The White House Spurned MAHA. Then The Medical Establishment Notched Big Wins.

Democratic candidates who built their campaigns around medical credentials won major races Tuesday in Ohio, South Carolina and Michigan, reversing what looked like a setback for the health-care establishment two years earlier. Daily Caller reports that Amy Acton won the Ohio governorship, Annie Andrews took a Senate seat in South Carolina, and Abdul El-Sayed won a Senate seat in Michigan. Each ran largely against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and each had backing from 314 Action, a PAC that supports Democrats with science backgrounds.

Acton, who served as Ohio's health director and was Governor Mike DeWine's COVID adviser, wrote in a June 2025 op-ed that Kennedy's approach could cost American lives. Andrews, a pediatrician, said Kennedy's nomination pushed her to run, and she has urged his impeachment. El-Sayed, a former Detroit and Wayne County health official, faulted Kennedy over a cyclospora outbreak and his lack of academic credentials.

The outlet ties the results to disappointment among Kennedy's own supporters, who say the White House dropped COVID vaccine safety, softened its stance on glyphosate and weakened nutrition pledges. Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie joined over 100 others in an open letter voicing that frustration.

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