John Kasich is a fringe candidate

Published April 6, 2016 4:17am ET



The Midwest was supposed to be a stronghold of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, yet on Tuesday he came in third place in Wisconsin – losing to Sen. Ted Cruz by 25 points as of this writing. This is just par for the course for Kasich, who can only be described as a fringe candidate in the race for the Republican nomination.

In the 32 states to hold preference votes for the Republican nomination (including the District of Columbia), Kasich has only won his home state of Ohio. So that’s a record of 1 and 31, or a batting average of .031. Beyond that, he has had five 2nd place finishes; seven 3rd place finishes; nine 4th place finishes; nine 5th place finishes; and one 8th place finish.

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