Town Hall Meeting with John Kasich
Presidential Caucus Series
Monday, 30 Nov 2015 at 1:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
No tickets requiredJohn Kasich is governor of Ohio and served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1983- 2001. Since first being elected governor in 2011, Kasich has closed an $8 billion budget shortfall without a tax increase and made Ohio one of the top job-creating states in the nation. He served six years as chair of the Budget Committee in Congress and led the effort to balance the federal budget for the first time in a generation. He also served eighteen years on the House Armed Services Committee, where he was a strong ally of President Reagan and his national security agenda. Governor Kasich has also had a successful career as an investment banker, New York Times best-selling author and at FOX News.
Since 1987, the Presidential Caucus Series has provided students, faculty, and community members with an opportunity to question presidential candidates or their representative before the precinct caucuses.
The series is cosponsored by Student Government, the College Republicans, College Democrats, and the University Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government), and administered by the Lectures Program.
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After leaving Congress in 2000, John Kasich worked as a managing director in the Investment Banking Division of Lehman Brothers. He was also a commentator for FOX News and a Presidential Fellow at his alma mater, The Ohio State University.
Kasich is the author of three New York Times best-selling books: Courage is Contagious; Stand for Something: The Battle for America’s Soul; and Every Other Monday, which was published in 2010 and focuses on the importance of faith in making both everyday choices and life-changing decisions.
Cosponsored By:
- College Republicans
- ISU Democrats
- Student Government
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
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