COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gov. John Kasich has set the date for his annual State of the State speech after a set of crucial primaries he faces as a Republican presidential contender.
Kasich's spokesman said Tuesday he'll give the address April 6 at Peoples Bank Theatre in historic Marietta, along the Ohio River in southern Ohio. It's the consecutive fifth year he will deliver the speech outside the Statehouse in Columbus.
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Kasich made history in 2012 by taking the event on the road for the first time in recent state history with a speech in eastern Ohio's Steubenville. He's since taken it to Lima, Medina (meh-DY'-nuh) and Wilmington.
The speech is much later than usual this year. Kasich has been traveling extensively this year as he makes a bid for the White House.