Ohio's 2026 governor's race features Democrat Dr. Amy Acton, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, and Libertarian Don Kissick. The winner…
Dr. Amy Acton's campaign has focused on affordability, public education, and health care, according to news coverage of…
In January 2026 Dr. Amy Acton chose David Pepper as her running mate for lieutenant governor.
Dr. Amy Acton announced her campaign for governor of Ohio on January 7, 2025, filing paperwork as a…
Dr. Amy Acton lives in Bexley, a community on the east side of Columbus.
From 2022 to 2023 Dr. Amy Acton served as president and CEO of RAPID 5, a Columbus nonprofit…
In 2022 USA Today named Dr. Amy Acton its Ohio honoree for Women of the Year, a program…
In 2021 the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation honored Dr. Amy Acton with a Profile in Courage Award.
On June 11, 2020, Dr. Amy Acton resigned as director of the Ohio Department of Health and became…
Ohio's primary was scheduled for March 17, 2020. As COVID 19 spread, Governor DeWine sought to postpone in…
In spring 2020 Ohioans tuned in each afternoon as Governor DeWine, Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy…
In March 2020 Dr. Amy Acton advised Governor DeWine as Ohio became one of the first states to…
In February 2019 Governor Mike DeWine named Dr. Amy Acton director of the Ohio Department of Health. She…
Before leading the state health department, Amy Acton worked at The Columbus Foundation, one of the largest community…
Amy Acton served on the faculty of the Ohio State University College of Public Health, teaching as a…
After medical training, Amy Acton worked in pediatrics and preventive medicine, with training connected to Albert Einstein College…
Amy Acton earned her medical degree in 1990 from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, now Northeast Ohio…
Amy Acton graduated from Liberty High School in 1984, where she was named to the National Honor Society.
Amy Acton was born in Youngstown on February 16, 1966, and grew up on the city's north side.
Dr. Amy Acton is an Ohio physician and public health leader who became widely known in 2020 as…