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John Kasich
John Richard Kasich Jr. is an American politician and author who was the 69th governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001, and was a candidate for the presidential nomination in 2000 and 2016.
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Born 13 May 1952 · Q69319
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2026· 3 entries
“s Medicaid expansion, and that”
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“a balance between good intelligence and the need to protect Americans from what can become an aggressive government somewhere down the road.”
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2023· 1 entry
NBC News: John Kasich: Trump is still ‘a long way from the nomination’
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2021· 1 entry
Yahoo: Former Gov. John Kasich to launch podcast with 'Daily Show' comedian Jordan Klepper
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2020· 1 entry
Yahoo: John Kasich claims Trump's concerns about mail-in voting are 'just a big joke'
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2018· 7 entries
The Guardian: John Kasich and Democrat Sherrod Brown hint at 2020 presidential runs
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Published video “Gov. Kasich on Issue 1”.
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Published video “Gov Kasich: Pike County Unites for the Future”.
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The Guardian: ‘It’s pretty lonely out here’: why John Kasich is willing to criticize Trump
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Published video “Ohio Now”.
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Published video “2018 Ohio State of the State Address”.
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Published video “AP Legislative Forum 2018”.
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2017· 9 entries
Published video “Gov. Kasich's Message in the Wake of the Las Vegas Attack”.
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The Washington Post rated the claim ““I know Governor Kasich isn’t with us, but I suspect that he’s very troubled to know that in Ohio alone, nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists, leaving them without the care they need for months or even years.”” False.
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Won Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2017).
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Published video “The Midwest Needs Innovation and Change”.
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Published video “Holocaust Commemeration 2017”.
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Published video “Memorial Day”.
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Published video “The State of the State Remains Strong”.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich said, “If a woman is not intelligent enough to keep her legs closed, how can we entrust the abortion decision to her?”” Pants on Fire.
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After Donald Trump took office and congressional Republicans maneuvered to repeal the ACA, Kasich criticized Republican hard-liners in Congress who demanded a full ACA repeal, saying that full repeal was "not acceptable"
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2016· 21 entries
The Guardian: John Kasich vetoes Ohio 'heartbeat bill' in favor of 20-week abortion ban
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The Guardian: 'Release her now': John Kasich urged to free Tyra Patterson by victim's family – video
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Campaign ended: 2016 election.
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The Guardian: John Kasich: Trump's 'disturbing' campaign could cost him Ohio
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his "costly campaign."” True.
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The Guardian: John Kasich has 'zero expectations' of speaking at Republican convention
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The Guardian: John Kasich rules out third-party run for president: 'It doesn't feel right'
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The Guardian: Republican candidate John Kasich drops out of presidential race – video
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One day after Trump won the Indiana primary, leaving Trump as the party's presumptive nominee
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Snopes rated the claim “Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said that he would abolish teachers' lounges.” Mixture.
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Claimed: “Gov. John Kasich said he would pressure China to use its influence on its neighbor North Korea, resist its aggression in the South China Sea and strengthen United States capabilities to fight Chinese cyberhacking.” — rated Right on target. by The New York Times.
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Claimed: “Mr. Kasich said he held 200 town hall-style meetings in New Hampshire.” — rated Not that many. by The New York Times.
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Claimed: “Mr. Kasich said he was the only candidate to mention jobs at last week’s Republican debate.” — rated Check the transcript. by The New York Times.
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The New York Times endorsed Kasich for the Republican nomination, rebuking leading candidates Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz and wrote that Kasich, "though a distinct underdog, is the only plausible choice for Republi
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Claimed: “Mr. Kasich said wages have not climbed “because the Federal Reserve kept interest rates so low.”” — rated Where's the evidence? by The New York Times.
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Finishing in fourth place in the Republican primaries behind Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio, and winning the primary in Ohio
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Kasich broke with fellow Republicans in the state legislature by vetoing their attempt to continue blocking the RPS standards; as a result, the freeze ended on December 31, 2016, and the clean-energy mandate resumed
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Campaign: 2016 election.
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In response to a request from South Dakota under the terms of an interstate compact, Kasich dispatched 37 Ohio state troopers to South Dakota, where they were stationed around Dakota Access Pipeline protests near the Sta
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That "I have never been an ideological supporter of free trade," but has long supported free trade agreements
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“I have never been an ideological supporter of free trade,”
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2015· 10 entries
Kasich announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination during a speech at the Ohio Union, the student union of his alma mater, the Ohio State University
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Kasich signed into law a $71 billion two-year state budget after using his line-item veto power to veto 44 items
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Kasich expressed support for many provisions of the ACA (ensuring coverage for people with preexisting conditions, the use of insurance exchanges, and Medicaid expansion), but opposed mandates
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Kasich said in an interview that Planned Parenthood "ought to be de-funded", but added that Republicans in Congress should not force a government shutdown over the issue
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Kasich said that airstrikes were insufficient to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and he would send U
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“I would try to discourage the states from doing it ... but I would be tempted to say I don”
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Kasich stated that he did not know all the causes of climate change, and that he did not know the extent to which humans contribute to climate change
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“I would never have committed ourselves to Iraq.”
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“would send a carrier battle group through the South China Sea”
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“Kasich was not revising history”
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2014· 4 entries
Kasich acknowledged that his stance on immigration has "evolved" because "maybe [I'm] a little smarter now", stating "I don't want to see anybody in pain
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Kasich signed into law a bill freezing Ohio's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) program for two years
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Defeating Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald by 30 percentage points
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Kasich signed a bill cutting six days from Ohio's early voting period, including the "golden week" (a period at the beginning of early voting when voters could both register to vote and cast an in-person absentee ballot)
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2013· 1 entry
Signed a $62 billion two-year budget that included a phased 10% income tax cut, a sales tax increase from 5
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2012· 2 entries
Kasich appointed Judge Judith L
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Kasich aides planned a campaign with a stated goal to "marginalize the effectiveness of communications by adversaries about the initiative" to bring fracking to state parks and forests, naming in an email the Ohio Sierra
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2011· 5 entries
Kasich made his first minority appointment to the Cabinet, naming Michael Colbert, a black man, to lead the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
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In a private ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus
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Career landmark: Governor of Ohio (2011–2019).
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For appointing an all-white 22-member cabinet
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Kasich had the idea of establishing a Holocaust memorial on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse
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2010· 6 entries
Kasich defeated Strickland in a closely contested race to win the governorship
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Kasich won the Republican nomination for governor, having run unopposed
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Kasich announced Ohio State Auditor Mary Taylor as his running mate
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Defeating Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland
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While running for governor, Kasich expressed support for amending the U
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Faced some backlash from some Tea Party activists
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2009· 1 entry
Kasich filed papers to run for governor of Ohio against incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland
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2008· 1 entry
Kasich formed Recharge Ohio, a political action committee (PAC) with the goal of raising money to help Republican candidates for the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate, in an effort to retain Republican majori
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2007· 1 entry
And 2008 that provided the right to home health care contractors and in-home child care contractors to collectively bargain with the state
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2001· 1 entry
Kasich joined Lehman Brothers' investment banking division as a managing director, in Columbus, Ohio
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2000· 2 entries
Campaign: 2000 election.
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And ran for president instead, but withdrew from the race before the Republican primaries
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1999· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1999–2001).
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While the Senate prepared to vote on the charges, he said: "I believe these are impeachable and removable offenses
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1998· 1 entry
Kasich voted to impeach President Clinton on all four charges made against him
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1997· 3 entries
Kasich rose to national prominence after becoming "the chief architect of a deal that balanced the federal budget for the first time since 1969"—the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
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Career landmark: United States representative (1997–1999).
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With fellow Republican representative Floyd Spence, he introduced legislation (supported by some congressional Democrats) for the U
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1996· 1 entry
Introduced the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act in the House, an important welfare reform bill signed into law by President Clinton
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1995· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1995–1997).
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Following the Republican Revolution in the 1994 United States House of Representatives elections
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1994· 1 entry
Kasich was one of the Republican leaders to support a last-minute deal with President Bill Clinton to pass the Federal Assault Weapons Ban
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1993· 3 entries
Kasich voted to approve the North American Free Trade Agreement, casting a "yea" vote for the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
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Kasich became the ranking Republican member of the House Budget Committee
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Career landmark: United States representative (1993–1995).
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1991–1993).
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1989–1991).
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1987· 2 entries
Kasich was raised a Catholic, but considers denominations irrelevant, while stating that "there's always going to be a part of me that considers myself a Catholic." He drifted away from his religion as an adult, but came to embrace an Anglican faith after his parents were killed in a car crash by a drunk driver on August 20, 1987.
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Career landmark: United States representative (1987–1989).
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1985–1987).
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1983· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1983–1985).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1983–2001).
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1982· 1 entry
Kasich ran for Congress in Ohio's 12th congressional district, which included portions of Columbus as well as the cities of Westerville, Reynoldsburg, Worthington, and Dublin
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1980· 1 entry
But Kasich went his own way, for example, by opposing a budget proposal he believed would raise taxes and writing his own proposal instead
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1979· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the State Senate of Ohio (1979–1982).
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1978· 1 entry
Kasich ran against Democratic incumbent Robert O'Shaughnessy for Ohio Senate
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1974· 2 entries
Went on to work as a researcher for the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
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Studied at Ohio State University, Bachelor of Arts (1974).
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1970· 2 entries
To attend Ohio State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree
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To attend Ohio State University, where he joined the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-05-13.
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