ICYMI: Records show Vivek Ramaswamy dropped $780K on private jet flights last year

ICYMI: Records show Vivek Ramaswamy dropped $780K on private jet flights last year

February 13, 2026

Columbus, Ohio - New reporting from Heartland Signal continues to shine a spotlight on Vivek Ramaswamy's nonstop private jet usage as he calls Ohioans lazy and says rising prices are in our imagination.

READ: Records show Ohio governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy dropped $780K on private jet flights last year

• Campaign expenditure filings for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy show that the Republican spent more than $780,000 on private jet travel in 2025.

• A Heartland Signal analysis of Ramaswamy's expenditures filed through the Secretary of State's Office show that the candidate spent $469,885.45 on aircraft leasing and $312,264.21 in costs associated with flying his own jet.

• Ramaswamy's campaign spent a total of $7,126,693.93 in 2025, making 10.97% of his total spending went to private jet travel.

• The former biotech pharmaceutical executive spent $10,721.97 more on private jet travel while campaigning in Ohio - the 34th largest state in the U.S. in square miles - than U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spent on all air travel (public and private) during his Fighting Oligarchy Tour last year, during which he visited 29 cities across the country.

• Before launching his campaign, Ramaswamy made a post on X in December 2024 arguing that the reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born and first-generation engineers is because "our culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence.

• The former Republican presidential candidate also said one of the best ways to combat child hunger is to teach children to read faster.Ramaswamy also suggested that increasing take home pay is the number one way Ohioans can combat rising costs, and that he plans to accomplish this by slashing property and income taxes.

• Republicans have controlled Ohio's governorship and state legislature since 2011, and the state has steadily fallen in education rankings, while economic policies have generally favored the wealthiest individuals during that time.

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