Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) is expected to suspend his bid for the GOP presidential nomination on Wednesday afternoon, according to reports from NBC and Ohio TV station WKYC.
The Ohio governor abruptly canceled a scheduled press conference in Virginia on Wednesday morning, announcing that he would instead be presenting a statement from his hometown of Columbus at 5 p.m. ET.
Senior campaign advisor tells @NBCNews @JohnKasich is suspending his campaign. Will announce at 5p today.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) May 4, 2016
OFFICIAL: #Kasich advisor confirms the Ohio Governor is suspending his campaign for President. @wkyc
— Chris Tye (@TVTye) May 4, 2016
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) dropped out of the race on Tuesday night after a devastating loss in the Indiana primary, foreclosing the possibility of a contested convention. This left Kasich, who won only his home state’s primary and had no mathematical possibility of securing the delegates needed to win the nomination, with no path to victory.
THIS WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING!
It’ll be epic. Like when Jindal announced.
This is good news for …
What campaign?
All over but the crying.
On the positive side, I can stop correcting people on how to pronounce this nobody’s name.