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John Kasich Is a Man Without a Party

The former Ohio governor won’t vote for Donald Trump next year. But he’s not sold on the Democrats either.
Source: Elizabeth Frantz / Reuters

For the moment, it seems, John Kasich isn’t happy with pretty much anyone.

Of the 16 Republican primary candidates Donald Trump vanquished on his way to the White House in 2016, the former Ohio governor is one of the few who has not since come around on the president. Kasich passed on a rematch in 2020 , but he has said he won’t vote for the president next year. And he’s not backing any of Trump’s three Republican challengers, nor is he sold on any of the Democrats who debated on Tuesday in the state Kasich led for two terms before leaving office in January. “I didn’t say I was voting for

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