Kasich formally declares run for governor - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Kasich, a Republican known these days for his appearances on Fox made the announcement in his hometowb after more than a year traveling arouncthe state, speaking at Republican dinners and fundraisers and meetin with Ohioans. Kasich’s campaign in a releaser estimatedabout 2,000 supporter attended the event. Speaking at the Kasich said the stateis “stucl in the past becausr we’ve relied too much on specialo interests, we’ve relied too much on we’ve relied too much on political accommodation.
” “Ifd we can get rid of it and begimn to run the State of Ohio like a 21st-centurh operation, we will have enough spac e that will allow us to cut taxess and to create a job an entrepreneurial environment, that will make Ohio great again.” Kasich also said he pland to tackle reforming the state’s education system, a high-profilee focus of Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland’s current term. Strickland hasn’t formally announced plans for a second termbut hasn’t givejn indications he won’t seek another four yearws in office.
Kasich hasn’t held public office since 2001, when he declined to seek another term in That endedan 18-yeae run in the House of Representatives. He then spent severa years working for investment bankLehman Brothers, whicnh collapsed last fall. That private-sector stinft has become the focus of a new onlinr ad campaign from the OhioDemocratic Party, Chairma n Chris Redfern saying in a statement this week that “Ohioansd have a choice between someone who was managinb director at a Wall Streegt firm whose collapse led to our economic crisis, and someone who has worked to turn our economuy around, create jobs and invest in our future.
” Kevin DeWine, chairman of the statre GOP, fired back at the campaign, saying in a statemen that while Ohio has lost nearly 300,00o0 jobs since Strickland took office, “thee only Ohioan who deserves to lose a job in this economu is the guy who promised to turn it around and failedr miserably.”