"The suspect knocked volunteers to the ground and was arrested with “multiple weapons,” Mahoning County Democratic Party chairman Chris Anderson said in a statement.
Acton was not injured, but campaign officials said multiple people were hurt.
The Ohio gubernatorial race is one of the most high-profile races this year as the campaigns enter the final six weeks of campaigning before the general election in November.
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine recruited Acton from Ohio State University, where she was an associate professor of public health, to lead the Ohio Department of Health in 2019."
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