Amy Acton
Amy Stearns Acton, Amy Beecher, Amy Stearns, Amy Leigh Acton
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Amy Leigh Acton (née Stearns, formerly Beech; born February 16, 1966) is an American physician and researcher who is currently the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Ohio. Acton previously served as the director of the Ohio Department of Health from 2019 to 2020. She led Ohio's COVID-19 pandemic response and accompanied Governor DeWine during his daily afternoon press conferences throughout the spring of 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic response, Amy Acton supported temporarily closing bars and restaurants, limiting large gatherings, and closing K-12 schools statewide to combat COVID-19. Prior to and immediately after serving as director of the Ohio Department of Health, she worked at the Columbus Foundation. She left her position at the foundation upon announcing her candidacy for the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election.
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Acton is everywhere. Ramaswamy is nowhere. Ohio governor’s race is already telling a story.
Dr. Amy Acton poses for a photo with Dillon Strickler, a senior at Huron High School.
Vance takes his fight against fraud to red Ohio, muddying waters for GOP's Vivek Ramaswamy
Ohio GOP governor candidate announces Medicaid waste plan; opponent says he’s ‘out of touch’
Ramaswamy rolls out Ohio Medicaid fraud crackdown plan, says it could save billions
Ohio's governor candidates answered the death penalty question — and their answers couldn't be more different
Six Ohio utilities contributed $2 million to DGA and RGA as Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned on lowering energy bills
Ohio voters deserve to hear what gubernatorial candidates will do - not a splattering of mud: Editorial Board
Ohio’s death penalty: Where Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy stand on resuming executions
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