DeSantis Blames Ramaswamy for 7.9-Point Ohio Loss as GOP Faces Blue-Collar Reckoning
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 5
DeSantis Blames Ramaswamy for 7.9-Point Ohio Loss as GOP Faces Blue-Collar Reckoning
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 5
Summary
Ron DeSantis said Vivek Ramaswamy was "not in tune" with Ohio’s working-class voters after the Republican lost the governor’s race to Democrat Amy Acton by 7.9 percentage points.
DeSantis pointed to Ramaswamy’s tech-executive profile and support for gutting the H-1B visa lottery, saying those positions alienated blue-collar voters in a state he called deeply working class.
Ramaswamy’s campaign was also hit by self-inflicted damage, including bipartisan backlash over an attack ad using Acton’s estranged mother; DeSantis said the candidate had "shot himself in the foot."
The defeat came despite Donald Trump’s endorsement and advice from JD Vance allies, and followed other Ohio Republican losses, including Jon Husted’s 4.9-point Senate defeat to Sherrod Brown.
DeSantis cast the result as part of a broader midterm setback for Republicans, saying the elections kneecapped Trump’s final two years and left the party politically constrained heading toward 2028.