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John Kasich

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John Kasich is a Republican politician who served as the 69th Governor of Ohio from January 10, 2011, to January 14, 2019. Prior to his governorship, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001, representing Ohio's 12th congressional district. During his time as governor, Kasich focused on issues such as Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, education reform, and economic development. He is known for his moderate stance within the Republican Party and his willingness to work across party lines on various issues.

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Mar 8, 2016

And with those states that have not yet selected a delegate, basically, the three, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and I, are dead even going into the last half of this whole match. So don't be thinking it's over yet.

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Mar 2, 2016

Not the personal attacks, I didn't agree with Romney on. But some of his analysis on foreign policy and his budgets, I mean, his budgets don't add up.

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Mar 2, 2016

The reason is because, as the Democrats tell me all the time -- I can get the crossover votes, you see, because throughout this campaign, I've talked about issues.

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Mar 2, 2016

I do. And I'm going to win Ohio, and when I win Ohio, it's a whole new ball game.

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Mar 2, 2016

I don't think you'd beat Donald Trump by trying to tear him down. You need to present a bigger vision than what he talks about.

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Mar 2, 2016

So we're talking about polls. I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points, and the reason it happens --

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Mar 2, 2016

I will win Ohio, and I am going to move all across this country.

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Feb 28, 2016

I think it's very hard, Anderson to -- if you can't win your own home state then I don't know why you're in the race.

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Feb 28, 2016

I would rather not win than lower the bar. I would rather -- I've never run a campaign like that.

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Feb 28, 2016

I'm worried about the GOP when we're not running a campaign based on ideas. I actually believe in politics. You get your energy from ideas. You unite people with ideas.

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Feb 28, 2016

Marco Rubio is trailing in Florida by 17 points. You know what, why aren't they telling him to get out and get behind me. I have a better chance of winning in Ohio than he does in Florida.

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Feb 25, 2016

when people talk about me dropping out, I'll tell you who they are; they're Washington types who I beat 25 years ago and I'm going to beat them again now.

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Feb 25, 2016

Well maybe they ought to dropout because If they don't win Florida I don't know where they go from there.

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Feb 25, 2016

I've been promising people that I'm going to stay positive and at some point this race is going to head north and the field is going to shrink.

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Feb 25, 2016

I think as it gets closer and closer to a two-person race, and I think it's inevitable, I think I will be in a really good position to be the nominee.

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Feb 25, 2016

When I say 'regime change', I don't have to talk exactly what that means. Look, I've been involved in national security for a long time. You don't have to spell everything out; but what I'm telling you is you look for any means you can to…

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Feb 25, 2016

I think I was able to demonstrate the fact that I not only have the experience, but the plan to take it to Washington, get this economy moving again and clearly the ability to express, you know, what is a clear policy on foreign affairs.

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Feb 24, 2016

The idea that we're going to deport all these people is ludicrous and everybody knows it.

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Feb 24, 2016

Well, you know, on the way over here... I want to tell you, there's a lot of young people watching tonight. You can do whatever you want to do in your life.

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Feb 21, 2016

I think it's funny. I think it's funny, I think it's ridiculous.

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Feb 21, 2016

Clearly John Kasich has an uphill battle here, not a single person in that diner knew who he was.

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Feb 21, 2016

We can't have data that can tell us about an attack on our families and someone is like, oh, I have a business model and that won't work.

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