Vivek Ramaswamy Floated As J.D. Vance’s Senate Replacement

Businessman and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is being floated as a top candidate to fill J.D. Vance’s Senate seat in Ohio.

Republican Governor Mike DeWine will now be tasked with appointing a replacement after Vance is formally sworn in as vice president in January. The appointee will serve through 2026 when a special election will take place to formally crown a new winner. The winner of that seat will then have to run once again in 2028 in order to secure a full, six-year term in accordance with election law.

“If Donald Trump is elected, then we will start our process to look at people and talk to people,” DeWine said last week. “Some people have already contacted me. I’ve already met with some people at their request.”

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Potential candidates include State Senator Matt Dolan, a staunch ally of DeWine who previously launched unsuccessful primary bids against Vance and Senator-elect Bernie Moreno. Other possibilities include former Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who also ran in the primary against Moreno, along with the state’s Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, Fox News reported.

“I’m always ready to answer the call of duty, but I’m also focused right now on doing the job Ohioans hired me to do,” LaRose told the outlet when asked for comment. “We delivered another secure, accurate and accessible election for Ohio voters, and that work continues. We need to certify the results on an expedited timeline to accommodate the electoral college meeting next month.”

“We’re still working with our boards of elections to process absentee ballots and help voters cure provisional ballots. We’ve got a potential recount in one congressional district race. We’re also not letting up the pressure on the Biden administration to give us the federal citizenship records we need to ensure the accuracy of Ohio’s voter rolls. There’s a lot to be done. I know Governor DeWine has an important decision to make, and I’m confident he’ll do what’s in the best interest of Ohio.”

DeWine, who is genuinely considered a moderate and member of the establishment wing of the party, will likely be under pressure from President-elect Trump and his allies to appoint a loyalist who will carry out the Trump agenda.

To that end, Republican lawmakers and pundits have been pushing for Ramaswamy to fill the seat. “JD Vance’s Senate seat in Ohio is open. Vivek Ramaswamy is from Ohio,” popular conservative influencer Joey Mannarino wrote.

Back in July, Ramaswamy expressed openness to the idea when asked by conservative journalist Laura Loomer. “I mean, it’s not like a confirm-deny thing. It just came up yesterday. I hadn’t thought about it. But at the same time, you’ve got to ask yourself how you’re going to serve the country. So I want to talk to President Trump, see what I’m going to be able to do to have the biggest impact,” he said, adding that there is also a possibility of serving in the second Trump administration.