COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's candidates for governor have filed their first campaign finance reports, offering a glimpse of two starkly different campaigns.
Democratic candidate Amy Acton raised $1.35 million — a record, her campaign said, for a non-incumbent Democratic gubernatorial candidate this far from Election Day.
Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy dramatically out-raised his opponent, bringing in $9.7 million over the same stretch. Also last week, a super-PAC supporting Ramaswamy reported almost double that amount, led by a $10 million contribution from Pennsylvania billionaire businessman Jeff Yass.
Ramaswamy, whose net worth is about $1 billion, has yet to put any of his own money behind his bid.
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