John Kasich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

John Kasich

American politician and former television host

Date of Birth: 13-May-1952

Place of Birth: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: writer, businessperson, politician, banker, investment banker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About John Kasich

  • John Richard Kasich Jr.
  • ( KAY-sik; 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.
  • Elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, Kasich is a Republican.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 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.
  • He was a key figure in the passage of both 1996 welfare reform legislation and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Kasich worked for Fox News, hosting Heartland with John Kasich 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. Kasich unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 2000 and 2016, receiving one electoral vote from a faithless elector in Texas in 2016.
  • Kasich declined to support the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and did not attend the 2016 Republican National Convention, which was held in his state.
  • 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.

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