# Vivek Ramaswamy loses Ohio governor’s race after controversial ad torpedoes struggling campaign

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/vivek-ramaswamy-loses-ohio-governors-race-after-controversial-ad-torpedoes-struggling-campaign/
- Published: 2026-11-04T03:55:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T14:27:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16250635/vivek-ramaswamy-ohio-governor-loss-acton.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Amy Acton won Ohio’s governorship for the Democrats.
- She led Vivek Ramaswamy 50.7% to 46% with 85% counted.
- A controversial advert became a major issue in the closing weeks.

## Summary

Democrat Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to win Ohio’s governorship, flipping a state Donald Trump carried by about 11 points in 2024. Acton becomes Ohio’s first elected woman governor and its first Jewish governor, and the first Democrat to win the office since 2006.

With 85 per cent of votes counted, Acton had 50.7 per cent to Ramaswamy’s 46 per cent. The campaign’s final weeks were shaped by an advert featuring Acton’s estranged mother, who criticised her and questioned her mental health; the ad omitted the circumstances in which Acton lost custody of her mother in 1978. Ramaswamy initially defended the advert, but withdrew it after criticism, including from outgoing Republican Governor Mike DeWine. Acton, a physician and former state health director with no previous elected office, campaigned on healthcare and rising medical costs.

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