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Libertariansfor Vivek
Ohio governor · November 3, 2026

Libertarians decidethis election.

Our bloc is bigger than the margin between the two candidates who can win. Used together, it ends Ohio’s income tax.

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Watch: the case for libertarians

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How the policies compare
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Your vote has leverage

Our bloc is bigger than the margin.

Ohio’s libertarian bloc is several times larger than the margin that decides a close governor’s race. Nobody has to leave the party to use it.

Our bloc
~80,000 libertarian votes
Current gap
About 3 points

Roughly 80,000 Ohioans voted on the Libertarian line for governor in 2018.16 Independent forecasters rate this year’s race a toss-up, and recent polling has the two major candidates within a few points.1,2

Vivek as governor, for libertarians

Six commitments from his published plan, in plain terms. Every one is something libertarians have been asking a governor to do for forty years.

Eliminate the income tax

Ohio’s personal income tax goes to zero. It takes about $10.4 billion a year out of private hands.4,3

Zero capital gains tax first

The state tax on saving and investing is the first one he says he will eliminate.3

Roll property taxes back

Back to pre-pandemic-end levels, then held down. His campaign says bills on homes and farmland are up nearly 45% since 2020.5

Cut the red tape

Strip out rules that raise the cost of doing business, and speed up permits so Ohio can build.4

No corporate tax breaks

End property-tax abatements for large corporate developments. They pay in full, like everyone else.4

Parents choose the school

Transparency and real choice over where and how your children learn.4

Energy, privacy and sound money

Three fights libertarians have been having alone for years. He is on our side of all three.

Energy independence

Expand natural gas, let new generation compete, and clear the permits. In his words, the plan is to deploy innovative energy technologies to strengthen Ohio’s energy supply and reduce electric bills for every family . 

No Flock surveillance state

“Flock cameras will not ever be used — period — in this state, to spy on an individual, when they’re in a private space, and a private space includes not just your home but also your car.” 21

No central bank digital currency

He opposes a CBDC and takes crypto donations. No programmable government money, no federal ledger of what you bought.17,18

Vivek on being a libertarian

He is not asking libertarians to meet him halfway. He says he is one of us — and he said it standing in front of a Libertarian National Convention crowd that booed him for it.

“95% of my views are classic libertarian views.”
Vivek Ramaswamy
“I’m speaking to you as a libertarian at my own core.”
Libertarian National Convention, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2024 · source
“I believe the future of this country depends on a libertarian–nationalist alliance that will save this country. That’s what I believe is required.”
Libertarian National Convention, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2024 · source
“I have voted as many times for a Libertarian for US president as I have for a Republican.”
Libertarian National Convention, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2024 · source
“Free Ross. Pardon Assange. Pardon Snowden.”
Libertarian National Convention, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2024 · source
Endorsements
“Vivek is running on libertarian values — ending the income tax, getting government off people’s property and out of their businesses. He is the best chance we have in Ohio to see those ideas actually become law.”
Angela McCardle
Former Chair, Libertarian Party

Libertarian values, and where Vivek stands

What libertarians believe, and what he has committed to do about it.15,4

Libertarians believe
Vivek has committed to

Taxation is theft.

Repeal the income tax. Back any plan that reduces or abolishes a tax.

His plan

Eliminates Ohio’s personal income tax, starting by zeroing out capital gains.

Your home is yours.

You keep what you earn and what you own. Property is the foundation.

His plan

Rolls property taxes back to pre-pandemic-end levels, then holds them down.

Government lives within its means.

Balance the budget by cutting spending, never by taxing more.

His plan

Cuts state bloat so Ohio budgets like a household.

Earn a living without permission.

No licence, no permit, no bureaucrat standing between you and your work.

His plan

Slashes the red tape that raises the cost of doing business.

No special deals for anyone.

Separate business and state. End every subsidy and carve-out.

His plan

Ends property-tax abatements for big corporate developments. They pay full freight.

Government does not run energy.

Producers compete. The state does not pick who gets to build.

His plan

Streamlines permits so Ohio can build the power it needs.

Use whatever money you choose.

Sound money, and no government ledger tracking your spending.

His plan

Takes crypto donations. Opposed a central bank digital currency.

Parents decide, not systems.

Education belongs to families and the market, not to a bureaucracy.

His plan

Full transparency and real choice over where and how your children learn.

“I’m speaking to you as a libertarian at my own core.”
Vivek Ramaswamy · Libertarian National Convention, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2024 · source

Questions, answered

Are you saying Don Kissick is a bad candidate?

No. He is a Navy veteran who has done the unglamorous work of keeping a third party alive in a state that makes it hard. He says himself the race is an uphill battle.9 One of two other people will be governor, and only one of them is fighting for libertarian values: Vivek is running on ending the income tax, rolling back property taxes, cutting regulation and school choice — our platform, on the ballot, with a real chance of being signed. This is about which of the two who can win does the most for liberty in Ohio.

He’s a Republican. Why should a libertarian care?

Because of what is on the table: the income tax, the capital gains tax, property taxes, regulation, corporate tax breaks and school choice. Six planks of the Libertarian platform are live in this race because he is running on them.

Do I have to leave the Libertarian Party?

No. Keep your registration, your dues and your principles. We are asking for one line on one ballot in one race where our bloc decides the outcome.

Who is behind this site?

Libertarians. An independent group of Ohio libertarians — joined by Angela McArdle, former chair of the Libertarian National Committee. We are not the Libertarian Party of Ohio and we are not the campaign. We want these policies enacted, and we will hold him to every one of them. See the disclaimer below.

The libertarian report card

Every plank of his platform, graded against ours — liberty, property and the right to be left alone. Where a governor has no real power, we grade him down and say why.

Ramaswamy, Vivek · Ohio governor, term beginning 2027 Overall grade: A
A+

Abolish the income tax

Eliminates Ohio’s personal income tax, capital gains first.

Straight off the platform. Not a rate cut, not a credit — repeal.3,4

A+

Roll back property taxes

Back to pre-pandemic-end levels, then held down.

Property is the foundation of every other right. The plank libertarians fight for most and win least.5

A+

Farmers keep their land

Property-tax relief aimed at homes and farms, so families keep ground they have held for generations.

A farmer taxed off ground his family has held a century has lost his property by degrees. Our platform rejects the taking; his plan lowers the bill and keeps the bulldozers off fertile ground.5,

A+

No surveillance state

“Flock cameras will not ever be used — period — in this state, to spy on an individual.”

Fourth Amendment, unprompted, on the record, and he has not hedged on it since.21

A+

No central bank digital currency

Opposes a CBDC. Takes crypto donations.

Sound money and financial privacy, stated plainly. A governor cannot stop a federal CBDC on his own, but he can refuse to let Ohio build any part of the rails for one.17,18

A

Cut the red tape

Strips rules that raise the cost of doing business and speeds up permits.

The right to earn a living without permission. Grade rises if he swings at occupational licensing.4

A

End corporate tax breaks

No property-tax abatements for large corporate developments. They pay 100%.

Separating business from state. Rare for either major party to say out loud.4

A

Parents choose the school

Transparency and real choice over where and how children learn.

Education out of the bureaucracy and into families’ hands.4

A

Energy independence

Expand natural gas, deploy innovative energy technologies, clear the permits, cut every family’s bill.

Production and competition instead of subsidy, and the bill comes down for every family. The state still sits at the table, so we will be watching who gets the permits.

5 PLANKS A+ 4 PLANKS A

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