KING OF PRUSSIA - Experience and accomplishments. That's what Gov. John Kasich thinks separates him from other Republican presidential candidates and what will get him into the White House.

The Ohio governor spoke at the Chester County GOP Dinner in King of Prussia Thursday as several presidential hopefuls crisscrossed the state ahead of next week's primary election.

Kasich focused his speech on his experience and how he's been able to achieve important Republican policies as governor. Kasich said he "took over a state that was flat on its back, in a ditch," and turned it around.

Kasich, who is serving his second term as governor, said he turned an $8 billion deficit into a $2 billion surplus, went from a 350,000 job loss to 420,000 in job growth all the while cutting taxes and balancing the budget.

Along with experience, Kasich said he's the only one who can beat Hillary Clinton when she gets the Democratic presidential nomination. Kasich pointed to polls that show him as the only Republican that can defeat the former U.S. Secretary of State nationally.

"I'm running for president because I think I have the experience, knowledge and ability to attract votes," Kasich said, "which I don't think our candidates can."

Though he didn't mention them by name, Kasich took several jabs at fellow GOP presidential candidates Sen. Ted Crus and Donald Trump.

Kasich said other candidates talk about forcing foreigners to take religious tests or controlling Muslim communities. The other GOP candidates, he said, are taking people's anxieties and driving them into a ditch.

That, Kasich said, is not his style.

"I'm not going to take the low road to the highest office in the land," Kasich said.

"We have to think about who can actually win and we should think about who can actually be president of the United States."

Before the dinner, Kasich held a town hall on the Penn State-Brandywine Campus Thursday afternoon. He took questions from the audience regarding education, national defense, taxes, immigration, jobs, legislative priorities and more.

Kasich joked that many of his answers might seem boring compared to other candidates' because they're in depth and on topics that don't get a lot of attention.

Kasich said his answers seem boring because "I'm not yelling at somebody or getting a great sound bite."