COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost suspended his campaign for governor on Friday, just a week after he lost the state Republican Party’s endorsement to Trump-backed biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has dropped out of the 2026 race for Ohio governor. Yost announced that he was dropping Friday, about a week after the Ohio GOP voted to endorse Vivek Ramaswamy for governor,

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced that he is suspending his campaign for governor in 2026.In an email to his supporters, the 68-year-old Yost stated that it is "apparent that a steep climb to the nomination for governor has become a vertical cliff.