The former Senate candidate now advising an insurgent presidential campaign
“Vivek is like the male Indian version of me – but with a lot more money."
Kathy Barnette, the former U.S. Senate candidate who roiled the final weeks of last year’s GOP primary in Pennsylvania, is now guiding another insurgent contender vying for the presidency.
Barnette is serving as the national grassroots director for Vivek Ramaswamy, a 37-year-old self-made hundred millionaire whose hyper-aggressive interview strategy has vaulted him ahead of a slew of traditional Republican candidates in early 2024 polling.
“Vivek is like the male Indian version of me – but with a lot more money,” Barnette said in a recent interview with McClatchyDC. “It’s like two peas in a pod as far how we see the world and align.”
Barnette, who finished a strong third in the Republican primary for Senate in Pennsylvania last year, first attracted Ramawswamy’s attention during her feisty primary debate with Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick.
