John Kasich
★ Governor
- Born
- May 13, 1952
- Current age
- 74
- Home state
- Ohio
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1982–2014
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11-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Kasich5.1M
Opponents3.4M
11
Elections run
Between 1982 and 2014, John Kasich ran in 11 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), winning all 11. Kasich's biggest single-election total was 1,944,848 votes, in the 2014 governor election in Ohio. Kasich's closest win came in the 1982 U.S. House election in Ohio's District 12, decided by 5,582 votes.
Browse every governor election in Ohio, every U.S. House race in Ohio's District 12, or all 2014 governor races.
How many votes has John Kasich received?
John Kasich has received 5,085,329 popular votes across 11 U.S. elections, with a career record of 11–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | GovernorOhio | Won | 1,944,84863.64% | Ed FitzGerald |
| 2010 | GovernorOhio | Won | 1,889,18649.04% | Ted Strickland |
| 1998 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 124,19767.17% | Edward S. Brown |
| 1996 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 151,66763.88% | Cynthia L. Ruccia (head-to-head) Barbara Ann Edelman |
| 1994 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 114,60866.5% | Cynthia L. Ruccia (head-to-head) |
| 1992 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 170,29771.24% | Bob Fitrakis |
| 1990 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 130,49571.99% | Mike Gelpi |
| 1988 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 204,89280.14% | Mark P. Brown |
| 1986 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 117,90573.4% | Timothy C. Jochim |
| 1984 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 148,89969.54% | Richard S. Sloan |
| 1982 | U.S. HouseOhio | Won | 88,33550.47% | Bob Shamansky Russell A. Lewis |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (K000016) and Wikidata (Q69319). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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