Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton spent the final days before Tuesday's election telling Ohio voters they have the better plan to bring down the cost of living.

Property taxes sit at the center of both campaigns. That matters in Cuyahoga County, where the median annual property tax bill is $4,087, according to Ownwell, a property tax data firm. The county's median effective tax rate of 2.27% is more than double the national median of 1.02%.

Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur endorsed by President Donald Trump, unveiled a list of seven executive orders he said would be signed before midnight on Jan. 11, 2027. The first would direct the Ohio Department of Taxation and the auditor of state to review property tax changes in every county, township, municipality, school district and special district in the state, according to a post on his X account on Oct. 30.

Any jurisdiction where property taxes increased more than 100% since 2020 would face a full investigation into spending, the post said.

"On day one, I'm gonna sign an executive order that we're gonna launch investigations into any locality that has seen property taxes more than double since the pandemic," Ramaswamy said at a Thursday, Oct. 29, campaign event in Vandalia, as Fox 8 reported.

Ramaswamy had earlier proposed rolling back property taxes to pre-pandemic levels and capping them there. Reporters on a July PBS/ideastream Reporters Roundtable noted he had not explained how local governments, schools and fire departments would absorb the lost revenue. He previously campaigned on eliminating property taxes entirely before shifting to the rollback proposal, the roundtable discussion noted.

Acton, a physician who was the first woman to serve as director of the Ohio Department of Health, offered a different approach. She said her first priority would be a working families tax cut and a child tax credit.

"The number one way to take the pressure off of property taxes is to fully fund the bipartisan funding plan we have for our public schools," Acton said after meeting with early voters at the Franklin County Board of Elections on Friday, Oct. 30, according to Fox 8.

Acton's written plan, outlined in a Signal Cleveland voter guide, includes a child tax credit of $1,000 a year for children ages 0 to 6 and $500 for children ages 7 to 18, for families earning up to $85,000. She also proposed expanding the Homestead Exemption income threshold from about $41,000 to $50,000, which would make about 55,000 additional older and disabled homeowners eligible for property tax relief, according to the PBS/ideastream roundtable.

Her plan also includes a property tax spike rebate of about $1,000 for homeowners with household incomes under $132,000 and home values under $350,000 whose tax bills rose by 4% or more, the roundtable reported.

Ramaswamy did not respond to the Signal Cleveland voter guide questionnaire, the guide noted. His running mate is Ohio Senate leader Rob McColley. Acton's running mate is David Pepper.

Polling released in October by Bowling Green State University found 40% of Ohio voters listed the economy as their top issue, Fox 8 reported.

In Strongsville, the median property tax bill is $4,898 and the effective rate is 1.64%, the lowest in Cuyahoga County, according to Ownwell. In North Royalton the median bill is $5,739, in Broadview Heights it is $6,200 and in Brecksville it reaches $7,318.

Early in-person voting continues through Sunday, Nov. 1. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Election officials said voters with completed mail-in ballots should deliver them directly to their local board of elections, Fox 8 reported. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections is at 1803 Superior Ave. in Cleveland.