--- title: Ohio Gov. John Kasich Voted for Arizona Sen. John McCain description: Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday voted for Sen. John McCain for president, writing in the 2008 Republican nominee on his absentee ballot canonical: https://time.com/4552977/ohio-gov-john-kasich-votes-john-mccain/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-01T13:26:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:23.357Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ohio Gov. 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Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich speaks during a campaign event April 25, 2016 in Rockville, Maryland. Alex Wong/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 1, 2016 1:26 PM UTC Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday [voted for Arizona Sen. John McCain](http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/john%5Fkasich%5Ffollows%5Fthrough%5Fon.html) for president, writing in the 2008 Republican nominee on his absentee ballot. Chris Schrimpf, Kasich’s political spokesman, confirmed the vote to [Cleveland.com](http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/john%5Fkasich%5Ffollows%5Fthrough%5Fon.html). Kasich, who ran against Trump in the Republican primary, had long [declined to publicly endorse him](http://time.com/4372882/john-kasich-donald-trump-republicans-election/) for president. After a [leaked recording](http://time.com/4523526/donald-trump-women-leaked-audio/) featured Trump making lewd comments about women, Kasich said he [would not be able to](http://time.com/4523942/donald-trump-women-video-gop-rejection/) cast a vote for Trump privately either. “Donald Trump is a man I cannot and should not support,” Kasich said in a statement last month. “The actions of the last day are disgusting, but that’s not why I reached this decision, it has been an accumulation of his words and actions that many have been warning about. I will not vote for a nominee who has behaved in a manner that reflects so poorly on our country.” McCain is not one of the 18 certified write-in candidates in Ohio, which means Kasich’s vote for president will technically not count, Cleveland.com reported. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4552977/ohio-gov-john-kasich-votes-john-mccain/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4552977/ohio-gov-john-kasich-votes-john-mccain/"},"headline":"Ohio Gov. 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