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Vivek Ramaswamy Retreats After Crushing Defeat in Ohio Governor Race
Mount Olive Chronicle ^ | November 12, 2026 | Dexter Brinson

Posted on 11/12/2026 9:49:53 PM PST by Coronal

Vivek Ramaswamy, once a prominent MAGA voice with a large online following, has gone silent and off social media after losing the Ohio governor’s race to Democrat Amy Acton by nearly eight points. Following the defeat, Ramaswamy appears to have left both the state and country, signaling a humiliating retreat for the Trump-backed candidate.

Ramaswamy’s Online Silence and Flight

Known for his frequent and fervent online presence, especially on X where he amassed 3.5 million followers, Ramaswamy has now deactivated active management of his accounts. His profile bios on X and Instagram carry the disclaimer: “Account is not actively managed.” Since posting his concession speech on Election Day, Ramaswamy has not made any public statements or social media posts.

After rejecting a concession call from Acton on Election Day, Ramaswamy reportedly boarded one of his private jets and left Ohio. Flight tracking accounts noted a private jet linked to him heading toward the Caribbean the day after the election, further emphasizing his quick departure from the campaign trail.

(Excerpt) Read more at mountolivechronicle.com ...


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1 posted on 11/12/2026 9:49:53 PM PST by Coronal
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To: Coronal

Politics aside. He’s human. Defeat is hard.


2 posted on 11/12/2026 9:59:15 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege (🩰🎬🗺️)
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To: Coronal

The stupid CNN panel said, gleefully, that the women were in revolt against him when he allowed that tv ad from the mother attacking the opponent.

One said: “Do you think now that Vivek is sure to go down to defeat in two weeks, he will be forced out of politics and run away somehow to ease his pain?”

So she was right.


3 posted on 11/12/2026 9:59:21 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Coronal

Vivek Ramaswamy was campaigning for governor for nearly two years and should have met every single Ohio voter and made a strong case for his election. Yet, his campaign floundered, was directionless, and often failed to cut through. His Democratic opponent, who can’t even deliver a single sentence coherently, won convincingly.

His flaws as a candidate were already evident back in 2023 when he ran for President, but with Trump’s backing, the Republican establishment got behind him, and the nomination was his. Perhaps an open primary would have helped.


4 posted on 11/12/2026 10:03:04 PM PST by GregH ( )
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To: Coronal

Amy Acton early life from wikipedia - she’s come a long way from her miserable childhood.

“Amy Leigh Stearns was born on February 16, 1966, in Youngstown and grew up in the north side of the city.[4][5][6] Her biological father, Gerald Stearns, was Jewish, and her mother, Donna Arthur, belongs to the Baptist Church.[7]

Acton has said that after her parents divorced and while she lived with her mother, she experienced neglect, abuse, and periods of homelessness, including spending one winter living in a tent on the north side of Youngstown.[8][9][10] Her mother remarried Cledith Arthur, who had already been prosecuted for raping his daughter; according to Acton and her younger brother, Phil Stearns (both of whom were his stepchildren), Arthur sexually abused her, as well.[11][12] Arthur was charged with raping her when she was 12, but charges against him stalled after he fled the state and moved to Pennsylvania, despite several warrants being issued for his arrest over the next three years;[13][14][15][16] Acton’s mother was later convicted of felony theft by deception.[10]

After Acton’s mother lost custody of her,[17] Acton moved in with her biological father, and found more stability. At Liberty High School, she was inducted into the National Honor Society and was named homecoming queen during her senior year in 1984.[8]

Acton paid her way through college, earning a bachelor’s degree at Youngstown State University[18] followed by a medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 1990.[19] After completing residencies in pediatrics and preventive medicine,[20] she earned a master’s in public health from Ohio State University.[5] She then trained at Albert Einstein College of Medicine[19] and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.[5”


5 posted on 11/12/2026 10:04:18 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Coronal

He didn’t follow the late Paramahansa Yogananda who wrote:

“Don’t behave like a cringing mortal being. You are a child of God!”

and

“Danger and I were born together, and I am more dangerous than danger!”

Note: His anti-Muslim lines were edited out of the famous orange cover Autobiography of a Yogi but reprinted in the unauthorized blue cover edition by the rival Crystal Clarity publisher. Huge lawsuits went on for years.


6 posted on 11/12/2026 10:04:39 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Coronal

RE: ...noted a private jet linked to him heading toward the Caribbean the day after the election....

Beach scene of talking to a waiter:
“I told you no salt on this drink. No salt. There are salt crystals around the rim. You will get no tip.”


7 posted on 11/12/2026 10:08:34 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Running a political campaign is completely exhausting in a physical, spiritual and most especially financial sense.
I would want to take the next two years off, If I had been the candidate. Now, if you’re someone like President Trump, all you would need is a pot of coffee and a few rounds of Golf.


8 posted on 11/12/2026 10:13:48 PM PST by lee martell
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To: GregH

>>”Vivek Ramaswamy was campaigning for governor for nearly two years and should have met every single Ohio voter and made a strong case for his election. Yet, his campaign floundered, was directionless, and often failed to cut through.”

That’s what happens when the only reason you’re running is for the power and the status of being governor. Vivek is the quintessential stand-for-nothing politician who reinvents himself more often than he changes his socks.


9 posted on 11/12/2026 10:20:58 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: Coronal
The State of Ohio is enthralled with it's mediocrity.

Whether it's inexplicably reelecting Sherrod Brown, electing a pathetic nut case like Amy Acton to the governors office, or the Cleveland Browns, the State of Ohio LOVES to be a loser.
10 posted on 11/12/2026 10:24:11 PM PST by indthkr
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To: lee martell

Does Trump even drink coffee? LoL

Yeah his stamina is truly one for the ages. I’ve been frustrated with his second term, but I know God’s purpose still for him still stands, and I will never forget “Fight Fight Fight” that day in Butler...

Praying for him.


11 posted on 11/12/2026 10:33:25 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege (🩰🎬🗺️)
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To: Coronal

What do you expect him to do? Stay online with the RAT supporters gleefully saying “neener, neener”? Jeez, he’s stepping back to re-evaluate.


12 posted on 11/12/2026 10:38:11 PM PST by gildafarrell (To Strive, To Seek, To Find and Not To Yield!)
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