For Ohioans , 2 p.m. is Happy(ish) Hour, alternately referred to by the masses as “Wine with DeWine” and “Snackin’ with Acton.”That’s when Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, and Department of Health Director Amy Acton, M.D.
M.P.H, hold the state’s daily press conferences. While Governor Gavin Newsom in California and Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York (both Democrats) have been praised for their handling of the coronavirus crisis, it’s in fact DeWine who has scored highest in polls, with statewide for his handling of the first phase of the pandemic.DeWine, a career politician who won his first race back when Acton was in middle school, has been as an “old-school compassionate conservative” (despite his vehement anti-choice positions).