The Columbus Dispatch endorsement in the Ohio governor race between Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy. Amelia Robinson and Patrick Flaherty

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“She says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true,” a woman who says she is Amy Acton's mother says in a viral video.

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Republican Vivek Ramaswamy ’s team confirmed late Tuesday that it produced a controversial advertisement featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, and the campaign said it will spend $4 million to promote it despite facing bipartisan rebuke for dredging up the painful childhood of his Democratic opponent in Ohio’s governor’s race.

The Columbus Dispatch endorsement in the Ohio governor race between Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for Ohio governor is pouring $4 million into a bombshell ad in which his opponent's estranged mother attacks her daughter — doubling down on the message despite fierce bipartisan backlash, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Ramaswamy is gambling that the deeply personal attack by Amy Acton's mother — who Acton has said sided with her stepfather after he sexually assaulted Acton when she was 12 — will resonate with...