Kasich is trying to paint a pretty picture of his term, but here's the reality:

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1. The cost of getting that degree.

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Ohio’s public colleges and universities are already some of the most expensive in the country. But instead of trying to lower costs, Kasich allocated the smallest percentage of the budget to higher education in over 40 years. Unsurprisingly, tuition costs went up again at 11 of Ohio’s 13 public colleges and universities this year.

2. 1 in 6 Ohioans rely on food banks

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Food banks have 40% percent more Ohioans coming to their doors than in 2010. They are estimating they are asking for $40 million from state in anticipation of the expected growing numbers.

3. JobsOhio: Zero accountability or transparency

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Governor Kasich created JobsOhio, appointed his friends to the board, gave them your tax dollars and then refused to let Ohioans see how that money was spent. Zero accountability.

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And six of nine members of the JobsOhio board of directors have direct financial ties to companies that have received tax credits and other assistance from state government or JobsOhio.

4. Ladies can make decisions for themselves.

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Women in Ohio make only about $0.77 for every $1 made by an Ohio man. And two-thirds of Ohio's minimum wage workers are women. On top of that, Republicans introduced legislation that tried to ban certain types of birth control, and John Kasich also implemented TRAP laws that are causing women's health clinics to close all over the state.

5. That one time 400,000 Toledoans were left without drinking water for days.

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Earlier this year, Toledoans went days without safe drinking water due to environmental deregulation and improper protocols on livestock runoff. What was John Kasich's response? "We're monitoring it." To this day, Kasich has done nothing to help Toledoans or prevent the crisis from happening again.

6. The attempted destruction of workers' rights.

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Kasich and Republicans tried to pass Senate Bill 5 that would have cut 34,000 public safety jobs and obliterated unions and collective bargaining. Voters in the November 2011 general election supported repealing the law 62 percent to 38 percent.

7. Ohio's supposed 'comeback' is sluggish at best.

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Ohio is ranked 45th out of 50 states in job growth. And of those few jobs that we have gained, the vast majority are minimum wage and low wage positions. At the current rate of job growth, it will take several generations for Ohio to recover the jobs that it has previously lost during the past decade. 13 states have already recovered all the jobs they lost, and neighboring West Virginia reached its pre-recession jobs number back in February.

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