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How did Amy Acton handle Ohio’s early days of COVID? Just like Texas
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.
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Whistleblower ruling hits Vivek Ramaswamy at worst possible time, reviving ‘conman’ attacks weeks before voting begins
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.
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Fact check: What Amy Acton actually said about ICE and immigration enforcement
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.
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Who is Linda Caudill? The Republican insider Ramaswamy chose to blame Amy Acton for her mother’s death
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.
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Amy Acton promotes plan to make Ohio government more ethical
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says she would establish anti-corruption task forces to prevent future malfeasance in state government.
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Fact check: Ramaswamy ad blames Acton for death of woman who lived and died in Kentucky, not Ohio
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.
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Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association endorses Amy Acton for governor
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.
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Democrats don’t agree on how to talk about trans athletes. Just look at Ohio.
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.
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Ohio Democratic candidate for governor Amy Acton unveils anti-corruption agenda
“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.”
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Vivek Ramaswamy spent nearly $700,000 leasing private jets for Ohio campaign events
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.
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Amy Acton releases anti-corruption plan with 3 day-one executive orders for Ohio governor
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.
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Accused Republicans stay in Ramaswamy’s orbit. The abuse survivor gets attacked.
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.
