Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has beaten his Republican challenger. Beshear is a blue governor in a red state, and the race saw national politics as a primary issue.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has beaten his Republican challenger. Beshear is a blue governor in a red state, and the race saw national politics as a primary issue.
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Andy Beshear received attention and praise from voters for his leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic, deadly tornadoes, record flooding and ice storms.
Beshear, who won the governor’s race in 2019, made increasing abortion access a focal point of his campaign, an unexpected move for a Democrat in the socially conservative state.
Last year, Kentuckians rejected adding language to the state constitution that would make it harder to challenge abortion restrictions.
Beshear specifically focused on adding exceptions for rape and incest to Kentucky’s law, which currently only allows abortion if the mother is at immediate risk of death or permanent injury.
Jaime Harrison, who chairs the DNC, called the election result a “major blow to the MAGA agenda and awful news to Republicans running in 2024.”
“As we’ve seen time and again following the overturning of Roe v. Wade – no matter how red the state – voters across the political spectrum oppose GOP attempts to rip away their freedom,” he said in a statement.
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