Democrat Sherrod Brown defeats Republican Jon Husted in Ohio US Senate race
The special election, the cycle's second-most expensive race at over $500 million in ads, gives Brown two years before he must run again.
Vivek Ramaswamy
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.
Ramaswamy called for cameras in classrooms, then pitched year-round school for Ohio children
Neither proposal spells out costs, privacy safeguards or how cash-strapped Ohio districts like Tiffin would pay for expanded hours or camera systems.
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.
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.
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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.
Elected Seneca County Republican official says Gary Click 'doesn't work for the people'
Cary Theis, who defeated a county elections board member in the Republican primary, criticized the incumbent state representative beneath a Coalition of Patriots post accusing Click of trying to undermine its Vivek Ramaswamy event.
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.
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.
Ramaswamy’s companies used H-1B visas 88 times. Now executives tied to foreign-worker firms are funding his Ohio campaign.
Campaign filings show an Infinite Computer Solutions executive gave nearly $12,000, while Yass and Musk poured $35 million into a pro-Ramaswamy super PAC.
Ramaswamy-linked drug crashes wiped millions from public pension investments, including Ohio teachers’ fund
An examination of federal securities filings traces nearly $7.5 million in stock-price declines across public retirement funds invested in Axovant and Immunovant. Ohio's teachers' pension held shares in both.
Ramaswamy campaign puts convicted child sex offender in TV ad, removes him after reporters expose past
His sexual predator registry photo appears to show the same patriotic shirt Ramaswamy complimented at a county fair before the ad was produced.
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.
