Gov. Kasich’s backing a mixed blessing for GOP’s Mary Taylor

By Dake Kang andJulie Carr Smyth
Wire Service Correspondent
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio’s lieutenant governor enters the 2018 race for the state’s top job with the promised backing of Gov. John Kasich.
Whether the endorsement of a leading detractor of President Donald Trump helps or hurts Republican Mary Taylor in her bid to lead the battleground state is unclear.
Taylor on Friday pledged to build on the accomplishments of the Kasich administration – righting the economy, reduc