Kasich coming to Valley 2 days before Tuesday primary

YOUNGSTOWN

After going more than 16 months without a public appearance in the Mahoning Valley, Gov. John Kasich will be in the area twice campaigning in the final days leading to Ohio’s Tuesday primary.

The Republican governor will be at Brilex Industries Inc., 101 Andrews Ave. in Youngstown, for a town-hall meeting Monday. The doors will open at 9:30 a.m. with the one-hour event starting at 10 a.m.

Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel is being advertised as a “special guest.”

Tressel attended a private fundraiser on Nov. 18 at the Canfield home of the Zoldan family to raise money for the presidential campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton, who is also running for president. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, headlined that fundraiser.

The Brilex stop is part of Kasich’s bus tour through the state that also includes a Sunday visit at the Spread Eagle Tavern and Inn in Hanoverton. Those attending that event are asked to be there at 5:30 p.m. with the one-hour rally starting at 6 p.m.

Polls show a close race in Tuesday’s Republican primary in Ohio between Kasich and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.

Kasich has said his presidential campaign would end if he failed to win his home state’s winner-take-all-delegates primary.

Read more about the situation in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.