Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) handily won a second term Tuesday, fending off Democratic challenger Ed Fitzgerald. Kasich had been projected to win by a landslide — he led by around 30 points in

late polls — and _The_ _Associated Press_ called the race as soon as polls closed. Kasich had been one of Democrats' biggest gubernatorial targets early on, after polls showed voters

rejecting his conservative first-term agenda. But Fitzgerald's campaign imploded amid a bizarre parking lot scandal involving a woman who was not his wife, and he was forced to ditch

his running mate, Eric Kearney, when it was revealed Kearney owed roughly $1 million in unpaid taxes. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEK Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus