Fact check: Right-wing figures spread false, unsupported claims about Amy Acton incident
Law enforcement says an armed man forced his way through a crowd toward Amy Acton and knocked people down before troopers stopped him.

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Law enforcement says an armed man forced his way through a crowd toward Amy Acton and knocked people down before troopers stopped him.

The state party’s official account promoted Loomer’s attacks on Acton and credited her previous reporting.

Patrick Havas, 38, was arrested Sunday while carrying two pistols and a Taser. His brother, Andrew Havas, gave more than $10,102 to Vivek Ramaswamy and resigned from Jon Husted’s campaign after scrutiny of a 2009 guilty plea in a case involving a 15-year-old.

Patrick Havas, 38, was jailed on assault and disorderly conduct charges after authorities said he pushed toward Acton and knocked two attendees to the ground. Voter records reviewed by TiffinOhio.net list him as a Republican.

Patrick Havas, 38, was jailed after authorities said he pushed toward the Democratic candidate for governor and knocked two people to the ground. Acton was not injured.

After refusing to debate Republican challenger Casey Putsch earlier this year, Vivek Ramaswamy is now attacking Amy Acton for doing the same — and claiming candidates who won’t debate “can’t lead.”

The Republican nominee left Columbus for Paris on July 4. On Friday, as Labor Day weekend began, he was photographed at the U.S. Open in New York — four days after saying a trip outside Ohio was a “rare exception.”

A review of state health orders shows Ohio moved on schools, bars and masks around the same time as Texas and Florida, undercutting Ramaswamy's campaign attacks on Acton.

A federal judge’s refusal to dismiss a whistleblower claim against Vivek Ramaswamy is dragging allegations about his business practices back into the center of the competitive Ohio governor race.

Headlines portrayed Acton as embracing ICE and breaking with Democrats. Her actual remarks — and statements dating back to January — show a consistent position on lawful enforcement, public safety and professional standards for law enforcement.

The woman blaming Amy Acton for her mother’s death has spent a decade in Republican politics — chairing Donald Trump’s Hamilton County campaign, organizing conservative activists and winning a seat on the Ohio GOP’s State Central Committee.

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says she would establish anti-corruption task forces to prevent future malfeasance in state government.

DeWine has repeatedly said pandemic decisions were his alone, and the ad's spokeswoman was cut from a 2017 GOP campaign over a violent meme targeting Jon Husted.

The endorsement splits Ohio police unions, coming a month after the state's largest, the FOP, backed Ramaswamy and an all-Republican slate for the first time in recent memory.

Equality Ohio downgraded Acton's grade to pending after a tense meeting where LGBTQ+ leaders said her campaign seemed to sideline trans concerns for swing voters.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Acton told reporters at a Columbus event. “But I think walking in the door and saying, ‘Look, there is a cost that we are all paying for corruption. We all know it. We’re famous for it.”

Records show most of that money went to a leasing company registered at a house Ramaswamy owns, an arrangement a watchdog says could let him pay himself with donor funds.

The plan targets the same appointment process that let FirstEnergy install Sam Randazzo at PUCO before his $4.3 million bribery scandal cost ratepayers billions.

Two GOP senators want Miller gone over abuse claims, but Ramaswamy stays silent while his super PAC runs ads mocking Acton's own childhood abuse history.

United For ALICE data shows 37% of Ohio households couldn't cover basics in 2024, the gap Acton's tax credit and data center cost-shifting plan targets ahead of a close November race.
