--- title: John Kasich Drops Out: Transcript of His Speech in Ohio description: Here is a transcript of the speech John Kasich gave when he ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/4318889/john-kasich-drops-out-suspends-campaign-speech-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-04T23:31:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:11.717Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Kasich's Speech Dropping Out of the Presidential Race og:description: The Ohio Governor ended his campaign on Wednesday og:url: https://time.com/4318889/john-kasich-drops-out-suspends-campaign-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee8e60a69c03531d/698891f50b72e38f886e93e0/john-kasich-ends-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3200 og:image:height: 1800 og:image:alt: John Kasich Announces End Of His Presidential Campaign og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Kasich's Speech Dropping Out of the Presidential Race twitter:description: The Ohio Governor ended his campaign on Wednesday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee8e60a69c03531d/698891f50b72e38f886e93e0/john-kasich-ends-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read John Kasich's Speech on Dropping Out of the Presidential Race > Sponsored content. 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John Kasich speaks to the media on May 4 in Columbus, Ohio, to announce he is suspending his campaign.J.D. Pooley/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly May 4, 2016 11:31 PM UTC Ohio Gov. John Kasich [dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday](http://time.com/4317997/republican-party-donald-trump-john-kasich-ted-cruz-indiana/?xid=homepage), making Donald Trump the [undisputed presumptive Republican nominee](http://time.com/4316170/indiana-primary-results-donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-republicans/). 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