Talk:2026 Ohio gubernatorial election

Amy Acton

The page for Amy Acton states that in January 2025 she declared as a Democratic candidate for the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election, and links to this page. Her ads have been recently appearing on social media. But there is no mention of her on this page. Seems like a big omission. Why is that? 50.204.240.162 (talk) 14:44, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

She is listed as a declared candidate already: . David O. Johnson (talk) 15:13, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Oh, oops, my mistake! Didn't realize I had to scroll so far down to see the Democrats. 50.204.240.162 (talk) 16:41, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

who the hell won?

this article is word data salad. who the hell won? ~2025-31358-40 (talk) 19:40, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

This article is for a 2026 election, so...nobody yet. aesurias (talk) 05:43, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Matt Szollosi endorsement

I believe that one wouldn’t represent something they don’t believe in, especially on this level. Additionally, considering the way he was speaking about Ramaswamy leads me to be inclined to include it as an endorsement, but I don’t necessarily feel super strongly either way. I know that @Formerlygopackgo009 and @Aesurias were both interested in its inclusion. Do either of you have any thoughts? NathanBru (talk) 15:51, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

I’m pro keeping him bc I read over what he said. The key thing is he uses the term “we” and draws no line of distinction between himself personally and the union.

I also looked at his personal Twitter account to see if there proof of the endorsement there, and while I didn’t find that I saw a man who seems to be very aligned with 3 things: unions, local sports, and the Ohio GOP. He seemed to be completely be supportive of the Ohio Republican Party. He. Retweeted nothing from dems but did retweet DeWine, LaRose, the Ohio house GOP, and Jon husted (notably husted has his own race where he isn’t gaining much union support). He also followed republicans like Rob McColloy, Bernie Moreno, and yes, Vivek. Looking at the interview and his personal politics as expressed on his Twitter, I see a man who most likely supports Vivek and who likely meant that statement to be a personal endorsement as well as the unions. Formerlygopackgo009 (talk) 16:08, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

My call-Add him back Formerlygopackgo009 (talk) 20:26, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

That's a ridiculously massive assumption. His tweets are absolutely irrelevant and are not taken into account, period.

It shouldn't be included. aesurias (talk) 21:33, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

I second this TW929 (talk) 21:37, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

The tweets are mearly meant to add context to show the context for this, bc he’s a dem endorsing a republican, I thought it would make sense to see if there was a precident for him leaning republican, which there was.

the main thing for me is used word we, “Our endorsement”, “We look forward to”. He clearly includes himself in the endorsement. If he were to say “the unions endorsement” or taken other measures to separate himself from the endorsement I would discard it but he didn’t, I won’t add him without a new source back but I’d encourage you guys to add him back, but taking the quotes at face value or with context I see no way to view it as anything besides an endorsement Formerlygopackgo009 (talk) 00:13, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

The "we" or "our" could also be explained by the fact that a union is made up of several people though TW929 (talk) 01:42, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Right, but he includes himself in those several people who are endorsing vivek Formerlygopackgo009 (talk) 10:31, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

It's clear that he does support Vivek. But he hasn't expressed this clearly enough -- he never showed support in his capacity as a former legislator, only as a union spokesperson. aesurias (talk) 21:04, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

This is where I disagree with you. It doesn’t matter what job he holds at the time of the endorsement, only that the person made the endorsement. NathanBru (talk) 22:07, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

But he didn't make the endorsement. The headlines read "Affiliated Construction Trades endorses..." not "Matt Szollosi endorses..." aesurias (talk) 22:50, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, I was more so just making the point that the previous statement was mute. NathanBru (talk) 23:14, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

ive been thinking on. this for a while

ive noticed that the usually when a spokesperson for an organization gives and endorsement, it is counted in the box

examples include, lois frankel for elect democrat women, and David McIntosh for club for growth, as well as others while i understand that some things like the role within the organization is different the principle is the same, let me know if you object Formerlygopackgo009 (talk) 20:28, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I object. Those groups are political organizations. Often, their press releases explicitly show the chair supporting the candidate. The ACT is a labor union. It just so happens that a politician heads that union. It's not the same thing. aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 22:29, 26 February 2026 (UTC)