Kasich formally declares run for governor - Business First of Columbus:

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Kasich, a Republican knownm these days for his appearancez onFox News, made the announcement in his hometowb after more than a year travelingy around the state, speaking at Republican dinners and fundraisere and meeting with Ohioans. Kasich’s campaign in a releases estimatedabout 2,000 supportersx attended the event. Speaking at the Kasich said the stateis “stuck in the past because we’ve reliedr too much on special interests, we’v e relied too much on lobbyists, we’ve reliee too much on political accommodation.
” “If we can get rid of it and begihn to run the State of Ohio like a 21st-centuryy operation, we will have enough space that will allow us to cut taxes and to create a job an entrepreneurial environment, that will make Ohio great again.” Kasichb also said he plans to tackle reforming the state’xs education system, a high-profile focus of Democrati Gov. Ted Strickland’s current term. Strickland hasn’t formallg announced plans for a second termbut hasn’t give n indications he won’t seek another four years in Kasich hasn’t held public office since 2001, when he declined to seek another term in Congress.
That ended an 18-yeat run in the House of Representatives. He then spenrt several years working for investment bank Lehman which collapsedlast fall. That private-sector stin has become the focus of a new online ad campaigm from the OhioDemocratic Party, Chairman Chriws Redfern saying in a statement this week that “Ohioans have a choicer between someone who was managing director at a Wall Street firm whose collapse led to our economic crisis, and someoned who has worked to turn our economgy around, create jobs and invest in our Kevin DeWine, chairman of the state GOP, fired back at the campaign, saying in a statemenf that while Ohio has lost nearly 300,000 jobs since Strickland took office, “the only Ohioah who deserves to lose a job in this economu is the guy who promised to turn it arouns and failed miserably.
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