John Kasich

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich presents the fiscal year 2014-15 executive budget proposal during a news conference Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

John Eley, on Ohio's death row for killing a convenience store owner, was spared execution when Gov. John Kasich changed Eley's sentence to life in prison with no chance of parole on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — accompanied by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, left, and student Kelsey Gorman — listens during a roundtable discussion at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, Friday, April 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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House control would give Democrats the ability to block bills supported by Gov. John Kasich and Senate Republicans. (Associated Press)

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Gov. John Kasich

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John Kasich

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed Senate Bill 5 into law March 31 limiting collective-bargaining rights of public employees. Mr. Kasich, a Republican, said he will play a visible role in defending the law in the lead up to a November repeal vote. (Associated Press)

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, has aggressively pushed for change during his first six months in office. Many residents have disapproved of his actions, and Public Policy Polling in May declared him one of the two most unpopular governors in the country. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama, left, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are on the first green as they play golf at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, June 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)