Governor of Ohio

Amy Acton

None found in the records checked

Vivek Ramaswamy

• Amy Acton called off Ohio's election at the last minute

  A campaign advertisement · April 2026

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, May 13, 2026 · the check

• Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.

  A Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama · December 6, 2023

  PolitiFact rated this Pants on Fire, December 7, 2023 · the check

• The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.

  A Republican presidential primary debate · December 2023

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Amy Acton

1. 2022 · action

   Served as president and chief executive of RAPID 5, a Franklin County parks and trails nonprofit, helping establish its nonprofit status, building its board and raising about $3 million before leaving in May 2023 during a change in the organization's funding and strategy.

   Sources: ideastream.org · morpc.org · columbusunderground.com

2. June 11, 2020 · action

   Resigned as director of the Ohio Department of Health after Republican state legislators moved to limit the health director's emergency powers and protesters gathered outside her home.

   Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ballotpedia.org

3. May 2020 · order

   Issued business-closure and stay-at-home orders as health director. In Rock House Fitness, Inc. v. Acton, a Lake County Court of Common Pleas judge held the orders exceeded her statutory authority and barred their enforcement against the gyms that sued.

   Judge Eugene Lucci, Lake County Court of Common Pleas: acted in an impermissibly arbitrary, unreasonable, and oppressive manner · the source

   Sources: richlandsource.com · news5cleveland.com

4. March 2020 · order

   Ordered Ohio's public schools closed statewide in March 2020, the first statewide school-closure order in the country, and barred visitation at Ohio nursing homes.

   Sources: en.wikipedia.org · statenews.org

5. March 2020 · action

   Directed Ohio's early COVID-19 response as health director, appearing at daily televised briefings with Gov. Mike DeWine.

   John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, naming her one of seven recipients of a 2021 COVID Courage Profile in Courage Award: risking their own health and safety to protect others · the source

   Ohio Republican Party: Dishonest, Reckless, and Unfit: Amy Acton's COVID Record Follows Her Into the Governor's Race · the source

   Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fox19.com · jfklibrary.org · ohiogop.org

6. February 2019 · appointment

   Appointed director of the Ohio Department of Health by Gov. Mike DeWine, the first woman to hold the post.

   Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ballotpedia.org

7. 2019 · action

   Worked across party lines on opioid litigation that contributed to a settlement funding Ohio addiction-recovery programs, according to her campaign biography. The archive found this corroborated only in general terms, with no figure tied to her personally.

   Source: actonforgovernor.com

Vivek Ramaswamy

None found in the records checked

Amy Acton

OhioSOS, as of July 31, 2026: raised $16,500,000, cash on hand $10,000,000.

From inside Ohio: $11,800,000 (72%).

Sources: actonforgovernor.com · nbc4i.com · signalohio.org · ohiosos.gov

OhioSOS, as of September 3, 2026: raised $20,476,881, spent $5,514,673, cash on hand $18,056,008.

Sources: data.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · ohiosos.gov

Top donors, as filed

• Ohio Democratic Party · $125,000 · party committee · In state

  state party committee

  Source: nbc4i.com

Vivek Ramaswamy

OhioSOS, as of July 31, 2026: raised $14,400,000, spent $21,180,000.

Sources: nbc4i.com · nbc4i.com · wkbn.com

OhioSOS, as of September 3, 2026: raised $16,153,195, spent $21,183,535, cash on hand $38,372,767.

Sources: data.ohiosos.gov · www6.ohiosos.gov · ohiosos.gov

Top donors, as filed

• Vivek Ramaswamy · $25,000,000 · the candidate · In state

  the candidate, by personal check and loan to his own committee

  Sources: ohiocapitaljournal.com · tiffinohio.net

• Jeff Yass · $20,000,000 · super PAC · Out of state

  co-founder, Susquehanna International Group

  Sources: signalcleveland.org · x.com

• Ross Stevens · $14,000,000 · super PAC · Out of state

  financier

  Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

• Elon Musk · $5,000,000 · super PAC · Out of state

  chief executive, Tesla and SpaceX

  Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com

• Chase Herro, Zak Folkman and Zachary Witkoff · $116,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

  co-founders, World Liberty Financial

  Sources: exposedbycmd.org · exposedbycmd.org

• Jim Moline · $31,000 · campaign committee · In state

  president, Moline Builders, Toledo

  Sources: nbc4i.com · wkbn.com

• George Fisher · $28,000 · campaign committee · In state

  owner, Cavalier Distributing, Cincinnati

  Sources: nbc4i.com · wkbn.com

• Mackenzie Price · $17,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

  co-founder of a private school network, Austin, Texas

  Sources: nbc4i.com · wkbn.com

Outside spending

• · as of July 22, 2026

  Jeff Yass · $20,000,000 · support

  Ross Stevens · $14,000,000 · support

  Elon Musk · $5,000,000 · support

  Sources: ohiocapitaljournal.com · signalcleveland.org · x.com