Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton at a campaign rally in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
\n\nDr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s Democratic nominee for Governor, is in the news after a controversial attack ad from her Republican rival Vivek Ramaswamy.
\n\nThe advertisement features Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, who calls her daughter a liar and urges Ohioans not to vote for her. It has been criticised by figures within Ramaswamy’s own party, but he has refused to withdraw it, with the election a week away on Tuesday 3 November.
\n\n“Don’t let her become your governor. If you think she’ll make your life better, you’re fooling yourself,” Arthur says in the video.
\n\n“I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent, it’s not easy for a mother to say this: that Amy has a serious problem,” she adds. “She is a liar.”
\n\nDemocratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton arrives for a campaign rally, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
\n\nHer struggles began when she was just three. Her parents, who met at a theatre party for Youngstown State University, divorced, and in the 1960s custody almost always went to the mother. Her father tried to win it, she said, but…
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