John Kasich 2016 presidential campaign

Kasich for America
Campaign	Republican primaries for the U.S. presidential election, 2016
Candidate	John Kasich Governor of Ohio (2011–2019)
Affiliation	Republican Party
Announced	July 21, 2015
Suspended	May 4, 2016
Headquarters	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Key people	Beth Hansen, campaign manager John Weaver, senior strategist Charlie Black, delegate strategist Matt Carle, Executive director at New Day for America PAC
Receipts	US$7,582,364 (2015-12-31[1])
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Website
www.johnkasich.com

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The 2016 presidential campaign of John Kasich, the 69th governor of Ohio, was announced on July 21, 2015. He was a candidate for the 2016 Republican Party presidential nomination. He earned 154 delegates and won only one contest, his home state, Ohio. Kasich suspended his campaign on May 4, 2016, one day after becoming the last major challenger to Donald Trump for the nomination.^[2] Kasich vied to become the first Pennsylvania native to hold the office since James Buchanan in 1856, as well as the first from the city of Pittsburgh to do so.