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Ramaswamy almost tied with Democrat Acton in Ohio governor race: Poll

A new poll conducted by Bowling Green State University (BGSU) finds GOP frontrunner Vivek Ramaswamy in contention with presumptive Democratic nominee Amy Acton in the Ohio gubernatorial race.

questionnaire It found that 48 percent of 1,000 registered voters in the Buckeye State supported Ramaswamy, who received endorsements from President Trump, Vice President Vance and GOP establishment figures, while 47 percent supported Acton. Five percent of respondents said they would support another candidate with less than six months until Election Day.

The survey’s margin of error is 3.9 percent.

Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is also the clear favorite in the GOP primary, according to the poll. More than three-quarters of the 383 people surveyed said they want him to be the party’s nominee, while 12 percent support businessman Casey Putsch and former Morgan Local School District Board President Heather Hill.

Acton, the former director of the Ohio Department of Health under Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), is running unopposed in the primary election scheduled for May 5. Early in-person voting began April 7 and will continue through May 3. Ohio Secretary of State’s office Frank LaRose (R).

One noteworthy information from the survey: 23 percent of the 47 Putsch supporters surveyed said they would continue to write his name on their ballots in November if he is not the GOP nominee. More than half of this group said they would support Ramaswamy, while 13 percent said they would support Acton, 5 percent said they would vote for another candidate and 3 percent said they would not vote.

The winner of the overall race will replace DeWine, a two-term incumbent and longtime mainstay in Ohio politics.

Only 7 percent of 1,000 respondents to the BGSU survey said they “strongly” approve of how DeWine is handling his job. One-third of those surveyed said they “somewhat” approved of his performance, while more than half expressed varying degrees of disapproval of the governor.

46 percent of respondents said Ohio is on the wrong track; 35 percent said the state was heading in the right direction and 18 percent were unsure.

Ohio had the 23rd lowest cost of living among the 50 states in 2025, along with Puerto Rico and Washington DC. Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. It had a lower cost of living than neighboring Pennsylvania, but a higher cost of living than neighboring Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia.

On the campaign trail, Ramaswamy and Acton were struck by their vision for Ohio.

“What can we deliver? Consistently lower costs, bigger paychecks, better schools. A revival of that American dream on the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence,” Ramaswamy told host Jesse Watters on Fox News. “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

Acton after his visit to Perry County earlier this month. wrote on social platform X“As governor, it will be my mission to reduce rising costs and end corruption in Columbus so hard-working Ohioans can get ahead again.”

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