Things move fast in the world of politics. One minute, you’re tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to work with Elon Musk as co-chair of the non-governmental, yet supremely influential, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and the next, you’re thinking that running for higher office sounds like fun.
Such seems to be the case with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who is reportedly looking to hold public office in his home state of Ohio. As RedState reported Friday, Ramaswamy was said to have been lobbying hard in recent days to be named as Vice President-elect JD Vance’s replacement in the Senate, an effort that was ultimately unsuccessful as Ohio Governor Mike DeWine chose someone else.
There was rampant speculation over who DeWine would tap to serve through the 2026 special election to replace Vance, and many thought former…