# Backlash from attack ad upends Ohio gubernatorial race

- Source: NPR Politics
- Published: 2026-10-22T08:57:32+00:00
- Category: Politics
- Original: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/22/nx-s1-6011216/backlash-from-attack-ad-upends-ohio-gubernatorial-race
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/backlash-from-attack-ad-upends-ohio-gubernatorial-race-83197d/

An ad from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's {vih-vaik rah-mah-SWOM-eez} campaign for governor shows his opponent's mother calling her a liar, amid accounts by Democrat Amy Acton of an abusive childhood.

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