ST. HENRY, Ohio (WLIO) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made a stop Tuesday night in St. Henry as he continues his campaign for the November 2026 Ohio governor’s race.
Ramaswamy served as the keynote speaker at this year’s Mercer County Republican Party Reagan Day Dinner. During his remarks, he discussed topics including legal versus illegal immigration into the United States, as well as his vision to make Ohio a leading state for economic prosperity and a strong place to raise families. As he travels through all 88 counties, Ramaswamy spoke with Your News Now about his plans leading up to the November 2026 election.
“One of the things I’ve loved about traveling this state, we're going to all 88 counties, is listening to business leaders, community leaders, labor leaders, agricultural leaders. The other thing I want to do is unite those different sections of our state. I think our politics has gone in a direction of echo chambers. I want to break down those echo chambers and actually listen. That's the way I built successful businesses, and it's the way I want to lead the state as well,” says Vivek Ramaswamy, Ohio Republican Gubernatorial Candidate.
As Ramaswamy continues his campaign, the issues of state property tax reform and crime in major Ohio cities remain hot topics. We asked him about his thoughts on both of those key issues.
“Property taxes have to come down in the state. It's one of the core issues I’m running on. It's going to be one of my core deliverables in my first six months in office. I want people to hold me to that. You shouldn't be paying more in your property taxes than you are in the principal and interest payments on your mortgage, yet so many Ohioans are. Crime is a major issue across our country and in our state. The good news is we know how to address this: allow police officers to actually do their job, bring back mental health institutions to make sure our jails aren't just the top form of psychiatric healthcare, make sure we are not sending repeat violent offenders back on the street,” Ramaswamy adds.
So far, the only declared Democratic candidate in the governor’s race is former state health director Dr. Amy Acton.
