Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Amy Acton / David Pepper

Joint ticket; vote for 1; 4-year term commencing 1/11/2027. Open seat (incumbent term-limited).

Party: Democrat

Background

Physician and former director of the Ohio Department of Health. Her campaign biography describes her Ohio State University public-health faculty work and appointment to lead the state health department. Amy Acton campaign biography · David Pepper campaign biography Evidence type: candidate statement · The ticket biographies describe Acton’s public-health career and former Ohio Department of Health director role, and Pepper’s Cincinnati City Council and Hamilton County commissioner service.

Campaign statements and positions

• Proposes an Earned Income Credit for working families and a child tax credit of $1,000 per year for children ages 0–6 and $500 for ages 7–18 in households earning up to $85,000. Amy Acton campaign affordability plan Evidence type: candidate statement · Acton’s campaign plan describes an Earned Income Credit and sets out the child tax credit amounts, age groups, and income limit shown here.
• Would create Ohio Rx, an online prescription-price platform using the purchasing power of Ohio Medicaid’s single pharmacy benefit manager. Amy Acton campaign affordability plan Evidence type: candidate statement · Acton’s campaign plan proposes Ohio Rx using purchasing power from the Medicaid single pharmacy benefit manager.
• Would appoint PUCO commissioners focused on ratepayers, restore funding for the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel, and reinstate energy-efficiency, demand-response, and renewable-portfolio programs. Amy Acton campaign affordability plan Evidence type: candidate statement · Acton’s campaign plan proposes PUCO appointments, funding for the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel, and reinstating the named energy programs.
• Would direct faster handling of wage-theft cases through an executive order on her first day in office. Amy Acton campaign affordability plan Evidence type: candidate statement · Acton’s campaign plan says she would issue a first-day executive order requiring faster wage-theft case turnaround.

Voting record

• Acton served as director of the Ohio Department of Health, an executive appointment. No legislative voting history is listed for her. Amy Acton campaign biography Evidence type: official record · Acton’s campaign biography identifies her former executive appointment as Ohio Department of Health director; no legislative vote is claimed.
• Pepper’s campaign biography lists service on Cincinnati City Council and as a Hamilton County commissioner; this profile does not include a state legislative voting history for him. David Pepper campaign biography Evidence type: candidate statement · Pepper’s campaign biography lists the local offices described. The guide does not infer a complete local voting history from that biography.

Promise and record

This section lists selected Acton campaign statements and public-service history for the ticket. Acton’s former health-director role was executive service; Pepper’s listed offices were local. The selection is not a complete platform or voting history and assigns no match score. Amy Acton campaign biography · Amy Acton campaign affordability plan · David Pepper campaign biography Evidence type: editorial summary · This summary labels Acton’s executive service and Pepper’s local elected roles separately from the campaign’s issue statements. It makes no comparison to a legislative vote record and assigns no match score.

Stated views on ballot issues

• Ohio Issue 3: voter identification amendment: Support

  Amy Acton said she supports Issue 3. She also said she would work to make the required ID easy to obtain and available at no cost to eligible voters.

  Checked 2026-10-11 · Signal Ohio, Acton statement on Issue 3 (August 7, 2026)

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