Politics

Goodbye, Vivek Ramaswamy

Rarely has a politician who has never even held office delivered such terrible results for his party.

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Nov 03, 2026 11:30 PM

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In mid-September, I went to Ohio to track Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for governor . This was about a month before the disastrous attack ad against his opponent, Amy Acton, and Secretary of State Frank LaRose was confidently predicting a “bright-red Ramaswamy tsunami.” On Tuesday night, it became clear what a mirage that wave always was.…