What Ohioans Should Know about the Ramaswamy-McColley Ticket

January 6, 2026

Columbus, Ohio- Following Vivek Ramaswamy's announcement that Ohio Senate President Rob McColley will join him on his ticket, here's what Ohioans need to know.

Ramaswamy showed Ohioans what he really thinks of them when he called them "lazy" and "mediocre," chose to speak at a conference sponsored by a company that advocates for outsourcing American jobs, and moved his own business to Texas.

During McColley's decade in state politics, Ohioans have seen costs go up while the Republicans in charge do nothing to help working families. During his time in the Ohio Senate, McColley worked to pass a budget that gave wealthy Ohioans a tax break, gutted funding for public schools, and failed to address the cost of childcare while jumping through hoops to give handouts to billionaires.

"Vivek Ramaswamy called Ohio workers lazy and mediocre, agreed to speak at a conference sponsored by a company that advocates for outsourcing American jobs, and wants to continue the same failed policies that have made life unaffordable for so many Ohioans," said Ohio Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Clyde. "Voters are ready for change, and Ramaswamy's decision to pick a running mate who has done the dirty work for special interests and billionaires in the statehouse is further evidence that we can't trust him to fight for Ohio's working families."

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