What is John Kasich?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = John Kasich |birth_name = John Richard Kasich Jr. |image = Governor John Kasich.jpg |order = 69th [[List of Governors of Ohio|Governor of Ohio]] |lieutenant = [[Mary Taylor (politician)|Mary Taylor]] |term_start = January 10, 2011 |term_end = January 14, 2019 |predecessor = [[Ted Strickland]] |successor = [[Mike DeWine]] |office1 = Chairperson of the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|House Budget Committee]] |term_start1 = January 3, 1995 |term_end1 = January 3, 2001 |predecessor1 = [[Martin Olav Sabo|Martin Sabo]] |successor1 = [[Jim Nussle]] |state2 = [[Ohio]] |district2 = {{ushr|Ohio|12|12th}} |term_start2 = January 3, 1983 |term_end2 = January 3, 2001 |predecessor2 = [[Bob Shamansky]] |successor2 = [[Pat Tiberi]] |state_senate3 = Ohio |district3 = [[Ohio's 15th senatorial district|15th]] |term_start3 = January 3, 1979 |term_end3 = January 13, 1982 |predecessor3 = [[Robert O'Shaughnessy]] |successor3 = [[Richard Pfeiffer (politician)|Richard Pfeiffer]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|13}} |birth_place = [[McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Mary Lee Griffith {{small|(1975–1980)}}<br>Karen Waldbillig {{small|(1997–present)}} |alma_mater = [[Ohio State University]] }} '''John Richard Kasich Jr.''' (born May 13, 1952) is an American politician. He was the [[Governor]] of [[Ohio]] where he has served from 2011 to 2019. He is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. Before being governor, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the [[Ohio Senate]]. ==Early life== [[File:John Kasich meets Nixon.png|thumb|left|Kasich (''right''), aged 18, meeting President Nixon in 1970 at the [[White House]], when he was an Ohio State University [[wikt:freshman|freshman]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Rebecca |last=Kaplan |url=http://www.cbsnews.com