Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was successful in convincing voters in his deep Republican state to look past the foibles of the national Democratic Party and President Joe Biden and elect him to a second term.
Beshear was declared the winner by Newsmax on Tuesday night. With 54% of the precincts counted, Beshear had 52.7% of the vote compared to 47.3% for Republican Daniel Cameron, the state's attorney general who was backed by former President Donald Trump.
Entering Tuesday, Republicans held every statewide office in Kentucky except governor, and the party has veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. Also, Republicans hold five of six U.S. House seats and both U.S. Senate seats. "This attorney general knows that if this race is about me versus him, that you know who I am, and how I've led, and how I've shown up every day," Beshear said during one of their debates.
Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who was reelected Tuesday, said voting was steady across the state, adding voter turnout was about 45%, keeping in line with last year's numbers.
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