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Posted: 4/10/2013 11:50:58 AM EST
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows Steven Smith. The Ohio Parole Board on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 rejected a plea for mercy by Smith, who says he intended to rape his girlfriend's 6-month-old daughter but not to kill her. The board recommended unanimously that Gov. John Kasich allow the execution of Steven Smith to proceed next month. The board said some arguments for sparing Smith, such as his turbulent childhood, were far outweighed by the nature of the crime. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections)
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Posted: 2/22/2013 3:48:32 PM EST
Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address at Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
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Posted: 2/22/2013 3:48:32 PM EST
Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address at Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
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Posted: 2/22/2013 3:48:32 PM EST
Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address at Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
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Posted: 2/22/2013 3:48:32 PM EST
Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivers his State of the State address at Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
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Posted: 2/4/2013 4:43:29 PM EST
Ohio Gov. John Kasich answers questions about the fiscal year 2014-15 executive budget proposal during a news conference Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Posted: 2/4/2013 4:43:29 PM EST
Ohio Gov. John Kasich presents the fiscal year 2014-15 executive budget proposal during a news conference Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Posted: 2/4/2013 4:43:29 PM EST
Ohio Gov. John Kasich presents the fiscal year 2014-15 executive budget proposal during a news conference Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Posted: 2/4/2013 4:43:29 PM EST
Ohio Gov. John Kasich listens to a presentation about the fiscal year 2014-15 executive budget proposal during a news conference Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Posted: 1/25/2013 6:33:28 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2012 file photo, Ohio Governor John Kasich addresses delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Kasich is on a what he calls a reluctant "trade mission" to the World Econonimc Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he is courting business opportunities. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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Posted: 12/20/2012 6:36:34 PM EST
Ohio Governor John Kasich speaks during the CERAWEEK world petrochemical conference in Houston March 7, 2012. REUTERS/Donna W. Carson
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Posted: 12/20/2012 6:36:34 PM EST
Ohio Governor John Kasich speaks during the CERAWEEK world petrochemical conference in Houston March 7, 2012. REUTERS/Donna W. Carson
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Posted: 11/10/2012 2:48:42 PM EST
FILE - In this April 27, 2012 file photo, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich participate in a roundtable discussion in Westerville, Ohio. No matter how long the nation’s unemployment rate hovered around 8 percent, the Northeast and the West Coast were never in doubt for President Barack Obama. No matter how far it might have fallen before Election Day, Mitt Romney was always sure to win the South and rural Great Plains. Nothing was so certain in the Midwest. Tuesday’s results reaffirmed the future of the Midwest as a political battleground where voters willing to look past party will decide the outcome of elections. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Posted: 9/29/2012 9:53:43 AM EST
In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, opponents of Senate Bill 5 celebrate in Columbus, Ohio after the bill, restricting the collective bargaining abilities of public employee unions, was defeated. In one of the polarizing election issues in Ohio, Democrats and unions vow to remind voters of Mitt Romney's support of a law supported by Republican Gov. John Kasich and approved last year by the GOP-dominated legislature that would have severely restricted collective bargaining for some 350,000 public workers, including police and firefighters. The measure, billed as a cost-cutting necessity, was resoundingly repealed in a referendum eight months later, following protests, a statewide petition drive and a multimillion dollar campaign spearheaded by unions. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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Posted: 9/29/2012 9:53:43 AM EST
FILE - In this April 27, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Ohio Gov. John Kasich participate in a roundtable discussion in Westerville, Ohio. President Barack Obama and his supporters point to the U.S. auto comeback and a manufacturing rebirth. Kasich lauded his own policies in a speech at the GOP convention, noting he'd erased a projected $8 billion deficit without a statewide tax increase and Ohio has moved from 48th to 4th in job creation. His office says 122,500 jobs have been created since he took office in January 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Posted: 9/26/2012 10:18:23 AM EST
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, in Westerville, Ohio. Ohio Gov. John Kasich is second from right. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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Posted: 8/28/2012 8:58:33 PM EST
Ohio Governor John Kasich speaks to delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Posted: 8/18/2012 10:09:28 PM EST
REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT Republican vice presidential candidate Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks during a campaign rally at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio August 15, 2012. Seen behind Ryan are (from L to R) Professor Rich Hart, Ohio Governor John Kasich and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH). REUTERS/Aaron Bernstein
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Posted: 8/18/2012 10:09:28 PM EST
REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT Republican vice presidential candidate Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks during a campaign rally at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio August 15, 2012. Seen behind Ryan are (from L to R) Professor Rich Hart, Ohio Governor John Kasich and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH). REUTERS/Aaron Bernstein
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Posted: 8/18/2012 4:48:19 PM EST
REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT Republican vice presidential candidate Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks during a campaign rally at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio August 15, 2012. Seen behind Ryan are (from L to R) Professor Rich Hart, Ohio Governor John Kasich and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH). REUTERS/Aaron Bernstein
