Matt Bevin won the gubernatorial race 2 years ago in KY. Almost all the polls gave the race to his opponent.
You don’t see much about that race, this cycle.
Bevin is very much an outsider, TEA Party kind of guy. Ran in the Republican Party primary two years previous to that against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and had a respectable showing.
I live in KY. Matt was down in the polls by 5 on election day. He won by 9.