Kasich unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 2000 and 2016 , receiving one electoral vote from a faithless elector in Texas in 2016 . Kasich refused to support the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and did not attend the 2016 Republican National Convention , which was held in his state ; he reported that he wrote-in the name of U.S. Senator and former 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
John Kasich