A Conversation with John Kasich

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PBS World Channel National Broadcast:  Virginia, February 28, 2016/Nationally, March 2, 2016

John Kasich is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio, first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. On July 21, 2015, he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Kasich served nine terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 12th congressional district from 1983 to 2001. His tenure in the House included service on the House Armed Services Committee and as chairman of the House Budget Committee. He was a key figure in the passage of both welfare reform and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Prior to his political career, Kasich worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers' in Columbus, Ohio.