TOI correspondent from Washington: Indian-American tech entrepreneur-turned- politician Vivek Ramaswamy powered to a decisive victory in Ohio’s Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, cementing his transformation from presidential hopeful to a rising force within a Republican Party increasingly shaped by loyalty to President Trump.
Ramaswamy’s easy win sets up a November contest against Democrat Amy Acton, a physician who became a prominent public figure during the state’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. But the broader significance of the result lies less in the general election matchup and more in what it signals about the ideological trajectory of the Republican Party.
