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Dr. Amy Acton, the Jewish Ohio Department of Health director who resigned after her pandemic shutdown orders sparked rage and an anti-Semitic backlash, is considering a Senate run.
Acton referenced a possible bid amid her announcement Thursday that she was stepping down as vice president of The Columbus Foundation, a charitable group.
In recent weeks, there has been much speculation about my possible interest in running for the United States Senate in 2022, said Acton, a Democrat who worked closely with her states Republican governor, Mike DeWine.
Many Ohioans have shared with me their concerns and the daily challenges they face, she said. They have expressed a need for a new approach that can help them, and their communities thrive. I am humbled by the outpouring of interest and support. For that reason, I am stepping down from my role at The Columbus Foundation in order to carefully consider how I can best be of service at this crucial time. Whatever my decision, I know with absolute certainty I wont stop working to provide healing and hope to all Ohioans.
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ok_cpu
(2,050 posts)I'll crawl over broken glass to work for the Dem who is on the ballot in Nov 22, but I think Dr Acton would be a lightning rod.
She was an excellent health director who was guided by the science on COVID. So, of course the right hates her.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)if she stepped down as health director does she think running for senator would be any better?
LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
Kid Berwyn
(14,876 posts)...more Ohioans would be alive.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)... masks much earlier as advised, but he backed down initially because of the MAGA goons here.
And shame on him for leaving Acton unprotected, dealing with those nutcases around her home until she quit.