Who is forecasted today to win the Ohio governor's race?
Updated Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · 7 days to Election Day · VotePredictor
Amy Acton is favored. The VotePredictor forecast gives Acton a 57% chance of beating Vivek Ramaswamy, with a predicted margin of Acton +0.7. That is still close to a toss-up: Acton wins a little more often than not, and Ramaswamy in the other 43%.
What the forecast is built on
The forecast starts from the 15 public polls in the forecast window, whose plain average is Acton +3.4. Each poll is corrected for its voter screen and its pollster's measured house effect first (the “Adjusted” column below).
- The polls, weighted and corrected, read Acton +1.3.
- The fundamentals (the state's presidential lean, incumbency, the last result and the national environment) read Ramaswamy +5.0.
- The published forecast blends the two, mostly on the polls, at Acton +0.7.
Misses of a few points are common, so a 0.7-point lead is a 57% chance and not a lock.
How the forecast has moved
| Date | Acton's chance | Predicted margin |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2 | 56% | Acton +2.5 |
| May 7 | 40% | Ramaswamy +2.8 |
| Jun 4 | 44% | Ramaswamy +1.8 |
| Jul 2 | 44% | Ramaswamy +1.9 |
| Aug 6 | 44% | Ramaswamy +1.9 |
| Sep 1 | 40% | Ramaswamy +2.6 |
| Oct 1 | 43% | Ramaswamy +0.8 |
| Oct 20 | 66% | Acton +1.8 |
| Oct 27 (today) | 57% | Acton +0.7 |
The polls
15 polls are in today's forecast; 10 older ones have aged out and are shown dimmed. Margins are Democrat minus Republican.
The polls behind it
25 polls · 15 in today's forecast · newest firstDimmed polls are more than 61 days old. They stay on the record, but today's forecast no longer counts them. Each pollster name links to the poll's source.The VotePredictor margin is the poll after correcting for its pollster's record in past elections and for registered-voter or all-adult samples.
What everyone else says
Prediction markets
| Market | Acton's chance |
|---|---|
| Polymarket | 84% |
| Kalshi | 83% |
| VotePredictor | 57% |
Rating shops
| Forecaster | Rating | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Bulletin | Likely D | Oct. 23, 2026 |
| Cook Political Report | Lean D | Oct. 23, 2026 |
| Decision Desk HQ | Lean D | Oct. 23, 2026 |
| NBC News | Lean D | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Lean D | Oct. 22, 2026 |
| Fox News | Toss-up | Oct. 20, 2026 |
| Inside Elections | Toss-up | Oct. 15, 2026 |
| RealClearPolitics | Toss-up | Oct. 12, 2026 |
5 of 8 rating shops favor Acton, 3 call it a toss-up and none favor Ramaswamy. The markets average 83% for Acton; VotePredictor is 26 points less confident in Acton.
Can you trust this forecast?
Every VotePredictor forecast is scored after the election against the same outcomes as everyone else's. Across 615 past races (Senate, governor, House and president), our final forecasts rank #2 of every forecaster that covered them all (Brier score 0.075, lower is better); FiveThirtyEight is first at 0.074. The full record is on the forecaster rankings and methodology pages.
This article is regenerated every day from the VotePredictor forecast, the poll database, the prediction markets and the rating shops' latest published ratings. Live numbers are on the race page.