Kentucky: Democrat Andy Beshear just unseated Trump-loving governor Matt Bevin

By artappraiser on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 10:13pm |

BREAKING: Attorney General Andy Beshear (D) has unseated incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin (R) in the Kentucky governor race.

The race shows a Democrat can win in a deep-red state despite President Trump’s overwhelming popularity. https://t.co/ydJ1o6Qm5g pic.twitter.com/5Lwu1kE2Yo
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 6, 2019

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/5/20949770/kentucky-governor-election-results-andy-beshear

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Fayette County, which is where Trump held his rally last night, voted for Andy Beshear over Matt Bevin in a 2 to 1 landslide pic.twitter.com/LF4mIZ8BxL
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) November 6, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 10:16pm

Cavaets:

The Libertarian candidate was a yuge spoiler in tonight’s #KYGov race.

John Hicks (Lib.) got 26,300 votes, while Matt Bevin (R) trails Andy Beshear (D) by 17,400 votes.

https://t.co/d7Opk4RwiR pic.twitter.com/MpqVHB6iZP
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 6, 2019

Donald Trump currently has a 56% approval rating in Kentucky.

https://t.co/Kgl4seCuwv pic.twitter.com/xohakDFbh9
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 6, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 10:23pm

Labeling Beshear a socialist failed.

by rmrd0000 on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 10:26pm

Especially because he's an extreme moderate who went out of his way to court rural districts.

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 10:29pm

Here's how you accomplish that. From NYTimes' report Democrats Win Control in Virginia and Claim Narrow Victory in Kentucky Governor’s Race

“Tonight, voters in Kentucky sent a message loud and clear for everyone to hear,” Mr. Beshear said. “It’s a message that says our elections don’t have to be about right versus left, they are still about right versus wrong.”

in this kind of situation:

Mr. Bevin’s troubles did not appear to be a drag on other Republicans, who captured every other statewide race in Kentucky — a sign that Kentucky voters were rejecting Mr. Bevin and not his party.

and do note that Afro-Americans can win if they are not liberals. It's not always about race, some states are just not liberal

Daniel Cameron handily won the attorney general’s race, becoming the first African-American to claim the office and the first Republican to do so in over 70 years.

Again, as Luntz pointed out, Trump still has 50%+ approval rating in the state. One thing that's necessary with Trump still around: to appeal to the suburban swings who don't like the tribalism Trump is stoking in the country.

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 1:01am

Two things are true:

Republicans test-drove their core 2020 message in Kentucky—impeachment, socialism, resistance, referendum on Trump—and are struggling in a deep-red state.

Off-year governor elections in KY bear little no resemblance to presidential/Senate race results.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 6, 2019

2011: Steve Beshear (D) wins the governor’s race by 20 points

2014: Mitch McConnell (R) wins the Senate race by 16 points

2016: Donald Trump (R) wins the presidential race by 30 points
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 6, 2019

New Trump campaign statement on Kentucky elections: “The President just about dragged Gov. Matt Bevin across the finish line, helping him run stronger than expected in what turned into a very close race at the end. A final outcome remains to be seen.” pic.twitter.com/BQbdjWSyc3
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 6, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 10:28pm

Immediate messaging to the poor rural citizens who voted for him: the fear of this happening will no longer hang over your head:

Beshear vows to rescind Kentucky's Medicaid work requirements after claiming victory in governor's race

By Jesse Hellmann @ TheHill.com, Nov. 5

[....] The issue became a key one during the race between Beshear and Bevin [....]

[....] "In my first week in office I am going to rescind this governor's Medicaid waiver," Beshear said in his speech claiming victory on Tuesday night.

The Trump administration approved Bevin's request last year to require some Medicaid beneficiaries work as a condition for receiving benefits.

However, the requirements have not taken effect because of ongoing litigation. Under the proposal, beneficiaries who gained coverage under the state's Medicaid expansion would have to work, volunteer or go to school 20 hours a week to retain their benefits [.....]

They'll still have a heap of trouble accessing any providers that take Medicaid, but that's another thing...

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 11:19pm

This is one of Trump’s most frequent genres of post-election false claims. Whether his candidate won or lost, he says they’d gained some wildly absurd number of points because of his intervention on their behalf. pic.twitter.com/PGvl0uHd3t
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 6, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/05/2019 - 11:50pm

Really underappreciated that the anti-democratic strand in contemporary GOP politics has nothing in particular to do with Trump. https://t.co/VZWyq6CjdY
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 6, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 1:47pm

That seems fair and definitely not hypocritical. Remember when republicans said that most of the votes for Buchanan in a mostly Jewish city in Florida were likely errors and were intended to be votes for Gore therefore Gore would have clearly won Florida and the presidential election?

by ocean-kat on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 2:27pm

Great KY stuff here. Bottom line: “Overall, Beshear’s performance in the cities and suburbs suggests that the education divide that has expanded during the Trump era is alive and well - and that Republicans still have room to fall among college-educated voters in suburban areas” https://t.co/4xIWV41i64
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 6, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 7:21pm

Kentucky: Democrat Andy Beshear just unseated Trump-loving governor Matt Bevin

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