Person
John Kasich
10 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: Endorsements given.
What has been checked
- Profile 4 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries The 2014 race is complete; no pending candidacy is published for it.
- Where they stand 3 entries
- What they have said, checked 1 entry
- Record in office 3 entries
- Money 2 entries The research archive found no single confirmed full-cycle total; the closest sourced checkpoint figure is published instead.
- Financial interests 1 entry
- Polling and approval 1 entry
- Elections 1 entry
- Endorsements given None found in the records checked The research archive found no endorsement he gave or received specific to the 2014 cycle.
- Sources 8 entries
On the ballot
None found in the records checked
Where they stand
Economy
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
Medicaid expansion
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
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
What they have said, checked
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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
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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 as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of Ohio | OhioSOS | $3,900,000 | $12,500,000 | September 2014 |
Source: Kasich, FitzGerald report campaign coffers
Outside spending
Financial interests
Disclosed holdings
None found in the records checked.
Disclosed income
None found in the records checked.
Reported conflicts
None found in the records checked.
Net worth, as estimated
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$9,000,000 to $22,000,000, 2015
Estimated by Kasich's own federal financial disclosure, filed for his 2016 presidential run, reported by the Associated Press.
Source: John Kasich
Polling and approval
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Quinnipiac University Poll · October 1, 2014 · Governor of Ohio
FitzGerald 35 · Kasich 57
likely voters
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of Ohio (2014) | Republican | Won | 1,944,848 | 63.6% |
Offices held
Governor of Ohio · 2011-01 to 2019-01 · elected
Source: John Kasich
U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio's 12th District · 1983-01 to 2001-01 · elected
Source: John Kasich
Endorsements
None found in the records checked
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: John Kasich · 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- John Kasich · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- John Kasich · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election · 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
- Kasich Stomps FitzGerald In Ohio Gov Race · Quinnipiac University Poll · 2014-10-01 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Kasich, FitzGerald report campaign coffers · MyTownNEO · 2014-09-05 · accessed 2026-09-19
- National Report Criticizes JobsOhio, Other Privatized Agencies · Cincinnati CityBeat · 2013-10-23 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ed FitzGerald accuses Gov. John Kasich of pay-to-play politics · PolitiFact · 2013-05-02 · accessed 2026-09-19
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