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Gov. @MikeDeWine calls Ramaswamy attack ad ‘deeply, deeply troubling’ but stands by endorsement cleveland.com/news/2026/10/d…
NEW: Gov. @MikeDeWine asks Ramaswamy to take down attack ad featuring Amy Acton's mother.
"The ad, on its face, is deeply, deeply troubling," he said. "It's wrong to run this ad."
However, DeWine says he won't rescind his endorsement of Ramaswamy
For the past 4 months, I've tried to nail down where Ohio's three gubernatorial candidates stand on 15 key issues, from abortion to Amtrak expansion.
Here’s an interactive table summarizing what they said - and didn't say - about what they'd do if elected cleveland.com/news/2026/10/a…
Jeremy Pelzer retweeted
NEW Crystal Ball Gubernatorial Rating Changes
Ohio Toss-up to Leans D
Michigan Leans D to Likely D
Oklahoma Safe R to Likely R
Alabama Safe R to Likely R
Have these Dynata market-research polls of Vivek ads start going out recently, or are people just sharing them now because of the attention paid to them?
Either way, it’s wild to see sneak previews of Vivek’s potential next ads coming out of the woodwork like this
Amy Acton’s stepfather fled a rape charge. Prosecution was far from guaranteed in the 1970s cleveland.com/crime/2026/10/…
Details are out on Vivek Ramaswamy’s statewide TV buy for his attack spot featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother:
$4,518,306 total for ads in every Ohio media market, starting Thursday and running through Election Day, per @MediumBuying.
Trump on Vivek's attack ad: "It's a very unusual situation to have a mother hate a daughter that much, but I don't think that has anything to do with Vivek."
Reporter: Amy Acton is estranged from her mother after suffering sexual abuse as a child. Her mother is featured in an ad from Vivek Ramaswamy.
Trump: I haven't heard anything about it. Her mother went against her. I hear the mother went very rogue on the daughter and I think the mother is a witness to things. I don't think that has anything to do with Vivek
Amy Acton’s odds of winning Ohio’s governor’s race hit record highs in prediction markets amid attack ad uproar cleveland.com/news/2026/10/a…
U.S. Sen. @JonHusted says he “would not have run” Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial attack ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother cleveland.com/news/2026/10/j…
Libertarian #OHgov nominee @DonCKissick calls on Ramaswamy to drop out of the race over attack ad with Amy Acton's estranged mother.
“This ad is so crude, that I just don’t understand how anyone could abide or could be thoughtful with this.” cleveland.com/news/2026/10/l…
JD Vance tells Republicans to "stop whining" about Vivek Ramaswamy attack ad featuring Amy Acton's mother cleveland.com/news/2026/10/j…
Jeremy Pelzer retweeted
FLASH: The Vivek Ramaswamy campaign is placing new TV ad spending; 60-second spots. Start date is tomorrow, 10/22
#OHGov
Seeing arguments that "Acton's mom doesn't say in the Vivek ad that Acton lied about being raped - just about living in a tent."
But Arthur has disputed that Acton was raped & she broadly rejects Acton's childhood story in the ad: "She lies about her past" operationrescue.org/ohio-hea…
A spokeswoman for @RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, condemned the Ramaswamy ad, saying statements that accuse a person of any age of lying about being abused can deter other victims from speaking up. cleveland.com/news/2026/10/a…
Jeremy Pelzer retweeted
People who have been around politics a long time may be struck as I was by the sheriff's signature on this arrest warrant for Amy Acton's stepfather, who at the time was a fugitive. Does the name James Traficant ring a bell?
Ramaswamy admits his campaign is behind attack ad using Acton’s estranged mother, launches $4M ad campaign to air it cleveland.com/news/2026/10/r…
Jeremy Pelzer retweeted
After a campaign event, Ramaswamy said: “It is an ad from our campaign.” He said Acton’s mother was not paid to participate. Ramaswamy accused Acton of being “repeatedly and serially dishonest.”
I got to say the words "Jon Husted's butt" on NPR today, so that's pretty cool wbur.org/onpoint/2026/10/20/…
