--- description: John Kasich is ending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, according to two people familiar with the matter title: John Kasich Drops Out of Presidential Race image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87aa88002c9e664a/698891e22dce01867e9e8eca/kasich.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # John Kasich Drops Out of Presidential Race, Leaving Donald Trump the Victor by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:07 PM CUTPublished: May 4, 2016 4:12 PM CUT  John Kasich speaks to members of the media before speaking at the California GOP convention in Burlingame, Calif., on April 29, 2016. John Kasich speaks to members of the media before speaking at the California GOP convention in Burlingame, Calif., on April 29, 2016.Stephen Lam—Reuters by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:07 PM CUTPublished: May 4, 2016 4:12 PM CUT John Kasich ended his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination on Wednesday, leaving [Donald Trump as the sole Republican standing](http://time.com/4316170/indiana-primary-results-donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-republicans "undefined") and making him [the party’s presumptive nominee](http://time.com/4316824/republican-party-donald-trump-ted-cruz-indiana-convention-primary/ "undefined"). “The people of our country have changed me,” Kasich said in a press conference announcing his campaign suspension where he thanked supporters. The Ohio governor had vowed to stay in the race all the way until the Republican convention this summer, despite losing every contest except his home state. But after [Ted Cruz dropped out of the race](http://time.com/4317299/ted-cruz-drops-out-ends-campaign-indiana-primary-analysis/ "undefined") in the wake of [Trump’s commanding victory in Tuesday’s Indiana primary](http://time.com/4316170/indiana-primary-results-donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-republicans/ "undefined"), Kasich had little hope of blocking Trump from winning the delegates needed to clinch a majority before the convention. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4317997/republican-party-donald-trump-john-kasich-ted-cruz-indiana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4317997/republican-party-donald-trump-john-kasich-ted-cruz-indiana/"},"headline":"John Kasich Drops Out of Presidential Race, Leaving Donald Trump the Victor","datePublished":"2016-05-04T16:12:30.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T13:07:00.000Z","description":"Kasich had little hope of blocking Trump after Ted Cruz dropped out","url":"https://time.com/4317997/republican-party-donald-trump-john-kasich-ted-cruz-indiana/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87aa88002c9e664a/698891e22dce01867e9e8eca/kasich.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87aa88002c9e664a/698891e22dce01867e9e8eca/kasich.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican U.S. presidential candidate John Kasich speaks to members of the media before speaking at the California GOP convention in Burlingame, California","caption":"Republican U.S. presidential candidate John Kasich speaks to members of the media before speaking at the California GOP convention in Burlingame, California","creditText":"Stephen Lam—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4317997/republican-party-donald-trump-john-kasich-ted-cruz-indiana/","name":"John Kasich Drops Out of Presidential Race, Leaving Donald Trump the Victor"}}]}] ```