Overview

• The billboard, which went live on July 13, tells New Yorkers to “flee” Zohran Mamdani’s progressive platform and “move to Ohio.”
• Vivek Super PAC — Victors, not Victims financed the ad as part of its $17 million push for Vivek Ramaswamy’s 2026 Ohio gubernatorial bid.
• Chief strategist Andy Surabian cast the message as a choice between Mamdani’s “socialist totalitarianism” and Ramaswamy’s “American freedom.”
• Ramaswamy boosted the campaign on X by declaring “Capitalism defeats socialism” and repeating the call to relocate to Ohio.
• According to 2022 Census data, Ohio ranks 20th for New York émigrés, and Mamdani’s team has not issued a public response to the ad.