Amy Action speaks at an event in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 5, 2025(Screenshot via Cincinnati Enquirer/YouTube)

The governor’s race in the red state of Ohio is a toss-up, according to the latest polls. The primaries aren’t until May, but the presumptive nominees for the November general election are Democrat Amy Acton and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy.

I don’t know enough about the state’s politics to place Acton on a spectrum, but she led the state’s COVID response, and her website hits the usual Democratic messages: “reproductive freedom”, unions, education, and health care.

But starting last week, she’s been alluding to a less predictable issue: the H-1B visa program.

The H-1B visa is an increasingly unpopular foreign-worker scheme, ostensibly intended to ...

National Review

Continue reading this article with an NRPLUS subscription.

Enjoy full access for 60% off.

subscribe now

The Latest