Ohio Teamsters endorses Vivek Ramaswamy for 2026 gubernatorial race

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The Ohio Convention of Teamsters has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy for governor, in a shift from previous help of Democrats, his marketing campaign confirmed to Fox Information Digital.

The biotech entrepreneur and former 2024 presidential candidate has already earned a handful of union endorsements for the 2026 gubernatorial election, based on the Ohio Dispatch.

His marketing campaign stated he had already been endorsed by the Ohio State Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters, the Central Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters, the Cleveland Constructing & Building Trades Council and the Northwest Ohio Constructing & Building Trades Council.

Curiously, the Ohio State Affiliation of Plumbers and Pipefitters and the Central Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters have each endorsed Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown .

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The Ohio Convention of Teamsters has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy for governor, in a shift from previous help of Democrats, his marketing campaign confirmed to Fox Information Digital. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs)

He has additionally been endorsed by President Donald Trump and the Ohio Republican Get together.

The Ohio Convention of Teamsters, which represents greater than 50,000 employees within the state, had beforehand supported former Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, who has but to determine if he’s coming into the governor’s race.

Ramaswamy’s marketing campaign instructed Fox Information Digital earlier this month that nearly $220,000 of the contributions raised in his first months as a candidate got here from people who beforehand gave to Ryan.

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The Ohio State Affiliation of Plumbers and Pipefitters and the Central Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters have additionally endorsed Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Photographs)

"The Teamsters are proud to endorse Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor of Ohio. Our members need a chief who will battle for good-paying jobs and strengthen the longer term for Ohio’s working households," Patrick J. Darrow, president of the Ohio Convention of Teamsters, stated. "Vivek has demonstrated a dedication to listening to labor and partnering with us to ship actual outcomes, and we stay up for working with him."

Ramaswamy stated he was "deeply grateful" for the endorsement.

Former Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan might enter the race for governor. (Joshua Lott/Getty Photographs)

"This isn’t about left vs. proper, it’s about up vs. down," he continued. "We're constructing a motion that restores dignity to work, rewards those that hold our economic system shifting, and ensures each Ohioan has a good shot on the American Dream. Collectively, we are going to make Ohio the perfect place in America to work, elevate a household, and pursue a greater life for the following era."