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Democrat Amy Acton won the Ohio governor's race, CBS News projects, defeating Vivek Ramaswamy successful what had go an disfigured contention successful an progressively GOP state.
Ohio, erstwhile the perennial battleground state, has been trending much toward Republicans successful caller years and President Trump won the authorities by 11 points successful 2024. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is prevented from moving again owed to word limits.
Acton, 60, is simply a autochthonal of Youngstown and led the state's Department of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic nether DeWine. She utilized her idiosyncratic story, including experiencing homelessness arsenic a child, to absorption her run connected affordability. Ramaswamy, a billionaire entrepreneur, is simply a autochthonal of Cincinnati and had focused his run connected efficiency, utilizing his concern occurrence arsenic a model.
This was the 2nd run for Ramaswamy, 41, who ran for president successful 2024 but dropped retired aft finishing 4th successful the Iowa caucuses. He is simply a beardown protagonist of Mr. Trump's, and had initially been tapped to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, oregon DOGE, but near earlier Mr. Trump took office.
Ramaswamy had importantly outspent Acton arsenic large Republicans had coalesced down his nationalist profile.
Millions of dollars poured successful for antagonistic ads, reaching its highest successful October erstwhile Ramaswamy's run launched a $4 cardinal advertisement featuring Acton's estranged parent calling her a liar. Acton's stepfather had been charged with abusing her, and she has not seen her parent since she and her stepfather near municipality aft a enslaved hearing.
Democrats swiftly condemned the ad, arsenic did galore Republicans, including DeWine and Sen. Jon Husted. But Mr. Trump said helium supported it and Vice President JD Vance said helium was "disgusted" by Republicans who were against the ad.
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