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Ohio governor

Candidates include Amy Acton (D), Vivek Ramaswamy (R) and Don Kissick (L). Campaign figures come from each candidate’s filings with the Ohio Secretary of State. Each figure shows the date it runs through.

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Candidates · what each campaign reported

Amy Acton (D)

Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper

Raised
$30.5M
Spent
$31.8M
Cash on hand
$3.6M

Jan. 1, 2026 through Oct. 14, 2026. State filing.

Her campaign also took in $1.8 million in other income, which isn’t counted as raised.

Outside money

None listed yet.

Vivek Ramaswamy (R)

Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio

Raised
$20.8M
Spent
$72.4M
Cash on hand
$2.4M

Jan. 1, 2026 through Oct. 14, 2026. State filing.

His campaign also took in $41.2 million in loans and other income, which isn’t counted as raised. It owes $41.3 million in loans, up from $36.3 million at the end of September.

Outside money

  • For$44.4M

Also on the ballot: Don Kissick (L). Their fundraising isn’t tracked here.

Outside money · groups spending for or against the candidates

$44.4M from the groups below. In governor races, much outside money goes to the campaign or to a committee the candidate controls, so the table says how each dollar got into the race.

GroupFor or againstHowAmountWhen
V-PAC Victors Not Victims · $38.9 million of it came after the May 5 primary, including $30.4 million reported for July through September, mostly media buys. Its 2025 filings list the spending as support for Ramaswamy; its 2026 lines don’t list a purpose. Spending since Sept. 30 will show up in its next report.For Vivek RamaswamyIndependent spending$44,447,719March 7, 2025 to Sept. 28, 2026

About these numbers

  • Ohio limits what people and groups can give a candidate. Super PACs file their own reports with the state, on their own schedule. V-PAC, a super PAC backing Ramaswamy, is in the table above. Other outside groups aren’t added yet.
  • Raised and spent cover Jan. 1 through Oct. 14, 2026, from the pre-primary, post-primary, monthly and pre-general reports. Cash on hand is from the pre-general report.
  • Next report: Post-general report, covering through Dec. 4, 2026, due Dec. 11, 2026. We’ll update this page once it’s filed.
  • Governor campaigns file with the state, not the FEC, so these numbers come from the Ohio Secretary of State and are read by hand after each state deadline, so a new filing can take a few days to show up here. National groups like the Republican and Democratic Governors Associations report to the IRS; their transfers are listed when they appear in state or IRS filings.
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Last checked Oct. 24, 2026. All governor races · How this works.