Governor of Ohio
November 4, 2014 · general election · 2 candidates with a page
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by surname. Ohio rotates the order candidates appear in by precinct, so no order on this page is the order on a ballot.
9 of 11 sections researched · 10 sources
10 of 11 sections researched · 9 sources
Also on the ballot, with no page yet
Anita Rios (Green)
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- Ed FitzGerald: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- John Kasich: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
Where they stand
Their own words, by issue, with the date, the venue and the link. A paraphrase is marked as one.
Economy
Ed FitzGerald
None found in the records checked
John Kasich
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Campaigned on his first term having restored Ohio's fiscal stability and turned around an economy that, like the rest of the Rust Belt, had languished after the Great Recession, crediting the administration with diversifying Ohio's economy and adding private-sector jobs.
Source: John Kasich
Education
Ed FitzGerald
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed a large state-funded universal preschool program, reported at roughly $500 million, as a signature policy plank.
Source: Ed FitzGerald
John Kasich
None found in the records checked
Medicaid expansion
Ed FitzGerald
None found in the records checked
John Kasich
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Campaigned on having expanded Medicaid coverage to an estimated 366,000 low-income Ohioans starting January 2014, using the ACA's expansion funds after his own Republican legislature would not authorize it directly, citing its role in addiction treatment during Ohio's opioid crisis.
Source: John Kasich
Taxes
Ed FitzGerald
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Attacked Gov. Kasich's income-tax cuts as regressive, arguing they delivered larger dollar savings to wealthier Ohioans while the sales-tax increases Kasich signed alongside them fell disproportionately on lower-income Ohioans.
Source: Ed FitzGerald
John Kasich
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Signed a budget (House Bill 59) phasing in a roughly 10% cut to state income-tax rates and a 50% tax reduction for small businesses on their first $250,000 of income, offset in part by raising the state sales tax from 5.5% to 5.75%, and eliminating Ohio's estate tax effective January 1, 2013.
Source: John Kasich
Voting access
Ed FitzGerald
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Opposed Kasich-signed election-law changes that cut early voting days and limited distribution of absentee ballot applications, framing the changes as suppressing Democratic-leaning turnout.
Source: Ed FitzGerald
John Kasich
None found in the records checked
What they have said, checked
Newest first. Each check is shown in the checker's own rating word, with their name, the date and the link.
Ed FitzGerald
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Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics
PolitiFact rated this False, May 2, 2013 · the check
John Kasich
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nearly 250,000 jobs have been created
NBC4/NBC News rated this Overstated, August 20, 2014 · the check
Record in office
Dated actions. Any evaluation of an action is printed with the name of whoever made it and the link.
Ed FitzGerald
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November 20, 2013 · action
Named Ohio state Sen. Eric Kearney of Cincinnati as his lieutenant governor running mate; Kearney withdrew three weeks later, on December 10, 2013, amid controversy over more than $1,000,000 in state and federal tax liens against him, his wife and their business. FitzGerald then selected Dayton-area attorney Sharen Swartz Neuhardt as his new running mate.
Source: Ed FitzGerald
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2013 · action
As Cuyahoga County Executive, reduced non-courthouse county payroll headcount by roughly one-fourth (from about 5,092 employees in 2010 to about 4,534 by 2013) and created the county's first unified, countywide pay scale and employee-evaluation system.
Source: 11 actions Ed FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County's first executive, will be remembered for
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October 13, 2012 · action
Found by Westlake, Ohio police at approximately 4:30 a.m. sitting in a parked car with a member of a visiting Irish economic-development delegation who is not his wife; no charges were filed. Subsequent reporting found he had not held a valid regular Ohio driver's license for roughly a decade, and a county Inspector General review found he had violated county policy and committed "a breach of the public trust" by driving a county vehicle without a valid license.
Sources: Inspector General: Ed FitzGerald violated county policy by driving without a license · The remarkable implosion of Ed FitzGerald
John Kasich
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October 21, 2013 · action
His administration won approval for Ohio's Medicaid expansion from the seven-member Ohio Controlling Board, 5-2, after being unable to get the GOP-controlled General Assembly to authorize it directly; two anti-abortion groups and six Republican state lawmakers sued the next day, arguing the Board lacked authority to approve the spending.
Source: John Kasich
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June 2013 · bill
Signed, in a private ceremony, a law reclassifying JobsOhio's liquor-profit funding as private and exempt from state audit, after State Auditor Dave Yost had subpoenaed the agency's records in March 2013 to audit the roughly $100-228 million a year in liquor profits funding it.
Good Jobs First, a national watchdog group, October 23, 2013 report:
JobsOhio's board included major campaign contributors and executives of companies that were themselves recipients of large state subsidies
· the sourceSource: National Report Criticizes JobsOhio, Other Privatized Agencies
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March 2011 · bill
Signed Senate Bill 5, sharply restricting collective-bargaining rights for public employees including police, firefighters and teachers; Ohio voters repealed it by referendum on November 8, 2011, 61.33%-39.67%.
Source: An Ohio gubernatorial race blow-out? Wouldn't be the first time
Money
Totals and donors exactly as filed with the FEC or the Ohio Secretary of State, each figure with its filing link.
Ed FitzGerald
OhioSOS, as of September 2014: raised , cash on hand $2,600,000.
Sources: Kasich, FitzGerald report campaign coffers · The remarkable implosion of Ed FitzGerald
John Kasich
OhioSOS, as of September 2014: raised $3,900,000, cash on hand $12,500,000.
Source: Kasich, FitzGerald report campaign coffers
Outside spending
The result
John Kasich · certified 2014-12 · turnout 40.65
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| John Kasich | 1,944,848 | 63.6% |
| Ed FitzGerald | 1,009,359 | 33.0% |
Source: 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election · Ed FitzGerald · John Kasich
- 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- John Kasich · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ed FitzGerald · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ed FitzGerald · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ed FitzGerald accuses Gov. John Kasich of pay-to-play politics · PolitiFact · 2013-05-02 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Inspector General: Ed FitzGerald violated county policy by driving without a license · Fox 8 Cleveland WJW · accessed 2026-09-19
- The remarkable implosion of Ed FitzGerald · The Washington Post · 2014-08-26 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Kasich, FitzGerald report campaign coffers · MyTownNEO · 2014-09-05 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Kasich Stomps FitzGerald In Ohio Gov Race · Quinnipiac University Poll · 2014-10-01 · accessed 2026-09-19
- 11 actions Ed FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County's first executive, will be remembered for · Cleveland.com (reprint) · 2014-12-31 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Roll the Numbers: Gov. John Kasich Raising Money at 28 Times the Rate of Ed FitzGerald · Cleveland Scene · 2014-10-07 · accessed 2026-09-19
- John Kasich · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- FACT CHECK: NBC4 Dissects 'Kasich Listened' Campaign Ad · NBC4/NBC News · 2014-08-20 · accessed 2026-09-19
- An Ohio gubernatorial race blow-out? Wouldn't be the first time · WVXU · 2014-10-05 · accessed 2026-09-19
- National Report Criticizes JobsOhio, Other Privatized Agencies · Cincinnati CityBeat · 2013-10-23 · accessed 2026-09-19
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