Republican candidate for Ohio governor
5 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Oct 23.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted Ohio's governor race toward Democrat Amy Acton after Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring her estranged mother. It shows how one campaign decision can move a race 11 days before Election Day.
President Trump called an Ohio Republican ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother "very powerful" and told Vivek Ramaswamy to keep it up. Gov. Mike DeWine, a fellow Republican, wants it pulled.
Ohio's Republican governor said it is "wrong to run this ad" and asked fellow Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to take it down. The rebuke shows a party split in a tight governor's race less than two weeks before Election Day.
Sabato's Crystal Ball shifted Ohio's open governor's race from Toss-up to Leans Democratic after Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's ad using Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother. The ad may be costing him less than two weeks before Election Day.
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign ran an ad in which Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar. Vice President JD Vance says he is "disgusted" by Republican criticism of it, in a race rated a toss-up two weeks before Election Day.
