OH-GOV: Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy holds big cash lead over Democrat Amy Acton after $25 million loan

[RandySF]

Democratic candidate for governor Amy Acton raised $5.2 million during the first quarter of this year, and since joining the race for governor, she’s cleared $10 million, according to recently released campaign finance reports.

It’s an historic sum for the physician who led Ohio’s health department during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her campaign noted no previous Democratic hopeful has raised so much at this point in the calendar.

That announcement, which revised a previous quarterly fundraising total of $4.8 million, came after Republican Vivek Ramaswamy announced bringing in roughly $5 million from donors.

Despite that showing, however, money is likely a race Acton can’t win.





https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/27/ohio-republican-vivek-ramaswamy-holds-big-cash-lead-over-democrat-amy-acton-after-25-million-loan/

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. So the Brahmin-in-waiting is setting himself up to try and buy the governorship.

Sure, Vivek, buy more ads. It'll only display your condescending BS to more people.

[Norrrm]

2. But it won't be his own money spent when he pays himself back.

"making good on a campaign pledge to spend at least $30 million of his own money on the race."
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His own MAGAs earlier told him to go back to India.
(He was born in America.)

[2naSalit]

3. The positive here...

Is that he plans to spend all that money on ads which will only show, ad nauseam, what a condescending fuck his is 24/7. That's sure to win him a lot of votes.



Proves that he just doesn't get it.

[Jbraybarten]

4. Of course he does, but money doesn't always mean an edge. I don't think that will help him.

[Midnight Writer]

5. It takes a special kind of stupid to donate money to a billionaire

who intends to use it to take control of your government and punish needy and working people.

[travelingthrulife]

6. This guy. Now he's from Ohio?

[fujiyamasan]

8. I'm pretty sure he's born and raised there

But that’s also irrelevant to racists in his base.

He’s unlikable as hell and I think ads may turn people off more. No one wants to see his smug face. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the base sit this out.

[themaguffin]

7. Ol Vivek has some base problems. He ain't one of them and they have made that clear.

[JCMach1]

9. MAGA base is particularly toxic against South Asians at moment

[OhioBack2Blue]

10. RamaSWAMPY