A week after the Ohio Republican Party voted to endorse President Donald Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost suspended his gubernatorial campaign on May 16.
In an email to supporters, the 68-year-old Yost said he will “continue to fight for Ohio” as attorney general through the end of his term in January 2027.
Yost did not immediately endorse his rival. On May 9, after the state GOP endorsed Ramaswamy, Yost suggested the group had engaged in “a premature coronation of an untested candidate.”
The Ohio Republican primary in 2026 is on May 5. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican who is term-limited, cautioned last week that one year is “a lifetime” in politics….