Kasich files to run for governor in 2010
Associated Press
Kasich, who served in Congress for 18 years, named his campaign treasurer in paperwork filed Friday with Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. He says a formal campaign announcement is forthcoming.
Political observers have long expected Kasich to jump in the race against Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, who has not formally announced intentions to run for a second term.
Kasich has been an on-air personality for Fox News. He served six years as managing director of Lehman Brothers’ investment banking division until the bank declared bankruptcy last fall.
Republican state Sen. Kevin Couglin previously announced plans to run.
On Thursday, John Kasich rallied Columbiana County Republicans around his ideas for a “shiny, new day for
In introducing
Kasich referred to his hometown of McKees Rocks,
“We’ve been drifting and we’ve got to stop it,” he said. “(Governor) Ted Strickland is a nice man, but he’s a caretaker governor when we need a man of action.”
Kasich described the state of
“The most important thing is to point out we need a major change in
Some of Kasich’s ideas include eliminating the death tax so when a person dies he or she is able to pass on what took a lifetime to earn to his or her children and phasing out
“We need to remember the regulators work for us, rather than us working for them,” he said.
Kasich also said
“When businesses don’t make it economically they cut costs. In government, we just kick the can down the road and let someone else take care of it. I believe you have to be there for something, you have to have values and stand up,” he said.
Kasich, a 9-term Congressman from
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Batchelder said
Dave Yost, a
“Kasich won’t just think outside the box, he’ll get a whole new box,” Yost said.
David Johnson, chairman of the Columbiana County Republican Party, said Kasich is one of the most passionate and dynamic speakers in the nation. He said he expected Kasich to connect with and rally
“His father was a mail carrier and he was raised in a traditional family unit. He faced a lot of the same issues we face here,” Johnson said. “Grassroots Republicans are concerned about their work and their families in this terrible economic downturn.”
Kasich said he is finding big, sometimes record crowds, every where he speaks, but it isn’t because of him, but rather because the Republican Party wants change and for its leaders to stand up for the party’s values.
“They felt the party drifted but it is getting its footing again,” he said.
Kasich said he will make a decision very soon about whether to enter the race to be
“The one goal in my mind is to bring jobs and prosperity back to
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Comment from
RJR
May 2, 2009, 7:18 am
Wow, just what Ohio needs to lead it out of its depressed economic problems, the Head of a Bankrupted business???
What Ohio needs is a person who has had to work for a living, instead of a politician who has lived on other peoples work. Someone who won’t be bought off by those who have an agenda of their own, and not in the best interest of the public. Someone who puts their personal opinions to the side and acts on what the majority of his constituants tell him to do.
Can you find this person… he may need to walk on water and feed the masses on a single loaf of bread; but we must look hard and base a candidate on what he/she has done, not the promises of what he/she will do if elected.
Comment from
mh1492
May 2, 2009, 6:35 pm
It’s refreshing to see that the Ohio Republican party is becoming excited over a candidate who is full of new, fresh ideas.
I think that if Mr. Kasich is elected he will continue the policies which have been advocated and practiced by the Republicans since the late 70’s. Those theories of governance that have done so much to turn Ohio into the garden spot it is today.
Comment from
TappedOut
May 3, 2009, 7:07 am
I was at the lorain county lincoln day dinner where Mr Kasich spoke and was very impressed with some of his ideas for Ohio, I was really impressed with his idea of eliminating the income tax in ohio. I think this could spur new business growth in ohio, and truly think he has the right mind set to get Ohio growing again. He is not afraid to think outside the box and try new ideas along with those proven ideas from the Reagan era. I will suppport him.
Comment from
mh1492
May 3, 2009, 10:39 am
If he gets rid of the income tax what is his idea to replace it?
The Republicans who have been in charge in Ohio since the 80’s have all practiced these ideas. Why isn’t Ohio a paradise today?
Comment from
Chris H
May 3, 2009, 5:57 pm
They haven’t practiced these ideas. Ohio went from one of the lowest taxed states in the 80’s to one of the highest. Ohio doesn’t do anything to promote business growth. The only businesses that benefit are big businesses that receive tax abatements, but at the expense of the small businesses that employ around 80% of the people in the state. The auto plants in Toledo received millions of dollars and by all estimates at the time the state would never earn that money back, now it won’Äôt even earn a fraction of it back. Cut business taxes and welcome businesses to the state will create jobs, and raise tax revenue.
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