Ohio Democrats break Republican supermajority in the Ohio House
Republicans lose veto-proof power held since 2013, and Common Cause Ohio expects a lame-duck push to curb Amy Acton's authority before January.
Amy Acton
In blue wave, Democrats flipped legislatures, won trifectas and toppled GOP supermajorities
Ohio's GOP trifecta and House supermajority fell as Democrats flipped 12 chambers nationally, the party's most since 2008.
Democrats win majority of governorships for the first time in 16 years
Amy Acton became the first Democrat elected Ohio governor in 20 years as Democrats also flipped Georgia, Iowa, Nevada and Texas.
Democrat Amy Acton wins race for Ohio governor
Acton, the first Democrat elected Ohio governor in 20 years, beat Vivek Ramaswamy but will face a Republican-controlled legislature.
Final Ohio campaign finance report shows Acton raising more, spending less than Ramaswamy
Ramaswamy's $51.1 million in spending includes nearly $870,000 on private jets, while his campaign debt climbs to $41.3 million after another loan.
More on Amy Acton
DeWine refuses to campaign with Ramaswamy, won't include him among GOP's ‘really good people’
Ohio's Republican governor is keeping his endorsement of Vivek Ramaswamy but refusing to campaign alongside him, after condemning his attack on Democrat Amy Acton and publicly defending her honesty.
Ramaswamy pushed Acton attack ad despite warnings from his own campaign, reporters say
Two accounts place the decision on Ramaswamy himself. A pre-release survey explicitly examined Amy Acton's childhood sexual abuse, and his campaign has since removed disputed claims from the $4 million attack.
DeWine demands Ramaswamy pull $4 million attack on Acton, defends her honesty — but keeps endorsement
Ohio's Republican governor says the ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother is wrong and should come down. He defended Acton's truthfulness from their years working together but refused to withdraw his support for Ramaswamy.
Ramaswamy has business ties to China’s Communist Party
CITICPE, which backed two Ramaswamy-founded biotech firms, kept ties to a CEO whose father reportedly helped censor Uyghur genocide coverage online.
Ramaswamy campaigns on election integrity after his presidential campaign submitted forged signatures of dead voters
Rhode Island election officials found deceased voters’ names on petitions collected for Ramaswamy in 2024. An Ohio woman involved had 17 forgery convictions, and his campaign acknowledged deliberate forgery by a contractor’s worker.
Vice President JD Vance of Ohio backs Vivek Ramaswamy amid attack ad blowback
Vance made an unverified claim that ads call Ramaswamy a murderer, as the campaign spends $4 million on an ad featuring Acton's estranged mother.
Ramaswamy confirms campaign produced attack ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother, launches $4 million blitz
Ramaswamy's campaign confirmed producing the video featuring Amy Acton's mother, who stood by the man charged with raping her daughter at age 12. The campaign is spending millions to promote it despite newly reported court records and condemnation from prominent Republicans.
Gary Click calls Acton’s estranged mother ‘caring’ after she stood by man charged with raping her daughter
The former Fremont pastor, himself investigated last year over separate child sex abuse allegations that police closed without charges, defended the mother attacking Amy Acton’s childhood history. When confronted with the rape case against her husband, Click accused a journalist of a “bait and switch.”
Amy Acton’s mother defended husband accused of raping her daughter at 12. Now she’s in a pro-Ramaswamy attack ad.
Acton’s brother is speaking out after their estranged mother appeared in a political attack accusing his sister of lying about her childhood. He says their mother remained married to the man who sexually abused Acton even after both children were removed from their custody.
Outside groups pour hundreds of millions into Ohio races for governor, U.S. Senate
Republican-aligned super PACs outspend Democrats roughly 2.5 to 1 in the governor's race, while Ohio's Senate contest tops $422 million, AdImpact reports.
Vivek Ramaswamy appears to have violated New York state bar registration rules
Ohio's Republican nominee for governor reportedly listed a West Chester address as his home in a July 2026 New York attorney filing, five years after moving to Columbus and registering to vote there. The conflicting addresses raise potential violations of New York attorney-registration requirements or Ohio voter-residency laws.
Husted responds to woman beaten by Trump supporters: ‘There are consequences’ for protesting
Ohio's Republican senator responded to the beating of a woman at a Trump rally held to support his campaign by warning about the consequences of political protest. Five weeks earlier, he declared that political violence "must never be tolerated."
Ramaswamy loans campaign $5 million more as Acton outpaces him with donors
Despite trailing in donor fundraising for three straight months, Ramaswamy has now sunk more than $36 million of his own money into the governor's race.
Acton discusses plans for small business during Bexley campaign stop
A Bexley cafe owner says his electric bill jumped from $1,500 to $3,400 a month, prompting Acton to pitch small-business loans and health cost negotiations.
Access to abortion care is improving in Ohio, but abortion opponents continue efforts against it
Ohio lawmakers unanimously passed a tax credit for anti-abortion pregnancy centers while Sen. Husted and religious groups push to restrict the abortion pill nationally.
