Amy Acton Defeats Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio Governor’s Race

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4 nov 2026

Amy Acton Defeats Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio Governor’s Race

Democrat Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, flipping Ohio’s governorship and ending a long Republican hold on the office. Acton’s campaign emphasized affordability and public education.

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Amy Acton wins Ohio race for governor, ending 16 years of Republican control of office

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Amy Acton wins Ohio governor's seat, beating Republican Vivek Ramaswamy

Results are in for one of the highest-profile gubernatorial elections in the country. The highly polarizing race between Democratic candidate Amy Acton and Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for governor of Ohio has come to a conclusion.Acton, a physician, won the race by a 5-point margin with 87% of votes reported.According to the Associated Press, Acton won the election by five points on Tuesday night, upsetting Republicans' hopes of retaining the governorship, which has been held by term-limited Republican Mike DeWine since 2019.The results of the contest were much closer than some may have expected in the red state. Acton, a physician, won the race by a five-point margin with 87% of votes reported, according to the AP.RELATED: Trump endorses controversial Ramaswamy ad — and bashes media trying to force him to take video down Michael Swensen/Getty Images One of the biggest "October surprises" of the campaign — which soon became the central pillar of the race in the eyes of many — came when Ramaswamy's campaign featured Acton's estranged biological mother calling her a "liar" in an expensive campaign advertisement.Ohio has been a consistently red state for the last three presidential elections, with 2024 support reaching its zenith at roughly 55%.As of Friday afternoon, the Blaze Poll Watch average showed Acton ahead of Ramaswamy by three points, beating him 48.2%-45.2%. Acton's lead expanded to 4.2 points on the afternoon of Election Day. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Democrat Amy Acton Defeats Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio Governor's Race, Flipping the Mansion Blue

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Democrats flip another governorship as Acton takes Ohio

Democrats flipped their second governorship Tuesday night as Amy Acton won Ohio's gubernatorial election Tuesday, defeating Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in a major political upset that ended 16 years of Republican control of the governor's mansion.

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Democrat Amy Acton wins Ohio governor's race, defeating Republican Vivek Ramaswamy

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