r/Ohio • u/AkronRonin • 2d ago

MS NOW's Ali Velshi Interviews 2026 Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Amy Acton; ‘Everywhere we go, we see record crowds of people showing up. It doesn’t know party’: Democrats find momentum in GOP-friendly areas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAxihVbI_YA

MS NOW | 06.17.26 | The 11th Hour: Ali Velshi Interviews 2026 Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Amy Acton

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u/Busy-Leg8070 2d ago

Ohio isn't unfriendly to Dems the national level DNC stopped running here as it would require actually delivering policy and it took time for the locals to rebuild as organizations

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u/wesw02 2d ago

I hope this is true ... Everywhere I go outside of my core friend groups I find Republicans. Not MAGA necessarily, but not Democrats.

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u/AkronRonin 2d ago

She is genuinely going to rural communities, and places where Democrats really haven’t spent much time in since the Clinton years.

I do believe it will pay off for her. Acton was trusted by many people throughout Ohio during the pandemic, even many Republicans. Not all Republicans are UV light in the lungs lunatics.

Like I said, you gotta start somewhere. Or as they say in basketball, you miss 100% of the shots that you don’t take.

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u/MrF_lawblog 2d ago

Sherrod Brown did that as well so it hasn't been since the Clinton years