Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy won the Ohio Republican Party's endorsement a year before the 2026 primary.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) has suspended his gubernatorial campaign after the state Republican Party endorsed his opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy. Yost said in an email to his supporters

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Trump-backed biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy won the Ohio Republican Party’s gubernatorial endorsement Friday, overcoming more experienced and potentially more popular rivals to land coveted institutional and monetary support nearly a year before the 2026 primary.