COLUMBUS, Nov 4 — Democrat Amy Acton was elected governor of Ohio yesterday, defeating Republican Vivek Ramaswamy after a bitter contest in which he spent millions of dollars on deeply personal attack ads featuring her estranged mother, The Guardian reported.
Acton, 60, will become the first woman to serve as Ohio’s governor, ending 16 years of Republican control. She is also the first Democrat to win the post since Ted Strickland in 2006.
According to the report, the race became one of the most expensive and acrimonious in the United States in the final weeks before election day.
Ramaswamy’s campaign aired an advertisement featuring Acton’s mother calling her a liar. The Guardian reported that Acton’s mother had lost custody of her after Acton’s stepfather was indicted for raping Acton when she was 12.
