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Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 presidential campaign
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Vivek Ramaswamy began his 2024 presidential campaign on February 21, 2023, as a candidate in the 2024 Republican primary.[3] He formally launched his candidacy at an interview on the Tucker Carlson Tonight show.[4] In his campaign announcement, Ramaswamy pitched himself as a conservative[5] with a vision for American national identity.[6] On January 15, 2024, Ramaswamy suspended his campaign, subsequent to the Iowa caucuses.[7][8]
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Candidate | Vivek Ramaswamy |
Affiliation | Republican Party |
Status | Announced: February 21, 2023 Suspended: January 15, 2024 |
Headquarters | Des Moines, Iowa New Hampshire Columbus (formerly)[1] Birmingham, Alabama (formerly)[2] |
Slogan | A New American Dream |
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According to Politico, Ramaswamy was inspired by Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election, and wanted to run "with an entrepreneurial spirit, unorthodox ideas, and few expectations."[9] Ramaswamy considered a candidacy in the 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio, but decided not to run.[10] Since that time, he had been mooted as a potential future presidential candidate.[11][12][13] If elected, he would have been the first Indian-American president and youngest person to ever assume the presidency.[14][15]
His central campaign promise is an extensive and severe downsizing of federal agencies.[16][17] His other key campaign issue is environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives, which Ramaswamy alleges are detrimental agendas that mix business with politics.[18] Ramaswamy markets himself as an "American nationalist"[19][20] and "anti-woke" candidate.[11][4] He has written that the corruption of American society by what he calls "victimhood narratives" makes it impossible to achieve merit-based hierarchies.[21]
Ramaswamy campaigned extensively for the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, the first contest of the candidate selection process.[22] His campaign targeted young people, voters who were disaffected, and Donald Trump supporters who could be persuaded that Ramaswamy would "take the America First movement to the next level."[23] At an October Iowa campaign event Ramaswamy said "The only chance we have is Iowa. ... If I win Iowa, I'm your next president."[1] By January 2 the campaign announced that Ramaswamy had attended two or more campaign events in each of Iowa's 99 counties, 252 public events with another 25 scheduled by caucus day.[22][24] Ramaswamy placed fourth in the caucuses on January 15, garnering 7.7% of the votes.[25]