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Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is “very unpopular.”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2018
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on April 8, 2016 in a Facebook post:
Says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his “costly campaign.”
True
By Nadia Pflaum • April 19, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on April 3, 2016 in ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz:
Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later “laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasich’s super PAC.”  
Mostly True
By Nadia Pflaum • April 12, 2016
Trusted Leadership PAC
stated on March 29, 2016 in a Trusted Leadership PAC ad :
“Millionaires working side by side with George Soros are bankrolling (John Kasich’s) super PAC.”  
False
By Nadia Pflaum • April 4, 2016
American Future Fund
stated on January 28, 2016 in a campaign ad:
“Kasich’s budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder.”
False
By Nadia Pflaum • February 12, 2016
Carly Fiorina
stated on February 6, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com:
Says she “is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 in comments during the CNBC debate.:
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich “got lucky with a thing called fracking,” which “is why Ohio is doing well.”
False
By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015
Tom Letson
stated on May 16, 2013 in an emailed news release :
Says Gov. John Kasich implied that a portion of workers’ compensation rebates to employers “should be directed back to him in the form of campaign cash.”
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • June 7, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 19, 2013 in an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff:
“Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics.”
False
By Henry J. Gomez • May 2, 2013
Chris Redfern
stated on August 11, 2012 in a news release:
“Paul Ryan got his start in politics, as a young staffer just out of college, working for then-Congressman John Kasich’s Budget Committee.”
Half-True
By Henry J. Gomez • August 17, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 in a news release:
Cuts in local government and school funding in John Kasich’s budget caused “many communities to seek school levies, local tax increases, layoffs.”
Half-True
By Tom Feran • July 11, 2012
Armond Budish
stated on May 14, 2011 in a newspaper column:
“Kasich’s budget increases state spending from $50.5 billion to $55.6 billion. This is the second largest, two-year spending increase in Ohio history.”
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • June 9, 2011
Ted Strickland
stated on October 13, 2010 in a campaign video:
“Congressman Kasich wants to use our tax dollars to give secret bonuses to his corporate friends.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • October 28, 2010
Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2010 in a campaign video:
“Kasich’s trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs – 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China.”
False
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2010