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DA Dr. Amy Acton Dr. Amy Acton Amy Acton is a former director of the Ohio Department of Health, serving from 2019 to 2020.

“The instincts of being a 60-year-old doctor and doing public health and preventive medicine—it’s always about going to ground. It’s always about the community as your patient. That was my instinct all along, and I started going around listening even before I filed my paperwork to make the decision to run.”

The Bulwark · Policy · August 2026

“The instincts of being a 60-year-old doctor and doing public health and preventive medicine—it’s always about going to ground. It’s always about the community as your patient. That was my instinct all along, and I started going around listening even before I filed my paperwork to make the decision to run.” — Dr. Amy Acton, The Bulwark

Context

Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, in a sit-down with The Bulwark's Jim Swift, August 2026, explaining how her medical background shaped her decision to run.

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“Watching Acton, it seems to me that she doesn’t work a room so much as observe it, and in a way that reminds me of the moment a physician looks you over before starting the conversation during an exam. In response to questions, she sometimes pauses to take in the questioners for so long that it’s almost physically discomfiting. Call it retail bedside manner.” — Jim Swift on Dr. Amy Acton, The Bulwark “I’m a doctor. I’m not much of a politician” — Dr. Amy Acton, The Bulwark