Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I rere anō a Kasich mō te perehitini i te tau 2016, i te tūranga tuatoru i ngā pōtitanga tuatahi a te Rōpū Reipa i muri i a Donald Trump me Ted Cruz. I wikitoria ia i te pōtitanga tuatahi i tōna rohe kāinga o Ohio, ā, ko ia te tuarua i New Hampshire. Kaore a Kasich i whakaae ki te tautoko i a Trump hei kaitono perehitini Republican, kaore hoki i tae ki te 2016 Republican National Convention
, i tū ki Ohio. I te tau 2019, whai muri i te mutunga o tana wa tuarua hei kawana, ka uru atu a Kasich ki a CNN hei kaitautoko. E mohiotia ana a Kasich ko tetahi o nga kaiwhakawhiwhi rongonui o Trump i roto i te Rōpū Reipa, a i tautoko ia i te kaitono perehitini Democratic a Joe Biden mo te perehitini i roto i tana korero i te Democratic National Convention 2020.