COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The Latest on campaign 2016. (all times local):
9:45 a.m.
John Kasich’s campaign is taking to the airwaves in South Carolina with two television ads displaying different sides of the Ohio governor.
In a more biographical spot, Kasich looks into the camera and talks about how his parents were killed by drunk drivers. He says the experience “transformed” him and helped him find his faith and a purpose in life. Kasich’s parents were killed in 1987, when Kasich was serving in Congress.
The second ad features a narrator with a Southern accent talking about Kasich’s first 100 days in office, during which he’s pledged to secure the border, cut taxes and freeze regulations.