John Kasich

John Richard Kasich Jr. (ˈkeɪsɪk ; born May 13, 1952) is an American politician, author, and television news host who served as the 69th Governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. Kasich, a Republican, unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 2000 and 2016. A native of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Kasich has lived much of his adulthood in Ohio, specifically the state capital of Columbus. Kasich served nine terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1983 to 2001. His tenure in the House included 18 years on the House Armed Services Committee and six years as chairman of the House Budget Committee. He was a key figure in the passage of both 1996 welfare reform legislation and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Kasich decided not to run for re-election in 2000. In the 2000 Republican primaries, he withdrew before the primary elections. After leaving Congress, Kasich hosted Heartland with John Kasich on Fox News from 2001 to 2007 and was a fill-in host for The O'Reilly Factor. He also worked as an investment banker, serving as managing director of the Lehman Brothers office in Columbus, Ohio. In the 2010 Ohio gubernatorial election, Kasich defeated Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland. He was reelected in 2014, defeating Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald by 30 percentage points. In the 2016 Republican primaries, Kasich finished third place behind Donald Trump and Ted Cruz at the convention. He also won his home state of Ohio and finished second in New Hampshire. In the 2016 general election, he received one electoral vote from a faithless elector in Texas. Kasich declined to support the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and did not attend the 2016 Republican National Convention, which was held in the state that he represented at the time. He reported that he wrote-in the name of U.S. Senator and former 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain. Kasich was term-limited and could not seek a third term in 2018. He was succeeded by Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine. In 2019, Kasich joined CNN as a contributor. Kasich emerged as a prominent and outspoken critic of Trump from within the Republican Party, and is a scheduled speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

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