John Kasich
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John Richard Kasich Jr. (KAY-sik, 1952) is an American politician, writer, and television news presenter who served as the 69th governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019.
Kasich, a native of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has spent much of his adulthood in Ohio, specifically the state capital of Columbus, who was first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.
Kasich served nine terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 12th congressional district 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, and six years as chairman.
He was a central figure in the passage of both 1996 welfare reform reform and the 1997 Balanced Budget Act. Kasich appeared on Fox News, hosting Heartland with John Kasich from 2001 to 2007, and was a fill-in host for The O'Reilly Factor.
Kasich also worked as an investment banker, as the managing director of the Lehman Brothers office in Columbus, Ohio, winning over Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland in the 2010 Ohio gubernatorial election.
He was reelected in 2014 and defeated Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald by 30 percentage points. In 2000 and 2016, Kasich unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 2000 and 2016, but in 2016 a faithless elector in Texas rejected him by one electoral vote.
Kasich declined to endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and did not attend the 2016 Republican National Convention, which was held in his state.
He claimed to write-in the name of the United States. Senator John McCain, the former Republican presidential nominee in 2008, was term limited and he did not seek a third term.
He was succeeded by Ohio Attorney General and former US President Barack Obama. Senator Mike DeWine of South Carolina.
In 2019, Kasich joined CNN as a contributor.
Personal life
Kasich has been married twice before. Mary Lee Griffith's first marriage was from 1975 to 1980, and they had no children. Griffith has been campaigning for Kasich since their separation. Emma and Reese were born in March 1997 and Kasich's former public relations executive, Karen Waldbillig, were married.
Kasich was raised Catholic but finds denominations insignificant, while still stating that "there is always going to be a part of me that considers yourself Catholic." After his parents were killed in a car crash by a drunk driver on August 20, 1987, he drifted away from his faith as an adult, but eventually converted to an Anglican faith. As an adult, he joined the Episcopal Church (United States). Kasich has said he "doesn't find God in church," but he does attend St. Augustine's in Westerville, Ohio, a conservative church with which he remained until the Episcopal Church split off from the Episcopal Church in North America, a conservative church in North America, which is a Protestant church in the United States (United States).
Early life, education, and early political careers all play a role.
John Richard Kasich Jr. was born and raised in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Anne (née Vukovich, 1918-1977), and John Richard Kasich (191987), who worked as a mail carrier.
Kasich's father was of Czech descent, but his mother was of Croatian descent. Both his father and mother were children of immigrants and were practicing Roman Catholicism. He has referred to himself as "a Croatian and a Czech" on his website.
Kasich left McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, in 1970, to attend Ohio State University, where he joined the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.
He wrote a letter as a freshman expressing his doubts about the country and seeking a meeting with President Richard Nixon, expressing his doubts about the nation and seeking a meeting with him. President Novice Fawcett and Kasich was invited to Nixon for a 20-minute meeting with Nixon in December 1970.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Ohio State University in 1974 and went on to work as a research for the Ohio Legislative Service Commission. He served as an administrative assistant to then-state Senator Buz Lukens from 1975 to 1978.
Ohio Senate career
Kasich ran for State Senate in 1978 against Democratic incumbent Robert O'Shaughnessy. "I'll help you if you just stop calling me," a Kasich aide recalls him as a regular campaigner: "I'll help you." Kasich won with 56% of the vote at age 26, launching his four-year tenure as representative of the 15th district. Kasich was the second youngest person to be elected to the Ohio Senate in history.
One of his first acts as a State Senator was to refuse a pay increase. Republicans gained control of the state Senate in 1980, but Kasich went his own way, for example, rejecting a tax increase and writing his own plan in lieu.
Private sector career (2001–2009)
After leaving Congress, Kasich joined Fox News, co-hosting Heartland with John Kasich, and guest-hosting The O'Reilly Factor, filling in for Bill O'Reilly as requested. He has also appeared on Hannity & Colmes as a guest.
Kasich served on the board of directors of several businesses, including Invacare Corp. and the Chicago-based Norvax Inc. Kasich joined Lehman Brothers' investment banking division as a managing director in Columbus, Ohio, in 2001. He remained with Lehman Brothers until it declared bankruptcy in 2008. Lehman Brothers received a $182,692 salary and a $432,200 reward that year. The reward was given for service that was done in 2007.
During his subsequent campaigns in the wake of the company's demise during the financial crisis, Kasich's employment by Lehman Brothers was criticized. "I wasn't interested in Lehman's inner workings, I was a banker," Kasich replied to critics by saying, "I wasn't interested in Lehman's inner workings." I didn't go to board meetings or meet with the top executives to discuss investment decision. I was nowhere near that much. It's about like being a car dealer in Zanesville and being blamed for the company's demise.
In 2006, Republicans tried to convince Kasich to run for governor of Ohio, but he declined to run.
Kasich founded Recharge Ohio, a political action committee (PAC) with the aim of raising funds to support Republican candidates for the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate in an attempt to keep Republican majorities in the Ohio General Assembly in 2008. Kasich served as honorary chairman of the PAC.