Democratic nominee for governor, Dr. Amy Acton, cast her ballot in Bexley on Election Day. Speaking to reporters afterward, she emphasized her track record working across the aisle. “I’ve worked with people on both sides my entire career,” she said. “All of us are longing for this chaotic, hate-filled rhetoric to end. All of us are longing for public servants again, good people on both sides of the aisle.”
Acton explained she voted for the full Democratic ticket. She nodded to Democratic nominee for state auditor, Annette Blackwell “we’re going to be auditing quite a bit,” and Democrat John Kulewicz, who’s running for attorney general. “We’re going to be pushing back on D.C. and these Medicaid changes,” Acton said. “We want lawfulness. We know that we’ve paid a price for the cost of corruption in Ohio. So I need people with integrity, professionals, grown-ups, back, back in play in Ohio.”
Asked about the campaign ad featuring her mother that consumed political conversations across the country in recent weeks, Acton said her opponent Republican Vivek Ramaswamy “crossed a line” but she believes her campaign was doing well enough on its own. “You know, we were by all indications inching out ahead all along,” she said. “We’ve always been up in double digits by independents. And Republicans crossing over – it’s what we’ve seen on the ground. It just hasn’t known party.” “Five living governors on both sides denounced what he did,” Acton said of Ramaswamy. “I have felt all along that there’s no low he won’t go to. I think he is out of touch. He’s out for himself, and I’ve always felt he was a danger to our state.”
