John Kasich announces bid for presidency

See: John Kasich presidential campaign, 2016

July 21, 2015

By Charles Aull

John Kasich, the Republican second-term governor of Ohio, officially announced his bid for the presidency this afternoon, making him the 16th major Republican candidate to enter the race. Kasich made his announcement at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where he earned a B.A. in political science in 1974. Kasich was elected governor in 2010 with 49 percent of the vote and was re-elected in 2014 with almost 64 percent. Before becoming governor, he served in the Ohio State Senate from 1979 to 1983 and represented Ohio's 12th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001. He made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2000. Aggregated polling data by Real Clear Politics placed Kasich at 1.8 percent in Iowa from May 25 to July 19 and at 2 percent in New Hampshire from May 31 to June 14. In recent candidate rankings, Crowdpac ranked Kasich as a 4.0C (C being conservative) on a scale ranging from 10L to 10C, making him the fourth least conservative Republican presidential candidate.

See also

• John Kasich presidential campaign, 2016
• Presidential candidates, 2016
• John Kasich
• Presidential election, 2016