‘Beneath the gutter’: Governor race gets ugly as long-estranged mom turns up in attack ad

Ohio’s gubernatorial race took a nasty turn as an ad surfaced featuring the long-estranged mother of Democrat Amy Acton accusing her of lying about her background.The video, which began circulating on social media two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, features Donna Arthur urging Ohioans not to elect Acton, a physician tapped by GOP Gov. Mike DeWine to lead the Ohio Department of Health in 2019. Arthur says she decided to speak out after seeing her daughter lying about her opponent, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy.“It’s not easy for a mother to say this,” Arthur says in the ad, “but Amy has a serious problem. She is a liar. She lies about her past. She says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true. She’s lied her entire life. My daughter needs help, and she can’t help you if she needs help herself. People can change, but first...