--- ---  # Ohio Gov. John Kasich Votes Like It's 2008  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 1, 2016 1:26 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich speaks during a campaign event April 25, 2016 in Rockville, Maryland. 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. Ohio Gov. John Kasich Voted for Arizona Sen. John McCain ```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. John Kasich Votes Like It's 2008","datePublished":"2016-11-01T13:26:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:32:38.408Z","description":"He followed through on his vow not to vote for Donald Trump","url":"https://time.com/4552977/ohio-gov-john-kasich-votes-john-mccain/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Ohio","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf064abd07ab3739b/6988ac6c524fc02861dfa126/john-kasich-john-mccain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf064abd07ab3739b/6988ac6c524fc02861dfa126/john-kasich-john-mccain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"John Kasich Campaigns In Maryland Ahead Of State Primary","caption":"John Kasich Campaigns In Maryland Ahead Of State Primary","creditText":"Alex Wong/Getty Images","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/4552977/ohio-gov-john-kasich-votes-john-mccain/","name":"Ohio Gov. John Kasich Votes Like It's 2008"}}]}] ```