Amy Acton
American physician (born 1966)
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Races
- 2026 · Governor, OH · General · Democratic · on the ballot
Background
Amy Leigh Acton is an American physician and researcher who is the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio.
More
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Acton served as the director of the Ohio Department of Health, in which capacity she led Ohio's COVID-19 pandemic response from 2019 to 2020. Before and immediately after serving as director of the Ohio Department of Health, she worked at the Columbus Foundation. She left the foundation upon announcing her candidacy in the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election.
In the news
- Ohio governor's race: Ramaswamy and Acton clash in rare Democratic pickup opportunity
- As MAGA turns toward ‘heritage Americans,’ Ramaswamy hopes it doesn’t leave him out
- 3 takeaways from our new polling averages: From the Politics Desk
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Sources
- Portrait — Patricio101 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-27 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Acton
- Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87773723
- Roster — Wikipedia (secondary source) — https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Ohio_gubernatorial_election&oldid=1375505401
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amy_Acton.jpg
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