Headline Roundup • July 21st, 2015
16th Candidate Enters Race
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Fox News Digital
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is expected Tuesday to announce his 2016 White House bid, joining a huge Republican field in which he will try to distinguish himself as a total-package candidate, successful in Washington and at running a state government.
The 63-year-old Kasich will become the 16th GOP candidate -- and perhaps not the last -- when he declares his candidacy at the Ohio State University.
Kasich, known for his bluntness, was overwhelmingly re-elected last year to a second term as governor, winning bipartisan support for cutting taxes and improving...
Wall Street Journal (News)
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday will become the 16th—and perhaps final—major Republican candidate to enter the 2016 presidential race, rounding out the crowded field with his own brand of compassionate conservatism and blunt talk.
The two-term Republican governor’s bid will test whether a candidate who has bucked the right flank of his party on issues ranging from Medicaid expansion to immigration can gain traction in a primary.
New York Times (News)
Gov. John R. Kasich, a blunt-spoken and unorthodox Republican who bucked his party by expanding Medicaid under President Obama’s health care law and says politicians must “reach out and help those who live in the shadows,” is expected to announce Tuesday that he is joining his party’s long list of candidates for president.
Mr. Kasich, 63, would become the 16th prominent Republican to enter the 2016 field. As a two-term governor in a critical swing state — no candidate since John F. Kennedy in 1960 has won the White House...
