Vivek Ramaswamy Discusses Crucial Role Jobs Will Play in Election Upon Receiving Key Endorsement

Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor in Ohio, on Tuesday received the Chamber of Commerce PAC endorsement. It’s an endorsement that Ramaswamy teased is just one of many to come.

Early on in his remarks, Ramaswamy addressed the American dream. He said he knows it exists because of his own experience.

“I know it exists because I have lived it, because I have lived it in this state, because of the opportunities that the state of Ohio gave to me and to my family. I’m running for governor because my faith teaches me that we have a moral duty to use those blessings to leave this state better than we found it,” he shared.

“As Rob told you, no, I was not born like some, I was not born with a silver spoon in my life,” Ramaswamy continued, referencing his running mate, Senate President Rob McColley. Ramaswamy credits his success “because of the gift of freedom of enterprise … American capitalism … that American dream that says no matter who you are, or where your parents came from, or what your skin color is, or how long your last name is in some of our cases, that you are able to achieve the maximum of your own God-given potential with your own hard work, your own dedication and your own pursuit of your dreams.”

In addressing his “vision,” Ramaswamy mentioned that Ohio would become a zero-income-tax state, “because that’s what’s going to further attract even more businesses to our state” and away from states that already have a zero-income-tax rate. Ramaswamy said he will put out a plan to achieve such status in 10 years or less.

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This, Ramaswamy said, is “what brings high-paying jobs to the state.”

“If this election is decided on one issue, I think it ought to be this,” Ramaswamy shared.

He mentioned the importance of affordability, offering that the best way to deliver on that is by bringing high-paying jobs to the state. Asking which candidate for governor will do that is a question Ramaswamy wants Ohioans of all political views to think about. “Answer that question and cast your ballot accordingly,” he said.

The endorsement comes as Ohio was ranked by CNBC as the best state to start a business, as CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Steve Stivers mentioned at the event. The Chamber PAC believes, Stivers also shared, that Ramaswamy “recognizes the importance of keeping Ohio competitive for the future.”

Last Friday, Cook Political Report changed its forecast for this race from “Lean Republican” to “Toss-Up.” Polls have shown a close race between Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton.

While taking a question on what the endorsement means for his campaign, Ramaswamy brought up other endorsements as well. He referred to them as “a signal of different stakeholder groups across our state coming together and to be united in standing for an economic vision of success.”

Ramaswamy continued by again emphasizing jobs, which he said was the topic the Chamber of Commerce focused on most during the endorsement process.

“It was the No. 1 issue that we spoke about, is what is going to bring high-paying jobs back to Ohio. Who’s going to be the candidate who delivers on that? And to me, what this endorsement represents is a vote of confidence that I am the candidate best equipped to bring the maximal number of high-paying jobs to Ohio starting in 2027,” Ramaswamy continued.

Ramaswamy has spoken to CEOs about more investments in Ohio, especially if he’s governor, though he warned they will be scared off if “somebody who is anti-business, anti-enterprise, anti-growth” is in office. That, he says, “would destroy the prospects for otherwise extraordinary economic growth that our state is on the cusp of unlocking.”

“I do believe that this is a significant election for the future of Ohio’s economy. This is not an ordinary election. Ohio is at a fork in the road where we can either continue in our trajectory of economic growth by providing tax relief and regulatory relief to entrepreneurs and value creators and workers in this state, or we can take a very different direction that other states … have taken in the last couple of years, where we penalize success, where we penalize the businesses that create investment in our state, and the consequences for the 11.8 million people in this state are going to be significant,” Ramaswamy said.

He concluded by pledging to “deliver an economic revival of a scale this state has never seen.”