Ohio Statehouse News

When she takes the reins in January, Democratic Governor-elect Amy Acton has to begin work on the state budget almost immediately.

Ohio’s GOP Gov. Mike DeWine was in an interesting spot with this year’s race for his successor, as he had connections to both Democratic Gov.-elect Amy Acton and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy.

Ohio got its first woman elected governor with Amy Acton, who defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy by nearly eight points in a state that President Trump won by 11 points just two years earlier.

Voters selected in the first woman to be elected governor in Ohio and returned former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown to Washington.

Although Ohio has trended red in recent election cycles, Tuesday was bruising for the state GOP, as its candidates all the way down the ticket lost.

Democrats not only won the governor’s office in Ohio for the first time in 20 years on Tuesday. They also made big gains in the state legislature.

A constitutional amendment to require photo identification for in-person voting in Ohio passed easily on Tuesday.

Husted was appointed to that post in 2025 after former Sen. JD Vance was chosen to be President Trump's vice president.

Acton beat out biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican backed by President Trump, in a race defined in the final weeks by mudslinging.

The secretary of state's office is monitoring voting and election-related activity at the 3,042 polling locations in Ohio.