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He is currently a candidate for Governor of Ohio in the 2010 election and leading incumbent [[Democrat]] [[Ted Strickland]] in the polls. | He is currently a candidate for Governor of Ohio in the 2010 election and leading incumbent [[Democrat]] [[Ted Strickland]] in the polls. | ||
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| + | Kasich has been criticized for the Ohio budget which increased spending by 11%.<ref>http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2011/03/25/reason-tv-gov-kasichs-ohio-budget-disaster-can-you-cut-government-by-jacking-spending-11/</ref> | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 00:28, June 14, 2011
| John Kasich | |||
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| U.S. Representative from Ohio's 12th Congressional District From: January 3, 1983 - January 3, 2001 | |||
| Predecessor | Robert N. Shamansky | ||
| Successor | Patrick J. Tiberi | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Karen Waldbillig | ||
| Religion | Christianity | ||
John Richard Kasich (born May 13, 1952 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) served as the Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio's 12th congressional district from 1983 through 2001 and was chairman of the House Budget Committee in the 1990's. He was a political alley of Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and chief architect of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Kasich went on to host the Ohio-based Heartland with John Kasich on the Fox News Channel.
He is currently a candidate for Governor of Ohio in the 2010 election and leading incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland in the polls.
Kasich has been criticized for the Ohio budget which increased spending by 11%.[1]