Ohio Gov. John Kasich said that he would drop out of the race if he did not win his home state. | Getty John Kasich wins Ohio Republican primary

John Kasich was won the Ohio Republican primary, according to three television networks.

The governor had previously declared that he would drop out of the race if he did not win his home state, and has vowed repeatedly that he would not seek to appear on a presidential ticket with frontrunner Donald Trump.


“There’s no way I would team up with Donald Trump. No way. Forget it,” he told Fox News on Tuesday. “I’m going to be the nominee because we’re going to win Ohio. We’re going to move across the country with the positive attitude of bringing people together.”

Kasich overtook Trump in recent polls, leading him by five and six points in surveys from Monmouth University and NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist, respectively. A separate poll from Quinnipiac University showed the race in a dead heat.

The victory comes after the campaign of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio urged his supporters in the state to coalesce behind Kasich in order to stop Trump from receiving a majority of the delegates before July’s convention in Cleveland.

Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney also campaigned with Kasich in his home state ahead of the primary.

Ohio awards its 66 Republican delegates on a winner-take-all basis.

View final results: http://politi.co/1oGcEFv

2016 delegate tracker: http://politi.co/2176fPm