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Ohio Governor John Kasich becomes 16th Republican running for US president
July 21, 2015
Ohio Governor John Kasich said he will seek the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election, making a relatively late entry into the White House race. Kasich, a former US congressman, enters a race which now includes 16 Republicans.
A fiscal conservative with a record of supporting programs for the poor, Kasich will compete with rivals like former Florida governor Jeb Bush and New Jersey governor Chris Christie to woo establishment Republicans.