That had nothing to do with why Bevins lost. Bevins turned into "Big Daddy", insinuated that casino goers were 'suicidal', took every piece of MSM stinkbait like a dog on a bone ... bug-eyed f****r wanted out to go back to the private sector a year ago and didn't have the cojones to work out an exit plan because McConnell would have chosen his replacement.
A WV’ian here s I really don’t have first hand knowledge, the explanation was given to me by a Kentuckian who compared it to why Morrissey lost to Manchin. It seemed plausible.