Ohio Governor
Mike DeWine (R) · term-limited · Cook PVI R+5 · last result 62.41% R
Vivek Ramaswamy
Wikipedia bio
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company, in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021.
Source: Vivek Ramaswamy
Amy Acton
Wikipedia bio
Amy Leigh Acton is an American physician and researcher who is the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio. 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.
Source: Amy ActonDesk notes
Generated from the sourced figures on this page. Not a separate report.
Mike DeWine (R) is the incumbent, term-limited. The ratings consensus is Toss-up. Cook’s cell is dated Oct. 13, 2026. 7 forecaster cells are stored. The polling average is led by Amy Acton +4.6. Kalshi Amy Acton 71¢ (mid). Polymarket Amy Acton 73¢ (mid). The poll’s Democratic edge is 40.4 points smaller than the market’s. The 2024 presidential margin in this state was R+11.2. The 2020 presidential margin in this state was R+8.0.
Polling average
- Vivek Ramaswamy (R)44%
- Amy Acton (D)48.6%
mean of 5 published aggregator averages, equal-weighted. The Wikipedia 'Average' row is not included, so this is not a double count. Undecided is left as published and is not allocated.
Published aggregator averages
- 270toWinActon +5.5% · updated October 4, 2026
- Decision Desk HQActon +4.7% · updated October 16, 2026
- FiftyPlusOneActon +4.7% · updated October 16, 2026
- RealClearPoliticsActon +4.3% · updated October 16, 2026
- Silver BulletinActon +4.0% · updated October 16, 2026
Ratings
- Cook Political ReportOct. 13, 2026Tossup
- Sabato's Crystal BallOct. 6, 2026Tossup
- Inside ElectionsOct. 15, 2026Tossup
- Decision Desk HQOct. 15, 2026Tossup
- RealClearPoliticsOct. 12, 2026Tossup
- Silver BulletinOct. 13, 2026Lean D (flip)
- Fox NewsOct. 6, 2026Tossup
Quoted from the Wikipedia predictions table, not scraped from the raters.
Markets
Raw yes-prices. Not vig-adjusted. Contracts under 1¢ are omitted.
- Amy Acton (D)73¢mid · spread 1¢
- Vivek Ramaswamy (R)28¢mid · spread 1¢
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Price history
Scale is fixed at 0–100¢. Hourly closes. A dashed line is a rating date or a poll end date stored on this race. Times are US Eastern.
Money
n/a (governors file with states, not the FEC)
Recent polls
- Bowling Green State University / YouGovSeptember 29 – October 9, 20261,000 (LV) ± 4.0%Vivek Ramaswamy 44 · Amy Acton 50
- co/efficient (R)October 5–6, 2026925 (LV) ± 3.5%Vivek Ramaswamy 45 · Amy Acton 43
- SSRSSeptember 29 – October 5, 2026760 (LV) ± 4.5%Vivek Ramaswamy 42 · Amy Acton 50
- New York Times / Siena UniversitySeptember 22 – October 1, 2026616 (LV) ± 4.5%Vivek Ramaswamy 45 · Amy Acton 49
- YouGovSeptember 18–30, 20263,780 (LV) ± 2.5%Vivek Ramaswamy 44 · Amy Acton 48
- Big Data Poll (R)September 26–27, 2026680 (LV) ± 4.0%Vivek Ramaswamy 48 · Amy Acton 47
Table via Wikipedia.
Latest news
What changed
No move recorded since the baseline snapshot.
Results
Official results are not being treated as returns yet. Election Day is November 3, 2026.
Results appear here once official returns start on election night, November 3, 2026.
· snapshot Oct 19, 8:23 PM EDT · mode live