Past Differences Aside, Musk Pours Millions Into Ramaswamy Campaign

India-West News Desk

CINCINNATI, OH – In the wake of their brief and tumultuous partnership, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy appear to have put their public disagreements behind them, signaling a new chapter of cooperation. Despite a frosty start in late 2024 when President Trump first appointed the pair to lead the highly publicized, and later highly controversial, Department of Government Efficiency, their relationship is seemingly mended.

The friction peaked just as Trump took office in January 2025, when Ramaswamy abruptly exited the initiative before it could formally launch, leaving Musk in sole control. While speculative media reports at the time suggested Ramaswamy may have been pushed out of the project, the transition marked a clean break that left the effort entirely in Musk’s hands.

Now, however, the world’s wealthiest person has thrown major financial weight behind his former colleague’s political ambitions. According to a campaign finance filing made public on July 15, Musk donated $5 million in May to support Ramaswamy’s current bid to become the governor of Ohio. This multi-million-dollar contribution is the latest proof of Musk’s intense, albeit complicated, engagement in the upcoming midterm elections, running counter to what some observers, in reports published by The New York Times, describe as his growing disillusionment with mainstream Republican politics over the last two years.

Musk has poured at least $90 million into this election cycle, securing his spot as one of the country’s most dominant political donors. Not all of his high-stakes bets have paid off, however. His most expensive individual gamble of the year was backed by a $10 million super PAC effort supporting Kentucky Senate candidate Nate Morris, who ultimately withdrew during the primary race. Additionally, America PAC, the political action committee Musk founded, has adopted a quieter strategy since pouring millions into a failed, highly public effort to seat a conservative judge on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court last year. Even with a lower-profile PAC, Musk continues to funnel millions of dollars into various political action committees backing congressional Republicans and Donald Trump’s primary super PAC, MAGA Inc.

The $5 million boost to Ramaswamy’s campaign was directed to V-PAC, a pro-Ramaswamy super PAC that has successfully courted some of the nation’s most prominent conservative megadonors. Financial disclosures show that the group has drawn $20 million from Wall Street billionaire Jeff Yass, alongside another $1 million from activist investor Bill Ackman in June.

These massive war chests will be heavily utilized as Ramaswamy enters a highly competitive November matchup against Democrat Amy Acton, the state’s former health director.

Political analysts, as noted in reports by The New York Times, predict this matchup will be one of the most closely watched and hard-fought gubernatorial races in the country. To bolster his chances in a state that has trended solidly red in recent years, Ramaswamy has already injected $25 million of his own personal fortune into the run.