Commentary: Acton win heralds new policy era for Ohio

By: Rob Moore

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: November 9, 2026

Words: 697

Last Updated: 15 hours, 32 minutes ago

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After last week’s election results, Ohio will be returning to divided government for the first time in half a generation.

Less than three hours after polls closed in Ohio, the Ohio Capital Journal called the race for governor. At the time I wrote this commentary, former state health director Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy by nearly 8 percentage points with 99 percent of the total votes counted.

Acton has …

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