Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign says it raised $9.7 in the first four months of his Ohio governor run. Filings become public on July 30.

COLUMBUS, OH — Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy has surged out of the gate in his bid for governor, raising a staggering $9.7 million in just four months — a sum that underscores his dominance early in the race and positions him as the clear frontrunner for the GOP nomination.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign announced it has raised a record $9.7 million since he entered the race about four months ago, adding more credence to the image he’s tried to build as an unstoppable political juggernaut.

Vivek Ramaswamy has raised over $8.5 million since his announcement of Ohio Governor election bid from the Republican party following his exit from the Department of Government Efficiency. Axios reported that this much money this early in the election cycle with the primary nearly a full year away is record-breaking.

Liz Skalka is a reporter based in Maryland. She was previously a senior political reporter at HuffPost and the Ohio politics writer for The Blade in Toledo. She was also a reporter and columnist for Hearst Connecticut Media Group and an editor at The New York Post.

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy raised nearly $10 million since entering the statewide race roughly four months ago, according to his campaign. Ramaswamy, who ran in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primary before dropping out in mid-January last year,