Sherrod Brown and Dr Amy Acton win in Ohio, Brown for the US Senate and Acton for Ohio's governor...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders
Ohio Gov-Elect Dr Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown, U.S. Sen-Elect Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio - Democrat Sherrod Brown won Tuesday night in his fight to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, and Democrat Dr Amy Acton snatched the governor's office from Republicans, defeating her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy. Leading up to the midterm elections, polls showed both Brown and Acton leading in their races, and the polls did not lie, not to mention that Brown, Acton and the Democrats were strategic in empowering their Democratic base and engaging potential voters with clever and costly campaign ads. Ohio's former health director under outgoing Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, Acton is the state's first Democrat to win the gubernatorial post since Ted Strickland lost reelection in 2010 to John Kasich. She is Ohio's first elected woman governor. Brown is the co...