Amy Acton, candidate for the Democratic Governor Ohio. (Photo photo). Candidate for the Republican Governor Ohio Vivek Ramaswama, True. (Images.)
Candidates from Ohio to the governor submitted their first financial reports of the campaign, offering insight into two clearly different campaigns.
Amy Acton’s democratic candidate collected $ 1.35 million, as the campaign reported to her, for an unlikely democratic governor so far from the day of election.
Republican candidate VIVEK RAMEZWA DRAMATICATE HIS ORDER, bringing $ 9.7 million on the same episode. Also last week, Super-PAC supported Ramaswama reported this amount almost twice, led by $ 10 million in contribution from billionaires from Pennsylvania Jeff Yassa.
Ramaswama, whose net value is about $ 1 billion, has not yet put any of his own money for its offer.
“Raising this historical amount in just four months sends a powerful message: Ohioanie willingly brave, transforming leadership, which drive our state to new highlands,” said Jonathan Ewing, head of Ramaswamy campaign in a press release.
Over a year from the day of election, we have largely cleaned the Republican field. He raised support from President Donald Trump, vice president of JD Vance and Ohio Republican Party. Outstanding Republicans, including the Prosecutor General Dave Yost and Treasurer Robert Sportue, saw a letter on the wall and abandoned their own offers to the governor.
The former president of the board of the Morgan Ferrove School, Heather Hill, is still in the race. Lieutenant Jim Tressel said that he was considering running.
Acton is the only democrat that will announce its candidacy for the governor at the moment.
The Acton campaign advertised the number of donations received and the fact that they received checks from all 88 Ohio poviats. Although the campaign could not match the sum of raising Ramaswama funds, they threw it as positive.
“While Vivek Ramaswama still relies on the personal wealth and donors of billionaires to finance his race, Amy is proud of tens of thousands of donations of small dollars from bottom-up supporters in all 88 poviats,” said Philip Stein, head of the Acton campaign. “We are glad that we can continue to combine people from all sides of the political spectrum who know that it is the right choice for the governor.”
In social media, Acton also emphasized the contrast between campaign expenses.
Acton said that she was traveling around Ohio to an union employee who built a jeep “Like a Normal Person” while Ramaswama “gave $ 160,000 campaign funds for what seems to be one of his own companies (” V LLC leasing “) to fly a private jet.”
Ohio Capital Journal contacted Ramaswamy’s campaign about leasing V, but he did not receive an answer. The address mentioned for the company, however, is a residence belonging to Ramaswama and his wife.
In addition to expenditure on leasing V, Ramaswama’s campaign collected another 66,500 USD in travel costs with two private aviation companies.
You can’t think of it. While I traveled through Ohio in the car (made by Jeep @Uaw members, I will add) like a normal person, @Vivekgramaswamy He gave $ 160,000 campaign funds for something that seems to be one of his own companies (“V leasing LLC”) so that a private jet can fly … pic.twitter.com/2q3fsgzhtu
– Dr. Amy Acton (@amactonoh) July 31, 2025
What to do about it
David Niven, a political scientist at the University of Cincinnati, emphasized that so far there is no way to find out what problems the race will define. But the early presence of Super-PAC means “much more money” and a more “nationalized” race. Niven warned that he was a double -edged sword.
“(Ramaswacie) nationalizes the race, but intends to nationalize it in both directions,” said Niven, “which means that he intends to introduce the national interest in his campaign, but also intends to introduce a national interest in the opponent’s campaign.”
In 2022, Peter Thiel prevailed $ 15 million for the JD Vance candidate campaign. This helped Vance get out of the crowded basic field, but probably not as much as the support of Donald Trump.
After the original, democratic opponent of Vance, former US representative Tim Ryan, significantly exceeded Vance. But when it comes to outdoor expenses, from groups such as Super-PAC, Republicans ended up with a clear advantage. He played the same pattern in last year’s race of the US Senate between the then democratic USA of the US, Sherrod Brown and republican claimant Bern Moreno.
Either way, Niven thinks that Ramaswama the conducting race is almost certain: but with a reputation of complex rhetoric and “huge personality” a republican candidate can rub voters in the wrong way, which can give democrats openly, but only if their candidate can get a campaign.
On the other hand, Niven pointed to the interviewers to find huge actions of voters who did not know who was the former mayor of Dayton Nan Whalyy shortly before she faced the government Mike Dewine in the 2022 election. Even if Acton conducts a solid operation of obtaining funds, Niven argued that the campaign must come up with how Before voters go to the polls.
“She had no time to accept the attention of Ohioans,” Niven explained. “She did not have the moment when you know, everyone in Ohio think about what she had to say or what she did. This is a very high standard. That’s what she must work for.”
“I mean that I do not know if Democrat has done it in Ohio in the last 20 years,” he added – “But this is the goal.”
Elections in 2026
In addition to the State Race for the Governor of Ohio in 2026, all other executive offices in Ohio are ready to choose as open places, and the state also has one Race of the Supreme Court Ohio and another US Senate race.
American Senator Republican Jon Husted, who was appointed by Dewine to fill Vance’s place after he was elected Vice President, will face the first election cycle for the position.
Game and technology businessman Chris Volpe from Columbus is the only democratic candidate for the US Senate in 2026. Former Senator Sherrod Brown met with the democratic leader of the US Senate Chuck SchumerBrown refueled speculation can be done 2026.
Republican legislators made a party of the Supreme Court in Ohio in 2022. The only remaining democratic justice in court 6-1, Jennifer Brunner, faces the challenge of a republican judge Patrick F. Fischer, like Fischer, in accordance with the law, too senior to apply for his place in 2028.
The current republican auditor Ohio Keith Faber takes part in the Prosecutor General in 2026; The current Republican Treasurer Ohio, Robert Sorgue, is a candidate for the Secretary of State in 2026; And the current Republican Secretary of State Ohio Frank Larose is running for the auditor in 2026.
Bryan Hambley, an anti -cancer doctor from the University of Cincinnati Health, is the only democratic candidate for the Secretary of State Ohio. The former representative of the state of Elliot Forhan announced his candidacy for a democratic nomination for the Prosecutor General Ohio. No Democrats have yet announced his candidacy in 2026 for Ohio auditor or treasurer.
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