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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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[-] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Now please, Kentucky, PLEASE STOP voting for Putin's Puppet Rand Paul, the actual literal traitor, for U.S. Senate. Kthx

[-] Tigbitties@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Republicans would still vote for him even if he admitted it.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

I mean..

This is Kentucky. Not Vermont or Oregon..

This should tell you some things..

It means republicans are going to completely give up on democracy.

[-] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Qult45 has already given up on democracy and the US Constitution.

In their words and their actions, many many times now.

Coup 2: Electric Boogaloos, comming soon to a town near you.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 9 points 1 year ago

They kind of already have.

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This implies that they ever cared about it in the first place

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For one, it shows that the centrist line about progressives not being able to win in red states is self-serving hogwash.

[-] ZhaoYadang@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Wow, Kentucky racists accidentally did something good for once. Everyone gets a much better governor for the next 4 years because a bunch of hicks couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a black man.

A win is a win, I guess.

[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Kentuckians overwhelmingly choose democratic governors.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 12 points 1 year ago

we need to leave it to the states, they said. vote for us and we’ll overturn Roe, they said.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


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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[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago
[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Our man, Beshear.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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