Vivek Ramaswamy Will Be Missing from Illinois’ Republican Primary Ballot

Published on January 13, 2024

As Vivek Ramaswamy races across snowbound Iowa ahead of its Jan. 15 caucus, he appears to have written off the big blue state on the other side of the Mississippi River. The Ramaswamy campaign confirmed to The Epoch Times that his name will not appear on the Republican presidential preference ballot in Illinois, where the primary will take place on March 19. That “isn’t news,” Tricia McLaughlin, a senior adviser to the Ramaswamy campaign, told The Epoch Times, adding that the decision had been announced last month. But after the filing deadline on Jan. 5, 2024, and the state’s ballot certification deadline on Jan. 11, passed, Illinois’s absence from the Ramaswamy campaign looks more strategic—and is sparking more speculation....

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