ramaswamy wins the November 3 election, he will become only the third person of Indian descent to hold a gubernatorial post in the United States, following Bobby Jindal in Louisiana and Nikki Haley in South Carolina.
