Liz Skalka is a reporter based in Maryland. She was previously a senior political reporter at HuffPost and the Ohio politics ...

When Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Public Health Department at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, began running for ...

The former state health director spoke to a packed room about her candidacy, calling on Ohioans to 'refuse to look the other ...

During a recent forum, former Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton emphasized her role as a public servant, not a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s former state health director and lone Democrat in the race for governor, launched the first ad of her campaign on Thursday with a blast at the ...

Acton addressed her campaign as well as state issues like the budget and education. California Department of Education found ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Even if other Democrats — including ex-U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown — jump into the governor’s race, Dr. Amy Acton, the party’s lone declared candidate for the post, said she isn ...

Dr. Amy Acton painted a stark picture of Ohio’s challenges while positioning herself as the “lifelong public servant” prepared to tackle them Wednesday as she made her case for governor to the City ...

Dr. Acton is the former Director of the Ohio Department of Health. She was appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2019 and reached prominence during the early part of the COVID pandemic.