Amy Acton Flips Ohio Governor’s Office With 50.9% to 46% Win Over Ramaswamy
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Updated · Bloomberg · Nov 4
Amy Acton Flips Ohio Governor’s Office With 50.9% to 46% Win Over Ramaswamy
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Nov 4
Summary
50.9% of the vote put Democrat Amy Acton ahead of Vivek Ramaswamy’s 46% in preliminary Associated Press results, making her Ohio’s next governor.
The victory flips a Republican-held office as Acton succeeds term-limited GOP Governor Mike DeWine after a race that drew national attention.
Ramaswamy’s campaign amplified that attention with an ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother calling her a liar, underscoring the contest’s unusually acrimonious tone.
Acton, Ohio’s former state health director, also becomes the first Democrat to win the governorship since 2006 and the state’s first woman elected governor.