In late November 2025, a rumor spread that Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, had made a video proposing that children in the state go to school year-round and until 4 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — For months, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s campaign and others in her party have sought to tarnish Vivek Ramaswamy, Acton’s likely Republican opponent next November, ...