Gov. John Kasich: A Timeline
Gov. John Kasich: A Timeline
| Every Other Monday. Nov. 2 - Elected 56th Governor of Ohio def. Gov Ted Strickland by 49.04% to 47.04%. |
Jan. 10 -
Sworn in as Ohio’s 69th governor. Nov. 8 - Issue 2 defeated 61%-39%. Balances budget w/o raising state taxes. |
Seeking
re-election: May 8 primary, Nov. 4 general election against Cuyahoga
County Exec. Ed FitzGerald (D). |
Jan. 20 - Age on
Inauguration Day
64 years, 8.3 months. |
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| Does not to seek re-election. Forms New Century Project (PAC and 527). |
Jan. - Joins Fox News Channel. Joins Lehman Brothers as a managing director of Investment Banking Division, in Columbus. |
Forms New Century
Project Issues Forum. |
Stand
for
Something (Grand Central Publishing, May 2006). |
Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. |
June 1 - Launches
campaign for governor at rally in Westerville. |
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| Re-elected |
Re-elected |
Ranking minority member of the House
Budget Committee |
Re-elected |
Chairman
of
the House Budget Committee. |
Re-elected |
March 22 - Marries Karen Waldbillig. |
Courage is Contagious (Doubleday,
Nov. 1998). Re-elected |
Feb. 15 - Announces
exploratory committee. july 14 - Ends exploratory bid. |
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| Amicable divorce. |
Elected to
Congress in the 12th CD at age 30 def. inc. Rep. Bob Shamansky (D) by
50% to 47%.. |
Re-elected |
Re-elected |
Parents killed in
automobile accident, |
Re-elected |
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| Grad. from Sto-Rox High
School. Starts at Ohio State University. Dec. - Meets with Pres. Nixon in the Oval Office. |
Bachelor's degree in political science from Ohio State University. | Aide
in the Ohio Senate, 1975-78. Marries Mary Lee Griffith. |
Elected to the Ohio Senate at age 26 def. inc. Robert O'Shaughnessy (D).. |
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| Born May 13, 1952, son of a mailman and postal worker. | ...grows up in McKees Rocks, PA... |
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