A new poll conducted by Bowling Green State University (BGSU) found that GOP frontrunner Vivek Ramaswamy is in a dead heat with presumptive Democratic nominee Amy Acton in the Ohio gubernatorial race.
The survey of 1,000 registered voters in the Buckeye State found that 48 percent of respondents backed Ramaswamy — who has endorsements from President Trump, Vice President Vance and GOP establishment figures — while 47 percent backed Acton. Five percent of respondents said they will back another candidate, less than six months until Election Day.
The poll has a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.
Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur who ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is also the clear favorite in the GOP primary based on the poll. More than three-quarters of 383 respondents said they wanted him to be the party’s nominee, with 12 percent each backing businessman Casey Putsch and former Morgan Local School District Board President Heather Hill.
Acton, the former director of the Ohio Department of Health under Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), is running unopposed in the primary, which is set for May 5. Early in-person voting began April 7 and runs through May 3, according to the office of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R).
