Ohio Governor
Candidates
| Candidate | Party | Poll avg | Latest poll | Raised | Cash | Outside for / against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Acton | D | 50% (8) | 48.4% | — | — | — |
| Vivek Ramaswamy | R | 45.4% (8) | 48.3% | — | — | — |
| Donald Kissick | L | 2.4% (4) | 3.4% | — | — | — |
Unweighted mean of the latest general-election poll from each of 8 pollsters since 2026-09-20.
Tracking the poll average daily since November 3, 2026; a chart appears after three days.
Polls 33 in the window
| Field dates | Pollster | Sample | Result | D − R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 from Oct 31 | Emerson College for Poll Vault | 930 LV | Amy Acton D 48.4 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 48.3 · Donald Kissick L 3.4 | +0.1 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 28 | AtlasIntel | 1,801 LV | Amy Acton D 51.8 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 43.9 · Donald Kissick L 2 | +7.9 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 27 | Survey 160 | 1,122 LV | Amy Acton D 51 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 44 | +7.0 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 27 | Survey 160 | 1,159 RV | Amy Acton D 51 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 43 | +8.0 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 30 | Research Co. | 450 LV | Amy Acton D 48 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 42 · Donald Kissick L 1 | +6.0 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 26 | The New York Times/Siena University | 717 LV | Amy Acton D 48.8 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 43.2 | +5.6 |
| Oct 31 from Oct 16 | ActiVote | 400 LV | Amy Acton D 50.8 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 49.2 | +1.6 |
| Oct 30 from Oct 29 | InsiderAdvantage | 1,200 LV | Amy Acton D 49.2 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 46.3 · Donald Kissick L 3 | +2.9 |
| Oct 29 from Oct 26 | YouGov | 2,082 LV | Amy Acton D 52 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 46 | +6.0 |
| Oct 26 from Oct 21 | Suffolk University for USA Today | 500 LV | Amy Acton D 48 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 44 · Donald Kissick L 3.6 | +4.0 |
| Oct 24 from Oct 22 | Concord Public Opinion Partners for Education Reform Now Advocacy D-sponsored | 469 LV | Amy Acton D 49 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 39 · Donald Kissick L 5 | +10.0 |
| Oct 23 from Oct 16 | Echelon Insights for NetChoice | 508 LV | Vivek Ramaswamy R 47 · Amy Acton D 45 · Donald Kissick L 4 | -2.0 |
| Oct 20 from Oct 1 | Verasight for VoteHub | 531 LV | Amy Acton D 46.2 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 45.4 · Donald Kissick L 2 | +0.8 |
| Oct 20 from Oct 1 | Verasight for VoteHub | 535 RV | Vivek Ramaswamy R 45.9 · Amy Acton D 44.4 · Donald Kissick L 2.1 | -1.5 |
| Oct 19 from Oct 15 | Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research for Fox News | 2,005 RV | Amy Acton D 51 · Vivek Ramaswamy R 47 | +4.0 |
Money
Governors are regulated by state campaign-finance law. There is no federal feed for them, so this page carries no money figures for governor races rather than a partial or scraped set.
Platform ad spend
Meta's Ad Library Report, Google's Ads Transparency Center and Snap's political-ads library. An advertiser is tied to a candidate only when its name carries the candidate's surname together with this state or the candidate's full name; outside groups that do not name a candidate appear in the state and district totals, not here.
| Platform | Advertiser | Tied to | Spend | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Vivek Ramaswamy paid for by Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio | Vivek Ramaswamy R | $837k | Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 |
| Meta | Dr. Amy Acton paid for by Ohio Democratic Party | Amy Acton D | $123k | Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 |
| Meta | Dr. Amy Acton paid for by Ohioans for Amy Acton | Amy Acton D | $58k | Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 |
| VIVEK RAMASWAMY AND ROB MCCOLLEY FOR OHIO | Vivek Ramaswamy R | $2.2M | last 4 weeks | |
| OHIOANS FOR AMY ACTON | Amy Acton D | $381k | last 4 weeks | |
| Snap | Vivek for Ohio 114 ads | Vivek Ramaswamy R | $60k | 2026 to date |
| Snap | Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley 23 ads | Vivek Ramaswamy R | $40k | 2026 to date |
| Snap | Amy Acton for Ohio Governor 2 ads | Amy Acton D | $669 | 2026 to date |
Meta in Ohio: $6.9M Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 · Google in Ohio: $177.2M lifetime · Snap targeted at Ohio: $1.7M in 2026.
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Polls: PollResults.org (New York Times poll data), CC BY 4.0 (1,579 poll questions in the window). Money: FEC candidate totals and Schedule E independent-expenditure totals for the 2026 cycle. Platform ad spend: Meta Ad Library Report (U.S., 7-day preset, read from the report page), Google Ads Transparency Center CSV bundle and Snap political ads library, via Corvus Intel. Snapshot 2026-11-04 00:20 UTC, refreshed every six hours. No model wrote these figures, and no prediction-market price is used. Read how we work, or see the Politics desk for the analysis built on top of them. JSON.