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哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，维维克·拉马斯瓦米在周二的初选中赢得俄亥俄州州长竞选共和党提名。
他将在11月与民主党人艾米·阿克顿对决。阿克顿曾担任俄亥俄州公共卫生部部长，此次初选无对手。
共和党籍州长迈克·德温因任期限制无法寻求连任。特朗普总统2024年在俄亥俄州以11个百分点的优势获胜。
2025年时，外界预计本党竞选阵容将大不相同：俄亥俄州总检察长戴夫·约斯特将参选，前俄亥俄州立大学橄榄球队教练吉姆·特雷斯尔也有望参选。但在俄亥俄州共和党和特朗普支持拉马斯瓦米后，约斯特退出了竞选，特雷斯尔也宣布不参选，拉马斯瓦米就此锁定提名。
拉马斯瓦米在周二初选中击败了绰号“汽车人”的小企业主凯西·普奇。据《哥伦布快报》报道，摩根县学区董事会成员希瑟·希尔的名字也出现在选票上，但在其竞选搭档退选后，俄亥俄州最高法院宣布所有投给她的选票均不计入总数，因为州法律规定州长和副州长候选人必须联合参选。
拉马斯瓦米是一名生物技术领域的亿万富翁，2024年因参选共和党总统提名虽未成功，但就此在全美政坛崭露头角。
他在2024年大选后成为特朗普的盟友，最初被特朗普任命与亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克共同领导政府效率部（DOGE）。但在特朗普就职典礼次日，他就辞去了这个旨在精简机构的部门职务，当时政府效率部的一名发言人表示，他希望专注于竞选公职。
根据竞选资金申报文件，拉马斯瓦米在2026年头三个月筹集了500万美元，还自掏腰包2500万美元，截至4月时手头可动用资金达3000万美元。他2025年接受福克斯新闻采访时表示，将为自己的竞选活动捐赠3000万美元。
同期阿克顿筹集了510万美元，手头可动用资金为300万美元。
俄亥俄州居民、副总统JD·万斯周二表示，他把票投给了拉马斯瓦米。
Vivek Ramaswamy projected to win Ohio GOP nomination for governor
May 5, 2026 / 8:05 PM EDT / CBS News
Vivek Ramaswamy won the Republican nomination for Ohio governor in Tuesday’s primary, CBS News projects.
He will face Democrat Amy Acton in November. Acton, a former Ohio Department of Public Health director, had no challengers.
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is term-limited and cannot seek reelection. President Trump won Ohio by 11 points in 2024.
In 2025, the Republican field had been expected to look much different, with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost in the race and former Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel expected to run. But Yost dropped out of the race after the Ohio Republican party and Mr. Trump backed Ramaswamy and Tressel opted not to run, clearing the field for Ramaswamy.
Ramaswamy defeated Casey Putsch, a small business owner who uses the nickname “The Car Guy,” in Tuesday’s primary. Morgan County school board member Heather Hill’s name also appeared on the ballot, but after her running mate withdrew from the race, the Ohio Supreme Court declared all votes for her will not be counted since state law dictates candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run together, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
Ramaswamy, a biotech billionaire, became a national political name in 2024 when he unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for president.
He became an ally of Mr. Trump’s after the 2024 election, and was initially tapped by Mr. Trump to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, alongside billionaire Elon Musk. But he exited the job-slashing department one day after Mr. Trump’s inauguration, with a DOGE spokesperson saying he wanted to focus on running for office.
According to campaign finance filings, Ramaswamy raised $5 million during the first three months of 2026 and also loaned himself $25 million, leaving him with $30 million cash on hand as of April. He told Fox News in 2025 that he would donate $30 million to his own campaign.
Acton raised $5.1 million over the same period, with $3 million cash on hand.
Vice President JD Vance, an Ohio resident, said Tuesday that he voted for Ramaswamy.
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